Category Archive: BangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Riot! Check Out The Highlights From Jake Burkey’s 2017 Rockbouncing Season!
What you will see here is Jake Burkey’s last season with the old Riot buggy…for 2018 he’s stepping up to a newer, lighter rig that is expected to show up to the first event of the...
The Faint Shine Of The End Of Muscle: This 1975 Chevrolet Nova SS Had The Right Options At The Wrong Time
Before I begin, I must cop to something: I have a strong link to the shape of the 1975-79 GM X-bodies. Growing up in the 1990s, most kids were shuttled around in either minivans or a green SUV that...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Do You Feel About Electric Hot Rods?
Forget my usual prose for once. Had you told me ten years ago that electric vehicles would be where they are today, I would have rolled out a list of suggestions for places you could go and what you...
BangShift Test Drive: 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL Unlimited Sport 4×4 – Rest Easy, It’s Still Every Part A Jeep!
When a manufacturer has a vehicle they make that is popular, sells, and has a fan base best described as “rabid”, approaching a new generation of the model becomes a harrowing experience...
Rough Starts: A 1972 Pinto And 1977 Mustang II Together In A Cheap Car Package Deal
Going out on a limb here: finding two project cars that are both reasonably close to driver level machines for $1800 in a package deal is a pretty decent find, especially when you are talking about...
Aeromotive Introduces the Phantom Returnless EFI Fuel Pump – EFI Conversions Just Got Easier And More Reliable
This is awesome news! When we get to type stuff like, “Aeromotive introduces the Phantom returnless EFI Fuel Pump,” it makes us smile because we know this is a product that BangShift...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Many Uses Can You Come Up With For An Old Limo?
It’s weird to me, how quickly a limousine goes from being the car you want to be seen in to being the car you never want to be near. It seems to happen in the blink of an eye. Maybe it’s...
Drag Racing Legend Bob Bartel Passes – Opened Cordova, Founded World Series of Drag Racing, Huge influence On Sport’s Direction
(Bret Kepner) – Robert J. “Bob” Bartel will forever be known by some as the man who built Quad City Drag Strip in the tiny hamlet of Cordova, Illinois. To others, he was the creator of...
Hot Rod Haulers! Place Your Bets Between The 1UZ-Powered Flatbed And the 1JZ-Powered Van!
A Mazda flatbed truck and a Mitsubishi L300 van. I’ll take “Vehicles You’d Never See On A Dragstrip” for a thousand, Alex. Small, compact utility vehicles from Japan...
Treat It Like A Rental: Watch As This 1995 Buick Century Takes Every Ounce Of Abuse Thrown At It!
It’s an automotive cockroach. The Buick Century, the one made between 1982 and 1996, might be proof that at some point in time GM actually did try to make a good front-driver car for the 1980s....
Caught Snoozing: This 1987 Dodge Charger Is One Of The Best Sleepers We’ve Seen In A While!
In the world of performance cars, the “Sleeper” is a rare treat. For those not in the know (and I’m assuming most of you ARE in the know!), the Sleeper, or Q-Ship as some call them,...
Raven Imperial: Cleanup And Early Wiring Work, Because Masochism Is Easy
With the 360 sitting at a machine shop waiting in line to get it’s camshaft bearings installed, there was absolutely no reason to not get to work on the other sections of the 1983 Imperial...
This 1970 Dodge Super Bee Is The Mopar Anthesis – No Bright Colors? No Hemi? What Gives?
Chrysler Corporation in 1970 must have just been one gigantic party. The commercials were racy, the colors were so vivid that a few shades glowed in the dark, the power fountain was at full kill...
Hell Charger: See The Story On The Live-Action Ghost Rider Build Here!
The 1969 Dodge Charger, once again. Do you think that anybody in Auburn Hills could have even come close to grasping just how much of a legend this car would become? They had no clue, I’m sure...