Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
Harley Show Off Fail Video: Best Surprise Ending Ever
People never learn, plain and simple. We’ll say it slowly, but no one will listen. If you own a race car, racing motorcycle, racing mini-bike, racing anything, do not ever put it on a public...
New Product Alert: Eagle Specialties Stroker Kit for the Ford 3-Valve Engine
One of the things we noticed at the 2010 SEMA show was an increase in the number of hard parts for Ford’s 3-valve V8. Obviously it was nothing like the onslaught of stuff for LS engines, but...
Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Goodguys Autumn Get Together
Now we’re just rubbing it in. The Goodguys 21st annual Autumn Get Together went down November 13-14 and since there was an autocross as part of the event, our man Chad was there as the...
Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Surf City Beach Cruise
While junk weather and cold temperatures have ended car show season in most parts of the country, hot rodders in California are still having fun every weekend. We recently attended the first Surf...
BangShift Interview Video: We Catch Up With Bill Caswell at SEMA 2010
We’ve been keeping you abreast of the latest news and information regarding our rallying pal Bill Caswell as he prepares to attack the Baja 1000 in a BMW Baja buggy of his own construction....
Cause and Effect: Hard Stick Shift Launches and Tweaked Splines
Stick shift drag race cars are glorious in our book. They are also quirky, can be hard on parts, and are (on the whole) less consistent than automatic cars in the sportsman ranks. During a recent...
BangShift Video Bonanza Question of the Day: Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane or Sheriff J.W. Pepper
The era of the “Southern Sheriff” as a television and movie character peaked in the 1980s. Seems like they were growing on trees for a while, but when pulled off correctly, they made for...
Cool New Product: Auburn Gear’s ECTED MAX Trick Selectable Locker
Off road guys have been beating the crap out of selectable lockers for many years now. With the ability to cruise around on an open differential while on road and then having the awesome traction of...
Dates for 2011 NHRA National and California Hot Rod Reunions Announced
We loves us some nostalgia drag racing here at BangShift.com and two of our very favorite events are the NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion and the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Tony, Greg and the...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Gorgeous 1938 Lincoln With a Custom Coach Body
If you dig past our love of monster trucks, weed whacker pulling tractors, header flames, and wheelstanders, you’ll also see that we’re suckers for the elegant machines that wealthy folks...
Great Read: How Ford Got Their Mojo Workin’
The story of how Ford dragged itself out of a death spiral and back to being profitable will fill the text books of business schools for decades to come. At base, it really seems simple. Design...
Cool New Product: New ’40 Ford Bodies From Drake Reproductions
The 1940 Ford is a totally iconic car in the world of hot rodding. From the era of the bootlegger running ‘shine through the back woods with a muscled up flattie to the gasser era at drag...
Incredible Wreck Video: In Car With Danny Thompson When His Mustang Flies at 260mph!
This is some amazing footage. We’re riding along with Danny Thompson in his Mustang as he hauls the mail down the Bonneville Salt Flats. Things are going along really well until he crests...
SEMA 2010: The Ugly, the Bad and the Totally Tasteless
As we finally begin to run out of photos and stuff related to the 2010 SEMA show, we thought that showing you the underbelly of the experience was necessary. For every totally bitchin’ car at...