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Baby Gators Photos: NHRA Divisional Sportsman Action From Florida Starts Here
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The main reason for my wife and I deciding to flee the northeast winter and head to sunny Florida last month was to get in some Drag Racing. Florida in March, you may...
A Look At The 1990 454 SS Chevy Truck That We Lusted Over As Kids
When it comes to things that we wanted as kids, specifically 10-year olds, the 454 SS Chevy truck was pretty high on the list. It was really the last time GM would use a big block in any sort of...
Goodguys Del Mar Car Show Photos: Hot Rods In The California Sun
(Photos by Wes Allison) When the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association comes to the Del Mar Fairgrounds near San Diego, it is always a great show. The fairground end right at the beach on the Pacific...
Hot Rodding 101: Ford Flathead Ignition Buyers Guide – From Stock To Race Magnetos!!!
The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago that we’ve watched, but we never shared it with you guys until now. They just put up a new one today so we looked...
Video: Know What A 1,200hp AWD VW Golf Looks Like On The Drag Strip? A Fuel Altered, That’s What
When it comes to stuff on the drag strip, very few vehicles rise to the level of what I would call, “wicked”. This is one of them. You are about to watch a MkII VW Golf that has all wheel...
Victory Lap: This 1960s NASA Video Celebrates the Mercury Program’s Success And Is Awesome
We here at BangShift have never been quiet about our live for the US space program and the incredible magic it produced for decades. The famed Mercury Seven were perhaps the most brave and heroic...
The Alfarrari Project: Making A Crank Position Sensor, And Figuring Out How To Mount The Injectors.
How hard can it be to make a crank position sensor work in an Alfa Romeo that has a Ferrari engine in it? Who the hell knows! Good thing Jeff has it figured out because that is what one of the two...
Classic Car Interiors: Basic Customization Of Seat Foam – Getting The Shape You Want For Your Seats
Sometimes you can swap a modern set of seats into your hot rod, custom, or muscle car and they look right. Other times the size is wrong, the bolstering is too extreme, or they just don’t...
Make It Kustom Designs A Custom Split 1932 Grill For A Hot Rod Roadster
After installing a cool Duvall windshield on their 1931 Model A Ford Roadster, Karl at Make It Kustom wanted to do a split grill shell as well. The car is running a ’32 Grill Shell, which stock...
American Powertrain Introduces Complete Square Body Chevy/GMC 4×4 TREMEC 4050 Transmission Kit for 1973-1987 Pickups
You know that we love our square body, 1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks around here, and that’s not only because they look awesome but also because there is so much aftermarket support for them...
Testing TikTok Tool Hacks: Surprisingly Amazing, Or Just Stupid?
If you are like us, you laugh sometimes at the tools you see on TikTok or Facebook, or even YouTube for that matter. Sometimes they are in ads, and other times they pop up as people who are just...
The American Powertrain Monday Shift: 1980s Gear Jamming Drag Racing Perfection!
Oh yes. Ohhhhhhh yes. This is an awesome American Powertrain Parting Shift because we are going to take you back about 30 years or so to Piedmont Dragway in North Carolina. Here we are going to watch...
Cordless Impact Gun Tests – Bosch’s New Mid-Torque vs M18: The Most Underrated Impact Ever
The cordless impact battles between brands is a lot like the diesel truck battles that Chevrolet, Ford, and RAM are in. Tool makers are constantly throwing out new models and new specs. When one of...
