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Tony Angelo Swaps An 800+ Horsepower NASCAR V8 Into His 1955 Chevy Street Car! This Is Going To Be A Riot
Tony Angelo is back at it on his cool 1955 Chevy, and even if we weren’t Tri-Five fans around here we’d totally approve of the 800+ horsepower small-block NASCAR combo he’s got...
Dylan McCool’s 1971 Roadrunner Might Have Been Forgotten For 35 Years, But What Will It Take To Make It Run Again?
Dylan McCool is back at it with his long forgotten 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner. This bad boy needs to come back to life and Dylan is working to make that happen. Cars like this one are so cool to find...
Will It RUN AND DRIVE 1,600+ Miles Home? Dodge Polara Parked 32 Years! Vice Grip Bought It SIGHT UNSEEN!
Derek Bieri is getting braver and braver with his will it run car purchases. It used to be that you’d look at half of them and think there is no way, and the other half that it would totally...
Mortske Is Doing Up A 1967 Chevrolet C10!! Budget Friendly Transformation! Patina Paint Longbed Shop Truck!
Mortske is always finding fun old rides to work on and fix up, and unlike many of the YouTubers out there doing similar things, he openly sells most of his projects after getting them into running...
The Charger, Part 9: Shoving A Tremec TKX Where It Truly Belongs
Every six months, it seems, it’s time to provide an update to you, the BangShift reader, on the status of my ’76 Dodge Charger. Let’s be honest: in the entire duration of my...
Street Freak – Part 6: A Mid-Engine Drag And Drive Lambo Powered All-Wheel Drive Volvo IS NOT BOLT ON! Fabricating More Stuff To Hold All The Things!
Here’s the sixth video in the series, and more fab work is happening plus taking apart a Wavetrac to make sure it isn’t junk. In the last episode the chassis in this bad boy got the chassis...
Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block
There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...
Will This Old Dodge Farm Truck RUN AND DRIVE HOME After Being Parked for YEARS? Derek Thinks So But We Shall See.
It’s time for another road trip in a rig that may or may not make it home. I mean who doesn’t like a road trip? Sights to see, food to eat, people to meet, and probably parking lot...
Finnegan’s Mystery Drag And Drive Project Car Is Here and So Is The Engine! Can You Guess What It Is? We All Want To Know!
Finnegan has a jillion cool projects going, but he’s been trying to keep this one a bit of a secret while tickling us all with posts on his new engine build over at ACE. He’s going to...
Street Freak – Part 5: The Chassis Now Has A 25.2 6.0 Cert! This Thing Is Nuts! All Wheel Drive Swap And Lambo Power!
Here’s the fifth video in the series, and the tube work is done! The chassis in this bad boy is now certified to 6.0 which means it is going to be legal to haul ass! In the last episode some of the...
GM Transmission Guide: Here’s How All 15 V8 GM Automatic Transmissions Stack Up Against Each Other From Powerglides To 10 Speeds!
There are tons of hot rodders out there who would love to swap their original GM automatic transmission for something more modern, or who are setting up their classic for more power and just want a...
1,800 Miles Home! Will This Classic Ford Mustang RUN AND DRIVE From Arizona To Tennessee? Vice Grip Garage Part 2
We shared Part 1 of this whole Mustang II adventure last week and now it’s time for Part 2. Will it actually run and drive and make it all the way from Arizona to Tennessee? Watch to find out....
Semi Float Dana 60 Ring and Pinion Install: How To Build The Best Axle for Jeep JK And Why You Should.
Tons baby. That’s what everyone wants under their off-road rig and we understand. After all, if you are going big tires for the rocks or mud or whatever then you need an axle housing that can...
Making 500HP with an $800 Dollar Junkyard Truck Engine And Then Throwing It, And A Tremec 5-Speed, In The 1964 Nova To Thrash!
Making 500 horsepower with a junkyard LS takes very little work, and gives huge return on investment when it comes to smiles. When you add an American Powertrain TKX 5-speed swap to the mix,...