Category Archive: BangShift XL, Hack of the Week, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos

DIY Monster Truck Tire Repair: When Your Tire Is 66 Inches Tall And Costs $3,000 You Better Be Able To Fix Them!

(Words by Charles Wickam) So you’re in your car, driving along, and then you pick up some road debris and suddenly your TPS starts dinging at you letting you know you have low tire pressure and...

Project Hay Hauler Gets Converted From A Longbed To A Shortbed! Watch The Transformation Here!

Project Hay Hauler, the 1967 GMC truck that Scott Liggett has owned for several years, is one that has come a long way here on BANGshift.com, but this here is the biggest transformation yet! What...

Pakistani Truck Cylinder Head Rebuild: They May Not Have Much, But They Are Determined! Watch This Cylinder Head Go Through The Entire Process!

You just saw the video from Peter Harrell at Harrell Engine and Dyno, where he’s doing a competition valve job on a set of cylinder heads for a small-block, and this valve job and cylinder head...

Polishing Turds Episode #7: What’s A Valve Job, And What’s The Big Deal? How Much Power Is A Good Valve Job Worth?

In this latest episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the process for doing a complete valve job, along with some good explanation as to why the valve job is so important...

This 1965 Plymouth Valiant Signet Has Been Parked For Years, Is Full Of New Parts, And Is A Serious Unknown. Will It Run Again?

For some reason, this little Plymouth Valiant Signet, makes me smile. When Brent hauled it home it had been sitting for years and years without running and had a back seat full of spare and new parts...

Single Seat Race Car Build Part 4B: The Grill, A Three Part Series

One of the most distinctive features of this build is the cool track nose grill and that’s not only because it’s front and center but also because it is one of the most custom pieces on this...

Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: Brush Painting This Bad Boy Black Means It Is Almost Done!

Matt and the guys are all about keeping patina when it fits and making sure that their projects use as many original and period-correct parts as possible. If a car or truck has earned a really good...

Should They Do A 2 Door Conversion On This Original 1966 Crew Cab Biscayne? Yes Or No

I’ll never forget when I found out that a Tri-5 Chevrolet was pretty straight forward to swap from a 4-door into a 2-door, and it blew me away. I had just never looked at one that way before....

Barn Find 1958 Plymouth! Will It Run, Drive, Live? Let’s Find Out!

I’m not a Moparsman… I’m a GM guy. Chevrolet in particular. But I love the cars and trucks that came out in 1958. Seriously, 1958 had awesome cars and trucks from just about every...

Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap Part 12! Building A Body Kit For The Late Model Chassis Swap Mustang

In this update video from the Mustang Chassis Swap build, you are going to see a custom body kit come together on this thing. One of the areas on this car that is obvious because of the swap is the...

Clay Millican Video Greatness: I Broke My Big Ol’ Rear End!

If you don’t know Clay Millican, then you are missing out on one of the nicest, funniest, and most genuine professional race car drivers on the planet. He’s the real deal, is always fun...

Rust Repair: Formed Floor Patches On A 1958 Chevy Nomad 4Door Wagon, With Minimal Tools

Building floor patch panels is almost never fun, and usually involves either replacement panels from the aftermarket that you cut and massage into place, or a series of small pieces put together to...

Flowmaster FlowFX Axle-Back Exhaust Kit For 2011-2014 Ford Mustang V6

Flowmaster’s new exhaust announcements are great and all, but when they include a video so you can actually hear the thing it’s WAY better. So here it is, the start of something grat at...

Building A Land Speed Race Car Part 3: Getting Power To The Ground The Hard Way

If you haven’t been to Bonneville to see land speed racing in person, and haven’t gotten to see what is really going on inside the streamliners that run 200, 300, 400, and even 500 mph then you...