Category Archive: BangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, ENGINES, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Spills, Chills, and Destruction Video: This Is The Wildest Collection Of Pulling Fails We Have Ever Seen
Nov 10, 2019Brian Lohnes1
Now this right here is an all-star compilation of wackiness. You are going to watch a seemingly endless chain of pulling crashes, pulling explosions, and pulling failures that include classes...
Is Building A Stroker 5.3 LS The Best Way To Build An LS For Your Hot Rod? It Just Might Be. Watch This.
Nov 03, 2019Chad Reynolds4
Stroker LS Engines are nothing new, but there are lots of options when it comes to building an LS for your hot rod, race car, or truck. The number of people that ask me what LS to build for their...
The 304 Holden Swap: This Kingswood Wagon Gains A Pair Of Cylinders!
Nov 01, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Why is it that the more base-model cars are the ones that managed to survive decades relatively unscathed? Case in point: Go hunting for a Dodge Aspen R/T and you’re going to see more rust than...
Flames Up Video! This Look Back At Craziness During The 2019 Pulling Season is Truly Awesome
Oct 30, 2019Brian Lohnes1
This is not exactly what you’d call a “best of” video. Instead you’d call it a “bucks up” video because everyone featured in it had to lay down some seriously...
Inside The Aussie V12 LS: This Video Shows Off The Advancements and Improvements The Monster Has Gone Through
Oct 29, 2019Brian Lohnes1
A few years ago, the V12 LS showed up and everyone looked at it with mouths agape. The engine was amazing and certainly seemed to personify everything great about hot rodding. Back then the engine...
Satellite Launch, Part 4: How Much Misery Can A Chrysler Starter Cause?
Oct 26, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Satellite Launch, Part 4: How Much Misery Can A Chrysler Starter Cause?
The joint-venture revival of a Plymouth Satellite that had been parked since the Regan Administrations’s earliest days continues on! Kevin and Luke are continuing to make headway on the 1970...
Flamin’ Videos: It Was A Tough Weekend To Be A Top Fuel Engine In Dallas – A Couple Of Flaming Boomers Here
Oct 23, 2019Brian Lohnes1
It’s never an easy gig to be a top fuel engine, right? Even on the best days you are trying to contain and harness the impossible fury of 11,000 horsepower and fighting all of the strains and...
Fire, The Cure For Everything: Freeing Up A 289 Ford With A Torch!
Oct 20, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
Now that his revived 1965 Ford Mustang is roadworthy and proven, Mike from Classic Mustangs 429 has taken on a new project: a 1967 Mercury Cougar. Honestly, we’re glad to see anyone take...
Ready For Summernats? Cleetus’s Big-Boy Camaro Gets Final Dyno Runs, Including Methanol!
Oct 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Ready For Summernats? Cleetus’s Big-Boy Camaro Gets Final Dyno Runs, Including Methanol!
While chatting with the dude at Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest, you could tell that Cleetus McFarland’s head was elsewhere quite often. Mainly, it was rooted directly to a black Chevy...
Engine Building: Assembling A 1,000hp 2020 Toyota Supra Inline Six – This Is Awesome
Oct 09, 2019Brian Lohnes2
We think that the 2020 Toyota Supra is pretty awesome. Lots of people are crying about BMW being highly involved in the execution of the car (the chassis is basically a Z4 in many…ok all(?)...
Redline Rebuild: Watch A Model A Ford Four Banger Get The Full Rebuild Treatment!
Oct 07, 2019Brian Lohnes2
We have loved every single iteration of the Hagerty Redline Rebuild series of engine restorations that the guys have done so far and this one is no exception. The most recent engine in the series is...
Morning Symphony: The Corvette C8.R’s Lightning-Quick Revving…What The Hell Is In That Thing?
Oct 07, 2019Bryan McTaggart12
Remember back a few years ago, when the Lexus LF-A first appeared? One of the big talking points about that car was the digital tachometer…the 4.8L V-10 revved so fast (reportedly, idle to...
Episode 4 Of The Horsepower Wars $10k Drag Shootout Is On! Builds Are In Full Swing And Burritos SUCK!!!
Oct 06, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Episode 4 Of The Horsepower Wars $10k Drag Shootout Is On! Builds Are In Full Swing And Burritos SUCK!!!
The $10k Drag Shootout is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done, and I’ve been lucky enough to do some pretty rad stuff. With a team of great dudes and the drive to win, building a car...
Straight-Eight Showdown: The Engines Run…Now, Will The Old Tanks Actually Move?
Sep 29, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
We’ve been digging this “straight-eight showdown” build-off going on at Cold War Motors. If you haven’t seen the last few episodes, the premise is simple: these guys have two...






