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Finnegan’s Garage: FINALLY FIXING THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST 2JZ-SWAPPED DODGE CHARGER!!!

Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger is arguably the scariest car that he and Newbern have in the fleet of fun. It is cool as hell, but it certainly isn’t easy to drive, comfortable, or...

Yikes Video: One More Tap Should Do It – This is NOT The Right Way To Take A Hydraulic Ram Apart

There are lots of dangerous things that can happen on a job site. Equipment malfunctions, engineering failures, wanton human stupidity, you know, all the normal stuff. This video is a quick one. Less...

Vice Grip Garage Takes The Independence Chevelle To Cleetus And Cars And Does The Burnout Contest In The Rain!

In this latest Vice Grip Garage video Derek gets the Independence Chevelle ready to rock and make smoke at the Freedom Factory in Florida. It was Cleetus and Cars, and there was some rain expected,...

VP RACING FUELS ANNOUNCES TRANSITION TO TECH: Leaving Racing And High Performance Market!

The racing and high-performance world is staggering from news that VP Racing Fuels, the company behind some of the world’s finest race fuels, fuel system additives, and traction compound, is...

Sky Ram: Holley’s Latest EFI Intake Will Take You To Torque Levels Never Before Seen In An LS Engine!

Holley’s latest EFI intake is the next step in their awesome lineup of Ram style intake manifolds. With Low-Ram, Mid-Ram, and Hi_Ram models, it was time for something more and more they gave....

Hilarious Video: Uncle Tony Bought The Scariest, Weirdest, Most Disaster Laden Motorcycle in America For $300

There’s bad, there’s real bad, and then then is whatever level this pile of a motorcycle exists on in the universe. Uncle Tony needed a Buell Blast engine for a project he is working on...

Aaron and Emily Are Saving Their Own Tri-Five With Newbern And Brandon From Finnegan’s Garage

How did Emily and Aaron end up picking up Tri-Five Chevys with Newbern and Brandon? Well here’s the back story. When Finnegan and Newbern stopped in Texas last year to look at some roadside...

Derek Purchased This 1928 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan On eBay And Tries To Drive It 700+ Mile From Iowa to Tennessee.

Everyone knows Derek at Vice Grip Garage is all about seeing if he can make things run and drive that have been sitting forever. In fact, he buys random vehicles sometimes just to see if it’s...

No S**t, There I Was: Randy Pobst Gets Candid About His Freedom 500 Race!

I have not met many no-joke household name racers. I’ve met plenty of racing drivers, don’t get me wrong. Many of whom grind it out at tracks whenever they get the chance. But when it...

Powershift Replay: Our BANGshift Podcast Is Back And We’re Talking About The Ridler!

Powershift is back! The Original online “podcast” that we started nearly 10 years go is back live here on BANGshift.com every other Thursday! If you missed us live, don’t worry, you...

Nothing Like A Twin-Engined Toyota Camry To Beat The Boring Reputation!

The Toyota Camry…a car that isn’t bad, but suffers due to an issue with it’s reputation as a safe, secure, and absolutely BORING car. I don’t like to pick on the Camry too...

ABANDONED Barn Find Camaro will it RUN AND DRIVE after 23 years?

Is 20 years too long for a Camaro to sit in a pole barn? Sure it’s restorable, but is will it run and drive as is? I’ve had really good luck with cars that have sat for a long time as...

Investigation Video: Watch Uncle Tony and Mopar Al Tear Open A Mystery 440ci Chrysler Big Block

It has been said that curiosity killed the cat and while that may be true, it never killed anyone to go the extra mile and inspect an engine they just bought. On this episode of the continuing...

Totally 1970s: This 1974 TV Commercial For the Jeep CJ-5 Is Awesome

When it comes to the “list of stuff I want to own” right now an old Jeep is close to the top. I have looked at and even occasionally bid on WWII era Jeeps, have drooled on and debated...