Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINES, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
Five in A Row To Make It Go: This Video Looks At The Largest Five Cylinder Engines In The World
When we think about “oddball” engine layouts the inliners don’t typically enter the conversation. The W-style engines, the large displacement, small cylinder count V engines, and...
American Powertrain Parting Shift: Watch Joel Steele Set The H-Pattern Stick Record In The 6.80s At Over 210mph!
One of the coolest things about drag racing is the clean way that “records” can be followed and tracked. There are a billion of them. Unlike road course style records that can get...
Fun Wheel Drive: The 1998 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS May Not Have Had Much Power But It Was Still A Riot
It’s fun how everyone learns stuff differently in the automotive world. For instance, I learned that a balanced car is the most fun type to drive and that lesson came via one of the machines...
Incredible Video: This Film Showing The Creation And Build Of The 1952 Cummins Diesel Special Is Amazing
In 1952 the Indy 500 started with a diesel powered car up front. Many people know that and they know that the car was powered by a lay down style Cummins turbocharged diesel. It was the first...
The Name Game: Goodwood Gives Their 11 Favorite Car Names Of All Time – Good List!
This is pretty good if we don’t say so ourselves. The crew at the Goodwood YouTube Channel decided to give us their 11 favorite car names of all time. Before you think that this will be a list...
Swingin’ 1970s Video: This 1977 Chevy Truck Film and 1978 Chevy Malibu Film Are Fun To Watch
Trucks of the 1973-1987 GM variety are killing it these days. They were made by the millions and they have become a really hot commodity when it comes to hot rodding and building. Ironically most...
Story Behind The Story: This 1964 Film Takes Us Behind The Curtain For The Introduction Of The New Mustang
The 1964.5 Mustang is one of the great automotive success stories in the history of the industry’s existence. It was a mildly risky decision that was timed perfectly, introduced in a way...
WRC TRIBUTE 2021: Maximum Attack, On the Limit, Crashes & Best Moments From Rallys Across The Globe
I used to be a die hard WRC watcher back when each and every race was covered on TV, and it sucks that it’s no longer the case. One thing I loved about the drivers in WRC is that most of them,...
Awesome Shop Profile: A Look Around and Into Blakeney Motorsport In England
The Goodwood channel on YouTube has been profiling some amazing people and businesses over the last year or two and we’ve really been enjoying seeing the places and hands that make the amazing...
Yellow Fellows: This 1960 John Deere Film Profiles Their Industrial Tractors As Well As The Cool Attachments and Add Ons!
Now THIS is what I’m talking about. The film below was made in 1960 by John Deere and it is a promotional tool for their massive lineup of Industrial tractors. We’re talking loaders,...
Malaise Era Mighty Mouse: The 1984 Dodge/Plymouth Colt GTS Turbo
As a young kid who was into cars from the moment I got my first Hot Wheels, I learned to pay attention to all of the cars that came and went in my life. Growing up in Colorado Springs in a house full...
No Thanks: Watch Richard Brown In His Rocket Propelled Motorcycle Make A Test Rip On An English Runway
There are so many crazy cars, motorcycles, trucks, and God knows whatever other types of vehicles that have been built which we know nothing about, we always smile with glee when we find another one....
Collision Rescue: This 1970s Film Shows How Awesome And Handy The Hurst Jaws of Life Were and Are!
This is a cool piece of video from the 1970s that was used as a promotional/training piece for what seems to be selling the Hurst Jaws of Life and its many uses in aiding people in car accidents. The...
When The Malaise Was Fresh: This 1979 Film Promotes The Caprice, Impala, Monte Carlo, and Suburban
We love these promotional videos because when we see them 40 years after they were made they make us smile and also they make use kind of wax poetic about what they represent and the cars in them. In...