Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, CAR FEATURES, FUNNY STUFF, Videos

Weird Cars I Used To Want: The Saab Viggen Was A Weird and Quick Swedish Breath Of Fresh Air

When I was a little kid, my parents had some friends come over to the house and they drove up in a Saab. This was the 1980s mind you and it wasn’t like Saabs were growing on trees. The car was...

Ride With Ollie Bryant In His GT40 As He Qualifies On The Pole At Spa…In The Dark

We have showed you awesome road racing videos starring the talented Ollie Bryant before but this one is the coolest we have ever put in front of you. For starters we are in Bryant’s GT40 and he...

Great Film: This WWII Training Movie Explains A Bunch Of Weird Submarine Diesels – Double Acting, Opposed Pistons, More

This is a great video if you love learning about engines. Gong back to the time of WWII, it takes us through the basic design and operation of a few different types of diesel engines that were used...

Watch This Naturally Aspirated Honda Make More Than 400hp On A 50/50 Nitromethane Blend!

This right here is nasty and proof that nitromethane is the elixir of the horsepower gods no matter what type of engine it is being burned in. The video we see below is cringeworthy at the start but...

HOW MUCH POWER DO ACCESSORIES ROB FROM YOUR 4.8L LS MOTOR? STOCK ACCESSORIES v ELECTRIC WATER PUMP!

So how much power does it really take to spin the accessories on your LS engine? Is an electric water pump actually giving you real horsepower gains? How about that alternator and power steering? Or...

Influence and Impact E9 – SEMA Show History, Trends, and Bluetooth Driveshafts. What Is The SEMA Show Really All About?

The SEMA Show in Las Vegas is arguably one of the least understood events of the year. I say this, because multiple people each year talk to me about a car or truck that their buddy owns or built...

Two Minutes of Cringe: This 1980s Thank You Video From Pontiac Fiero Plant Is Hilariously Weird

We know their heart was in the right place. We know the intention of this video was to thank and encourage a specific Pontiac dealer to keep pressing Fiero sales. We understand that these people are...

Watch Bob Wollek Dominate An IMSA Race At Sears Point And Then Wreck Horribly In The 1980s

Many people only know Bob Wollek from just a single weird encounter he once had with a tv reporter during the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1985. Aggravated that he had been swapped out for team driver AJ...

Dylan McCool Got A Hold Of RICHARD PETTY’S Forgotten Cadillac Limo – WILL IT RUN After 28 Years?

Dylan McCool recently got a hold of Richard Petty’s 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Limo and he’s trying to make that bad boy run again! Yeah, that Richard Petty, number 43 himself, who is...

Dave Newbern’s ProCharged Fox Body Mustang Drag And Drive Car Gets Some Upgrades For Bigger Power!

Newbern’s Fox Body Mustang is his first, and while the ProCharged 5.3 made okay power as is, he knows he needs more power and so with the direction of some pretty smart folks, he’s...

Stock And Super Stock Mud Racing Video: Killer Video From The Mud Racers Association Battling It Out In Missouri

I dig all kinds of side by side racing and that means that sand drags, mud drags, and dirt drags are pretty fun to watch. In this video from the gang at Back Channel Productions, we’re going to...

Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – WILL IT RUN BETTER!? New Valve seals and much more!

Today’s update on the budget shop truck build, which includes a clean long bed to short bed conversion, has some work going on to make this thing have less blowby and more so that it runs...

Kevin From KSR Performance And Fabrication Says “This Is The Worst Engine Destruction I Have Ever Had!!”

I talked to Kevin at the PRI Show and asked him about all the carnage in this video and then we laughed a lot. Why? Well it turns out that if you take a stock bottom end LS engine and try to spin it...

Awesome Racing History: This Film Shows How Firestone Worked To Develop The Racing Fuel Cell More Than 50 Years Ago

After the deaths of world famous racers like Fireball Roberts and others, the racing community finally decided that enough was enough and that a new solution to controlling and carrying fuel was...