Category Archive: 1320 Project Cars, Apex Project Cars, CAR FEATURES, FUNNY STUFF, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Check Out Richard Holdener’s New Field Find Nova Project He’s Calling The River Monster.

Yeah, it’s been underwater. Yeah, it’s kinda ugly. Yeah, it is going to need a lot of work. But you know what? It’s still a 1972 Nova and it is going to be one hell of a testbed for...

Motorboatin’: Reviving the Mercury Marine 302 In The Crappy Boat!

A boat is like an RV in many ways. It’s a luxury that you strive to achieve, and the day you tow one home for the first time, you are over the moon. Life doesn’t get any better than that...

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Watch This Argentinian Built 6-Second BMW Pro Mod Scream In Brazil – The First 6-Second Car Built In Argentina!

This is really cool stuff and it shows the progression of drag racing in South America in ways that everyone can understand. You are going to see Lucas Gonzales racing a turbocharged BMW powered BMW...

Swap Story: This Video Shows The Process Of Swapping A Coyote Into A New Edge Mustang

The Ford Coyote engine has now been well established as a bad ass power plant in the world of hot rodding. They rev, they make power naturally aspirated, they low swallowing boost to make the big...

Burn, Baby, Burn: Giving Horsepower Redemption To An Old Disco Vette

When the C3 Corvette hit the scene in 1968, horsepower was the drug and everybody was living it up. After the Mako Shark II and it’s reworked Manta Ray form had captured many people’s...

If You Can’t Be Good, Make It Look Good: This Ford Falcon XW Goes For The Sky At Sydney!

Going wheels-up does nothing for your dragstrip run except impress anybody who witnesses it…and possibly helps lighten the racing package after the driver proceeds to fill their shorts. This...

This Compilation Of High-Speed Vehicle Crash Testing Is Brutal! One Car Into Another At 200 KM/H!

When you were a kid playing with your Hot Wheels, did you ever simulate accidents? I sure as hell did. I had one car in particular, a Dodge Monaco cop car, that in my twisted little mind, was...

Morning Symphony: Launching The B-1B Lancer With The Candles Lit

The B-52 is probably going to outlive it by at least twenty years. The B-2 Spirit was ten times as radical and who knows how much more expensive to produce and upkeep. But if you’ve never, ever...

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The Winners: Watch Beckman, Torrence, Savoie, and Hartford Close The Deal At Dallas!

It was one of the most “normal” feeling races of the 2020 NHRA Camping World drag racing season last weekend as the tour arrived at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis for the AAA Texas NHRA...

Quick Six: This Video Shows The Six Quickest Laps At The 2020 Goodwood Timed Shootout

Because 2020 has made everything weird and strange, Goodwood is no different. Instead of running up the hill as has been the tradition, the performance aspects of the event were moved to the Goodwood...

The Final Word: Take A Quick Look At The Art Of The Crash Barrier

Nobody ever wants to have to have the opportunity to thank a crash barrier for doing it’s job…because if that has occurred, it’s already a pretty messed-up day. When control is...

Shop Of Dreams: Uncle Tony Meets The Hot Rod Hoarder’s Collection!

Tommy Lee Byrd has been a friend of BangShift.com for years. His calm, pleasant demeanor belies the gearhead that he is. The dude will get close to the action as a photographer (he was standing right...

American Alternative: Reflect On The AMC Pacer, The Car That Tried It’s Best

My stepfather is the kind of man that makes most people nervous. He looks like he’s ready for violence at any point in time. His voice goes from quiet and deadly to death metal at full volume...

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Wanna Build Your Own Carbon Fiber Roof? Watch These Guys Do It To A 1977 Toyota. You Can Do This Too!

It used to be that having fiberglass body parts on your car meant it was a real race car. It still does at some level, but if you want to be a real bad ass then you get stuff made from Carbon Fiber....