Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINES, MISC, Videos, XL Videos

Happy 5/19: Let’s Take A Look At The 519ci Series 50 Detroit Diesel – Four Cylinders Of Hard Working Fun!

The Detroit Diesel Series 60 inline six is widely known among fans of big trucks and vehicles. It was the great family of engines that took Detroit Diesel to the next level with modern technology and...

The Sound And The Fury: Watching This Incredible Ferrari 312P Attack Goodwood Is A Speaker Melting Joyous Occasion

Good cars have some history. Good cars have raced, maybe won. Great cars have won a lot and they have done so on grand and historic stages. Brilliant cars? Shoot, lots of them have not so much as won...

Insult To Injury: Watch This Street Racer Suffer A Manifold Explosion, A Fire, and Then A Visit From Johnny Law

There are bad days and then there are BAAAAD DAYS. The guy in the silver late model GTO suffers the latter in this video that was shot at some undisclosed street racing spot in Anywhere, USA. The...

Video – Unimogs, Cosworth, and Classic Chevys: This Collection Of Stuff Has A Little Something For Everyone

If you have not watched “Barn Find Hunter” on the Hagerty YouTube channel, you are missing out. The show is cool because it’s not just a string of amazing and wildly valuable cars...

Land Speed Controversy Video: A Cool Look At The Infamous Budweiser Rocket Car And It’s “Supersonic” 1979 Run

There have always been certain controversies in land speed racing over the years. Many of the early ones have been covered in our awesome Salt Beds of Salduro series, but none of them have ever...

Skills and Danger: This Video Captures Hard Working Logging Truck Operators From Around The World – Wild Stuff!

If there is a job that we find totally awesome and yet completely terrifying at the same time, it is that of the logging truck driver. It does not matter what country you are in, what continent you...

Bird Bomb: James Wisdom’s Thunderbird Grenades At Bonne Terre

You hate to see it, don’t you? Nice car, sounds beefy, ready to take a rip down the strip, and just when the gettin’ is gettin’ good, there’s one loud report and shrapnel is...

Playing With Jaws: Cleetus Gives The Jaws of Life A Testing

You’re hanging upside-down in your car, suspended by the belts. You’re head is fuzzy…did you hit something during the rollover or are you just needing to get your bearings back...

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Shag Nasty: Watch This 1,000 Wheel Horsepower 4-Rotor Mazda Get Dyno Tuned For Full Throttle Shifting!

This is insane. You are going to Watch This 1,000 wheel horsepower 4-Rotor Mazda get dyno tuned for full throttle shifting. The car actually runs on two dynos in this video. The first is a Mustang...

BangShift Question Of The Day: When Was The Last Time You Were Impressed With A Car’s Power?

Of all the times I was shocked with what a vehicle could possibly be, there’s one that stands out over all others. And shocker, it’s not a Camaro, it’s not anything I’ve...

The Skid Factory Take On An Early Toyota MR2 Restoration Project…Begrudgingly, It Seems!

Not too long ago, during a competition for a mid or rear-engined vehicle, Marty from the Mighty Car Mods started working on an SW20-era Toyota MR2 and by the end of it, his absolute disdain for the...

The Half-Dead Hornet Road Trip: The Conclusion? Or The Jail Time?

We’re all about anybody going out, finding some car that was earmarked for death, and bringing it back to life. We love that enthusiasm. It’s probably the biggest and best thing our hobby...

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The Brightening, Part 3: The Barn-Find Camaro Gets Polished Up For It’s Upcoming Sale

I love second-generation Camaros. I do not like the 1978-81 Camaro. It’s not for a styling perspective so much, but instead it’s due to several rubber-nosed cars that showed up and gave...

Classic YouTube: 1972 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

The heat has finally made it’s way to BangShift Mid-West. Today wasn’t nuclear hot, but it’s the first day of the year that western Kentucky’s infamous humidity made an...