Category Archive: BangShift XL, Videos, XL Videos
Big Vicky: Check Out This Lifted, Gambler-Tested Crown Victoria!
Events like the Gambler 500 series of events and the LeMons Rallies have encouraged people to just get their beaters up and running well enough to drive and enjoy, and then encourages the owners to...
Showstopper: Michael Britt’s Monte Carlo Came Out Swinging At Shut Up And Race!
Michael Britt’s 1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlo isn’t a race-only machine. And it’s not a recent build, though looking at it, you’d swear it was. He’s had the car since the...
Morning Symphony: The Mighty Roar Of The Upper Crust Race Car, The Bentley Continental GT3
Unless it’s kissed a concrete wall head-on at speed, anything with the Bentley badge is meant to be two things: sporty and expensive with a capital “F”. From the days of the 4 1/2...
These Motocross Riders Are Insane – Like Rockbouncers, But Without The Rollcage!
Rockbouncers just might be the most unhinged, insane form of off-roading. Purpose-built tube-frame monstrosities packing four-digit horsepower levels, flying up hills and over just about everything...
Morning Symphony: An Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme That’s All About The Launch
Outside of my weird Mopars, the next prolific vehicle type I’ve got in my back catalog is the GM G-body. I’ve owned one Monte Carlo SS, two 1979 Cutlasses, and have worked on various...
Over 200 Horsepower Per Cylinder: Scott Forrester’s Holden Gemini Runs A World-Class Four-Banger!
In 1957, Chevrolet hit the goal of one horsepower per cubic inch from their 283ci V8 by way of fuel injection. Back then, that was a hell of a goal to achieve. But that was over sixty years...
Classic YouTube: The 1981 Kelly American Challenge Race From Portland, Oregon
Between 1977 and 1989, IMSA had a race that allowed you to bring any American car to play on the roadcourses as a kind of preview race ahead of the IMSA GT main event. Dubbed the Kelly American...
A $40,000 Guess – Watch Cali Chris Go Virtually Perfect And Saw Birdman Off At The Knees
It was a moment that triggered a landslide of opinion, screaming, yelling, crying, and entertainment on the internet. When “Cali Chris” Poncia used his mental clock to leave the starting...
The Scaled Bus: Petrolicious Takes A Look At A 1970 Subaru Sambar
We celebrate all things speed here at BangShift, but there is more to the automotive world than just hauling ass in it’s many forms. There’s over a century of vehicles that you can look...
Hurt Feelings Department: This Australian Test Between The Kia Stinger GT And Ford Mustang GT Isn’t Good News For Ford Fans…
I’ll make no excuses for my admiration for the Kia Stinger GT. I’ve driven them, harder than I should probably admit for never getting an official press vehicle, and the only concern...
Unhinged: Getting A Volvo To Play Toto And What Songs I’d Have My Cars Playing
One of the more interesting videos that’s come across my desk in the last few days is this one. A fellow by the name of Chris Ng decided that his Volvo 240’s key-in chime was either too...
All Ford, Baby! This Mean Green Fairmont Flies In The Face Of The “LS The World” Movement!
It’s a well-known fact that the Ford Windsor small block, while a very stout piece, has limitations. It is generally accepted that once you start overing around the 500 horsepower arena and...
The Flying Pickle: Watch Michael Roemer’s Chevy S-10 Get After It In Georgia!
This is a truck that needs no introduction to any of us behind the scenes at BangShift. This is Michael Roemer’s Chevy S-10 known as “The Flying Pickle”. It’s super easy to...
Durability Tested: Watching This Tuff Truck Jeep Cherokee Crash And Come Back To Life Tells Us We Need To Get One!
Lets talk about Jeep XJs for a second. The Cherokee is one tough little SOB…they showed what American Motors could do with the right influences from Renault, Richard Teague’s eye for...