Category Archive: BangShift XL, Videos, XL Videos

Big Rig, Meet Train: Watch As This Brandt-Peterbilt Power Unit Crates Around Railcars!

For years, my dad was a long-haul trucker. We picked him up from the truck, we drove him to the truck, and in-between, the eighteen-wheeler Kenworth that he piloted pretty much dictated every last...

Morning Symphony: Test And Tune Action From Heathcote Raceway

There are two modes to winter: that brief moment when the snow is fresh, the holidays are upon us and you welcome a bit of bite in the air. Then, winter sours quickly as everything becomes a cold,...

Donut Media Put Out Their Top 10 Jet Car List – Do You Agree With Their Choices?

You want to get the attention of a human being? Introduce fire. Humans have been fascinated with fire as long as we’ve been walking upright. Fire keeps us warm and hurts us horribly. It is...

Ultra4 Rigs Meet Hillclimbing! Who Wins? We All Do! (Just Kidding…The Hill Wins!)

Ultra4 racers are the kind of rigs that you see at King Of The Hammers. They are brutal units that have to survive the worst that California can throw at them, and range from UTV runners to the...

Are We Seriously Rooting For A Hot-Rodded Suzuki Swift? Yes We Are! Watch This Little Beast Go!

You probably would recognize it better if it was called a Geo Metro, but it’s a Suzuki Swift. Or a Suzuki Cultus. Or whatever…you know what kind of car it is, they were sold all over the...

Classic YouTube: Making A Presidential Autocross Lap In A Caddy Limo!

One of the best ways to get all three of us laughing and cheering on the underdog: find the biggest car you can and make it do things it was never ever designed to do. You don’t get much bigger...

Classic YouTube: Big Barge Ice Racing On Garfield Lake In Minnesota!

Winter weather is going to happen no matter how much you love or hate the season. The best thing you can do is to bundle up and go enjoy it, have some fun, and do anything that isn’t just...

Big Wheels, Big Power, Big Body: A Look Back At The “Kut Da Check” Chevrolet Caprice

Building a monster out of a 1977-90 Chevrolet Caprice isn’t anything new. It seems like it, but it isn’t. Lohnes has had Buford T. Justice for six years now, and those in the know have...

It’s Better This Way: Watch As This Chrysler LeBaron Droptop Gets Buried For Being A POS!

Yes, the Chrysler K-car was the right car at the right time for a company that had just very narrowly escaped the jaws of death. Yes, most were simple, frugal little commuter cars that moved forwards...

Check Out This Home Built Two-Speed Go Kart Transmission. You Can Make This!

Mini bikes and go-karts are a dream of many children. Some are lucky enough to get one, and some of us kids never grown up and want one regardless of age. With the abundance of cheap overhead valve...

Heavy Hauling: This Compilation Of The Trucks Of LS Fest Brings Back Good Summertime Memories!

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, will make you miss the hot summer days quite like resorting to a soft-blow hammer and a flat blade screwdriver to chisel your way into your own car, or taking a pocket...

The Perfect Recipe: This Turbocharged Fox Notchback Is The Right Combination!

You don’t mess with the combination when success is guaranteed. You might try a different thing here or there, but when the engine, trans, suspension and even the hook is right, you just...

This Video Showing A Drop Forged Crankshaft Being Made Is Pretty Cool

Heat and pressure are required to forge steel, and lots of both. We all know that a forged crank is stronger than a cast crank and the reasons have to do with the grain of the material and the...

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Find The Good Parts Of Snow And Ice With A Review Of Ken Block’s Cold-Weather Shenanigans

In the span of a couple of hours, BangShift Mid-West went from nearly 70 degrees and unseasonably warm to ice and snow. Literally, twenty-four hours is all it took. One day I was cruising along the...