Category Archive: BangShift XL, TECH, Videos, XL Videos
Finnegan’s Ramp Truck Is Now A Coal Roller! Wiring, Exhaust, And Smokey Burnouts!
It’s been a minute since Mike Finnegan’s ramp truck Chevy has been seen. Last time we had heard much about it, the 5.9L Cummins and transmission had been liberated from a surplus military...
Friend Of The Year: Who Would Let Their Buddy Drive Their Hellcat Charger Around The Nurburgring For Them?
How likely are you to toss over the keys of your baby to a buddy? Barring circumstances where it’s for the best, like using a designated driver because you’re three sheets to the wind or...
This 9 Year Old Kid Jumps The Double Stack Ramp At The Hoonigan Shop In A Bad Ass UTV!
Kids that are incredibly confident and do extreme stuff are cool as hell. But kids that do extreme stuff and still show a bit of fear and excitement are even cooler. They’re kids after all....
Morning Symphony: Working Out A 410ci Ford On The Skidpad In An XC Falcon!
Simply put, happiness is valve float. You’ve reached the max point of the engine’s capability to ingest and expel air. You’ve found the limit. Very few people will ever see the...
Seems Safe: What Happens When you Drop A Truck Whose Tires Are Turning At Speed?
“Every warning label has a story”. This isn’t just a comic’s intro to a horrifyingly funny story, it’s a real thing. No engineer on the planet can possibly think up...
Now You’re Just Showing Off: One Wicked Bounty Mud Pit And …A SHERP?
A dug out trench that looks more like an evaporation pit than anything even remotely close to natural and a bunch of mega trucks nearby can only mean one thing: the bounty mud hole is open for...
Classic YouTube: Sylvain Noël vs. Mario Racicot At The 2014 St Joseph de Beauce Race!
Out of all places, it’s gotta be Quebec that has some of the most wicked semi trucks doing more than just hauling the daily load. Any camion racing that goes down in the Francophile province...
Street Car Takeover Bowling Green! The Throwdown Of Big Boys Was A Battle!
While Chad and I watched pair after pair of machines try to make mincemeat out of each other in St. Louis, the Street Car Takeover Bowling Green event was going down, with Beech Bend Raceway hosting...
Meet The Beast! Burnout Legend Kranky Gives Hoonigan A Lesson In Tire Frying!
As we learned early on in BangShift’s existence with Burnout Mondays, if you think an Australian is down for taking the silver medal in the tire-frying competition, we have some very bad news...
Hard To Starboard: The Project Neighbor Crown Vic/Shelby Mustang Mashup Goes Drifting!
The most fun vehicles I’ve ever thrashed, or have been around during the thrashing, haven’t been sports cars, or muscle cars, or any kind of purpose-built machine. No…they have been...
Morning Symphony: Got Cummins? This Monster Of A Challenger Sure Does!
Diesel power works, folks. The engines do everything from farmers with the power to get things done to giving ocean-going workers the ability to cross the seas with ease. They are beastly and you...
Please Secure Your Belongings Before Departure: This Malibu Got It’s Rear Window Knocked Out At Launch!
You’d think a drag race is a simple affair: point car at the finish line, don’t hit anything, and be sure to stop at the end and you’re fine. You’d think it’d be...
Welding Aluminum The Right Way: How To Make It Easy, Pretty, And Strong
Stacking dimes, laying down a bead, whatever you call it, a pretty weld is a weld to be proud of. As longs as it is at least as strong as it is good looking. The skills and techniques used to get...
Take A First-Person Walk Through CTC Auto Ranch, A Treasure Trove Of Machines!
I love going to North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas. It’s got a proper small-strip feel without feeling like you’re at a sketchy, fend-for-yourself kind of place. It’s got a great...