Category Archive: TECH, Tech Stories
Here’s A DIY Air Tool Holder You Can Make At Home With Scraps, But That Really Kicks Ass
I hate messes in the shop, which would surprise you if you saw the inside of mine most of the time. Like most of us, I too am amazingly adept at finding something to sit on every available...
The Ultimate Beat Rental? This Dodge Charger’s Front Subframe Is Nearly Torn Out!
Rental cars aren’t babied…we know this. I’m guilty of this…reverse donuts in a Dodge Stratus, e-brake skids in the snow in a Corolla, and don’t ask what happened to the...
How To Fabricate DIY Threaded Inserts For The Frame Of Your Hot Rod
Matt and the gang at Eastwood are always having fun building cool stuff and showing us how it’s done. In this video he’s making the final preparations for bolting the body of his...
We Need These Gas-Powered Power Wheels To Play In The Snow! Check These Little Monsters Out!
Is the ultimate end for a Power Wheels toy destined to be down a dirt trail at high speed with an individual of questionable mental capacity on it? We love “Barbie Jeep Racing”, but we...
Dead Car Rolling: Take In The Final Moments Of A Condemmed Mercedes
The only thing worse than seeing the frontal offset crash of a 2017 Mercedes E-class actually happening is the moment just before the car starts to roll towards the barriers at Mercedes’...
Take A Ride In A Lamborghini Diablo SV – V-12, Rear-Drive and Wet Track…What Could Go Wrong?
The poster car. The successor to a line of cars that had taken the world by storm, from the achingly pretty Miura to the psychotic, expletive-inducing Countach. The car that was the true test of the...
Racepak “We Are You”: Meet Tim Anderson BangShifter, Innovator, And Aspiring Funny Car Driver
Creating the title for this blog item was hard because there are at least ten other descriptors to use for Tim Anderson, including his actual title of President. He’s one of the good ones. No,...
Too Real: This British Touring Car Crash Puts A Car Up On The Barrier And Through The Camera Operator’s Stand…Yikes!
We can make jokes all we want about our positions at race tracks (see also: Lohnes’ Hand Injury) but truth be told, even with all of the safety precautions we can take, we aren’t truly...
Good Idea or Bad Idea: Getting A Tattoo While Going Drifting!
Discussing getting a tattoo on BangShift might seem a bit strange, but trust us, for this video, it’s worth discussing. I can’t speak for either Brian or Chad when it comes to tattoos,...
Getting Dirty In The Pit In Virginia! Who Knew A Lifted Mercedes Benz Could Be So Fun?
Going mudding should be simple and straightforward: get into some deep mud, drill the throttle and keep going until you are out of mud or you’re stuck up to your beltline in soil. It’s...
Roadkill! The Monza Returns With A Lot More Boost, Courtesy Of A
Ah, the Monza. Roadkill’s 1978 Chevrolet Monza is a bitchin’ little piece from the word go, before they stuffed a ton of leafblowers under the rear hatch and proved that the most redneck...
All Out Or Get Out: Watch Shelby Tanner Give Cable Hill Everything She’s Got!
Shelby Tanner is either tough as nails, mentally unhinged, or is royally pissed off at someone and is aiming to prove them wrong. Whatever the case, the lady rockbouncer is not scared of the long,...
Give The Gift Of Knowledge For Christmas! Kevin Tetz Paintucation DVD’s Help You Do Body And Paint Right
There isn’t much that I won’t tackle on a car project. Even the stuff that scares people a lot, like wiring for example. I’ll do some sheetmetal replacement, although I’ve...
Want To See What It Takes To Convert A 2012 Shelby Into A 1967 Shelby? Check Out This Time-Lapse Video!
(Photo: GT500 SuperSwap via Facebook) Rebodying a new car to resemble an older, more desirable model is nothing new, especially where the Ford Mustang is concerned. When the S-197 chassis (2005-2014)...