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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, Videos

Video: A Wacky Chevy Truck Ad From 1972 – Watch the Dummy!

New car television commercials suck universally. There’s the once-every-couple-year gem like Chrysler’s “Man’s Last Stand” Charger ad, but even that one pales in...

Dyno Video: A 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated LSx Rip Saw From The School of Auto Machinists – Awesome

It is weird that we live in an era when you can be cruising YouTube and see so many videos of 1,000-2,000hp turbocharged engines that it gets boring. That’s why we almost skipped over this...

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Nitro Video: A BangShifter’s Home Built Nitro Harley Fired Up and Sounding PISSED OFF In The Shop!

Chuck Noble’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift, Chuck is one of those cool guys with a welder and a plan. He’s been working for a few seasons now on completing a Nitro Harley...

BS Approved Norwegian Video: An Old Ferguson Tractor Fitted With A Jag V12 – Screams Loud! Goes Fast!

We have to tank Norwegian BangShift Arild Guldbrandsen for tipping us off to this video featuring one of his fellow countrymen who took an old Ferguson tractor from (eyeballing it) the 1940s and...

Dyno Video: A 1500hp 428ci Windsor Ford From Nelson Racing Engines

It is always fun to peek in on the Nelson Racing Engines channel on YouTube to see what the dudes and dudettes at NRE have going on. We found this recent video, showing off the new 428ci Windsor Ford...

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Explosivo Video: A Late Model Challenger Suffers A Big Nitrous Explosion and Major Fire – Whoopsie Doodle!

It isn’t a mistake or coincidence that nearly as soon as a new performance car is released, nitrous companies are on the scene with bolt on plate kits for them. It is cheap horsepower and when...

Video: Champion Wheelie From the World Power Wheelstanding Championships – Eighth Mile, No Wreck!

Of all the great ideas, innovations, and wacky creations that Byron Dragway’s Ron Leek came up with over the years as one of the nation’s best drag strip promoters, his master stroke was...

Video: This Is What Happens When You Drive Like a Jackass On Public Roads and Fail At Drifting

What ever happened to pulling a hole shot at a light or maybe a little fishtail action leaving a parking lot or something? Why do today’s kooky kids need to act like complete death wish...

WATCH LIVE: THE BATHURST 1000 FROM AUSTRALIA! GREATEST DOOR SLAMMER ROAD RACE IN THE WORLD!

We have the live feed of the 2012 Bathurst 1000 embedded below! In terms of door car road racing, this is the pinnacle, by a lot! The course is legendary and narrow and fast as hell. Remember, Darrel...

Video: Would You Watch This TV Show About Sportsman Stick Shift Drag Racing?

So we found this 10-minute “sizzle reel” for a reality TV show pilot called, “Shifters USA”. The show follows a group of southern stick shift drag racers as they compete at...

Videos: 609 Supercharged Conley Precision Stinger Big Block On The Stand And In A Fuel Dragster

If you don’t like V8 engines, then BangShift probably isn’t the place for you. Don’t get me wrong, we dig 4 and 6 cylinders as well, depending on the circumstances, but in general...

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Video: Comp Cams Coverage of Popular Hot Rodding’s Engine Masters 2012 – Dyno Pulls and Legends!

As we reported yesterday, Comp Cams is on the scene and shooting great video all week from the 2012 Popular Hot Rodding Engine Masters competition being held in Ohio. They’re really cranking...

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Video: Robert Patrick’s Devestating Pro Nitrous Wreck From ADRL Norwalk – Patrick OK

The ADRL tour passed through Norwalk, Ohio recently running their wild equipment down the strip at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. The most violent occurrence of the weekend was the wreck...

Video: The 2012 Engine Masters Challenge Is ON and Comp Cams Is There to Cover The Action! Learn the Ins and Outs Of The Competition Here!

Popular Hot Rodding’s Engine Masters Challenge has become the defacto yearly slugfest for professional and otherwise hardcore engine builders every year. This year the folks at Comp Cams TV are...

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