Category Archive: ENGINES
COOL VIDEO: HOW AN ENGINE AT THE GM TONAWANDA PLANT GOES TOGETHER FROM START TO FINISH
If you are back at work today after the holidays be happy to know that the robots and people that assemble GM engines are back at it too. We got tipped off to a truly cool video that followed the...
FUN VIDEO: A VINTAGE FIAT 500 PACKING TURBO HONDA POWER!
If this little meanie doesn’t crack you up, your sense of humor is out of whack! The wee machine shown in the video is a vintage Fiat 500 that has had the anemic 500cc two cylinder engine...
DRAG VIDEO: A MERCEDES MINI-VAN IN AUSTRALIA GETS A 632 BBC, RUNS NINES, HILARITY FOLLOWS
Whack nut drag race cars rule. There is now proof that they rule in both Hemispheres in the form of this video! Some insane maniac in Australia built a full tilt drag race version of a Mercedes Vito...
DESTRUCTION VIDEO: A HUGE COLLECTION OF AUSSIE FIRES, EXPLOSIONS, WRECKS, AND CLOSE CALLS FROM 2011!
We’ve showed you a couple of great ‘Merican compilation videos of crazy stuff that happened in 2011 but for this one we’re headed down under. Featuring footage from the drags,...
An Awesome Look Inside MSD Headquarters and Manufacturing in El Paso, Texas
It is always cool to peek behind the curtain of a company like MSD to see where the parts that so many of us use on our stuff get made. MSD is based in El Paso, Texas and that’s where this...
DYNO VIDEO: A 598CI, 1014HP FORD BIG BLOCK!
Bill Fowler is an OG BangShifter and the owner of a very mean Mustang. Bill’s car is an interesting study as he regularly drag races it, auto crosses it, and cruises it on the street. It is a...
Cool Old Video: AJ Foyt And Ray Harroun Apppear On A 1961 Game Show Together
It is a brutally slow news week around here but luckily while trolling the interwebs, we found a really cool video of 1961 Indy 500 winner AJ Foyt and 1911 Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun appearing on...
Dyno Video: A 255 Drake Offy Sings A Bangshifty Christmas Carol On The Pump
Few racing engines have held a position of dominance in American motorsports as the Meyer-Drake Offy. From midgets to the thundering roadsters of the Indy 500 and well into the era of rear engine...
Cool Vintage Drag Video: Steve Evans, Big Daddy, And Brock Yates Cover The 1990 Nhra Le Grandnational Molson From Sanair
Some junk news this afternoon had me looking for a little cheer up video on the interwebs. I found such a piece of footage in the form of American Sports Cavalcade’s coverage of the 1990 NHRA...
THE PARTING SHIFT: THE CHEVY RESPONSE TO THE SCREAMING MUSTANG FROM LAST WEEK!
Tony Fillipone is a long time New England based drag racer who runs a pair of kick ass, small inch, Chevy IIs in Super Stock competition. He’s also a die hard stick shift guy that takes plenty...
FUNNY VIDEO: A LAWN TRACTOR DEMO DERBY FROM SCOTTSVILLE, KENTUCKY
When photo contributor Charles Wickam sent me an excited text asking if I had ever seen video of a lawn tractor demolition derby, frankly I got excited. Of course I hadn’t seen video of a lawn...
BREAKING NEWS: JUST RELEASED GM PERFORMANCE VIDEO OF COPO CAMARO TESTING
GM Performance just released their killer video documenting the first days of testing the “concept” COPO Camaro in Florida a couple of weeks ago. This is a full on HD video with some...
INCREDIBLE HISTORIC VIDEO: PRE WW2 DRY LAKES HOT ROD RACING – NEVER BEFORE SEEN
This is truly historic video. This is some of the earliest known footage of early hot rodders racing their stuff on the dry lakes in the western portion of the country. There are amazing roadsters,...
GEARHEAD VIDEO: A SUSPENSION EYE VIEW OF THE DETROIT SPEED 1970 CAMARO TEARING AROUND CAROLINA MOTORSPORTS PARK
This is one of those videos that gearheads find fascinating and the rest of the world wonders what’s wrong with us. Proud BangShift sponsor Detroit Speed and Engineering put a Replay XD camera...