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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos

This 1996 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti Screams And Pops Like A Proper Italian Should – 11,500 RPM!

A V6 engine can make power and pull hard when built right. But one thing that a lot of V6s can’t do is sound the part. Have you ever heard a GM V6 uncorked? It sounds horrible, doesn’t...

Burnout Monday: The “Mad Matt” Chrysler 300 SRT-8, Complete With Emissions-Legal 6-71 Supercharged 6.1L Hemi

In the matter of the last two weeks, this car has been sent to me as a suggestion nineteen times. Pictures from the 2015 Spring Festival from various angles showed the same thing: a murdered-out 2006...

Five-Wide Dirt Drag Racing Footage From The 2014 Kleinschmidt Nationals

A Polaris RZR that acts like it’s on nitrous, a Cummins-swapped Dodge Ramcharger, four-seat dune runners with their wheels in the air, Yamaha Banshees that sound like they are tuned to within...

Watch As These Skydivers Get A Rare Chance To Jump From A B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most iconic aircraft of World War II. It was a capable bomber, loved by crews and leaders alike. It was armed to the teeth with machine guns at pretty...

Watch As This Motorcyclist Does A World-Record 128 MPH Wheelie On Ice!

Riding a powerful bike on ice is already dangerous enough. Between the speed, the slick surface and all of the metal studs in the rear tire, one wrong move and have no doubt whatsoever that it will...

Classic YouTube: The South Carolina Muscle Car Society’s First Annual Burnout Contest

Cool cars, frying tires, and good music…if there’s a better combination to get our attention at BangShift, chances are good that we can’t show it on the front page. This footage...

These Mustangs Go Head-To-Head In An Australian-Style Burnout Contest In The U.S.!

With the exception of the Powercruise USA events in Brainerd, Michigan, we haven’t seen a true Aussie-style burnout competition in the States. By that, we mean that we haven’t seen...

Hellcat Challenger Gains Over 30 Horsepower On A Basic Computer Tune

It’s honestly not like the Dodge Hellcats need any more power…707hp from the factory should be more than enough to cause sweating, speed blindness and, depending on driver skill and...

Behind The Scenes Of The Parachuting Cars Scene In “Furious 7” – Yes, They Really Did Shove Cars Out Of A Plane!

Nobody here is going to, for one second, argue that any of the “Fast and Furious” movies showcase real life. Hondas driving under semi trailers, a Yenko Camaro with an ejection seat, and...

Chevrolet Celebrates The 500,000th Fifth-Gen Camaro And Teases The Sixth-Generation In This Video

When the Camaro returned for it’s fifth generation in early 2009 as a model-year 2010 car, it was a retro design that went straight for the first generation Camaro’s styling. Love it or...

What’s Green, Small, And Can Lay Waste To A Porsche? This All-Electric BMW 3-Series…Meet The Green Monster

You see that green E30 BMW laying waste to the BMW M6? It’s a full-on electric conversion. The M6 that is currently having it’s own backside handed to it on a silver platter came with...

This Is How A Four-Cylinder Should Sound: The Lancia 037 – Screaming Supercharged Violence

We aren’t exactly kind to four-bangers around here, and you can blame a lot of that on the “fast and furious” crowd that made every Honda Civic sound like an armada of Asian Giant...

Historical Race Footage: The 1988 SCCA Trans Am Race At Long Beach, California

Even with all of the hype, media coverage, random acts of absolute insanity and the wrecks, it’s becoming increasingly more and more difficult to find enthusiasm for NASCAR. The last time I got...

Watch A 438ci Small Block Ford On Nitrous Make Nearly 1,300hp And Spin Past 8,000 RPM!

We loves us some dyno pull videos. In this case, it is a small block Ford engine built by CNC Motorsports. This engine measures out to 438ci and with the nitrous bottle valve open, makes 1,270hp and...