Category Archive: BangShift XL, ENGINES, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
Beautifying The Buick: The Hagerty Straight Eight Redline Rebuild Heads For The Paint Booth
We have been following the saga of the Hagerty Redline Rebuild of a Buick straight eight engine for a while now. This thing has been a bear in more ways than one and at seemingly every turn the...
Good Or Bad? The Car And Track Tests Of The 1974 Olds Cutlass And Mercury Cougar!
Throughout the 1970s, the Oldsmobile Cutlass ruled all. One of the best-selling cars of the decade, the Cutlass was the right mix of comfy, sporty, durable, and that final dash of what they were...
Classic YouTube: Reviewing The 1982 Pontiac Firebird, Pre-KITT
Super-sleek, lighter on it’s feet and moments away from becoming a pop icon thanks to a television role, the new-for-1982 Pontiac Firebird lineup was needed. The second-gen car had done well...
Speedy Delivery! This Chevrolet C10 Flatbed Is Giving Us Really Good Ideas!
Work truck…yeah, I remember my first one. Later 1980s Dodge D-50 Ram 2wd, baby blue, stick shift, dead stock and had only been towed behind somebody’s recreational vehicle prior to the...
Historic Drag Racing Film: Awesomeness, Craziness, and Badness From Fremont In The 1960s and 1970s
This right here is some GOLD. If you love old drag racing footage you’ll be on the edge of your seat for the 10:00 duration of this video. Why? You are going to see famous cars, wild runs, guys...
Get That Lean Going: The Brutal Test Of The 1969 Chevrolet Impala 396!
Seeing how Car and Track skewered the 1974 Chevrolet Camaro Type LT during testing is one thing. The Camaro was at the end of any acceptable form of the Musclecar era, and had cowed into a soft, slow...
Watch Spencer Pigot’s Monster Wreck At The 2020 Indy 500 – This Was The Crash That Effectively Ended The Rae
The 104th running of the Indy 500 was apropos for the year 2020. It was bizarre with no fans, it was at times akin to a wrecking derby with a runtime of nearly 3.5 hours, and just when an incredible...
Christmas List Item #1: The 100 Horsepower Power Wheels Jeep In Action!
When I first started messing around with dirt bikes and ATVs at the age of ten, my goal wasn’t to emulate Travis Pastrana or Ricky Carmichael. I wanted to emulate every possible scene from the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Thoughts On The Opposed-Piston Design?
Take a look at the lead photo of this article. That is a still from a rendering of the Advanced Combat Engine, a collaborative effort between Cummins and Achates Power that is meant for military use...
Big Red: Teaming Up To Wake Up A Honda ATC200ES Three-Wheeler!
The toy of my youth, the machine that I used more than any other to wreak havoc with: the Honda three-wheeler. There were two…one 185 with the pull-start from hell and one 200 with the electric...
Historical Footage: The RMS Olympic In Color Film, From Construction To Scrappage
In 1907, J. Bruce Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Line, and J.P. Morgan, who controlled White Star’s parent corporation, International Mercantile Marine Co., had a discussion. They had a...
Mining For Gold, Part 2: How Bad Is Deboss Garage’s Engine Donor Mustang?
Have you ever looked at a car that has been “modded” to the hit and wonder just how well it was put together? Think back to the days of third-gen Camaros that had GTS light covers that...
How High Can You Rev A Hydraulic Roller Equipped Engine Without Valve Float Issues? 7,000? 7,500? 8,000 RPM?
It has often been said that the only way to get an engine to rev is by using a solid lifter camshaft. Whether flat tappet or roller, the solid lifter cam is ALWAYS thought of as the race cam that is...
Killer Vintage Drag Video! Glidden, Prudhomme, Chi-Town and More At Motion Raceway!
From roughly 1970 through 1983 Motion Raceway in Assumption, Illinois was a place where drag racers flocked to burn tires and get their need for speed fulfilled. The track hosted lots of sportsman...