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Category Archive: MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Dyno Video: Watch A Twin Turbo, Real Deal Steel 1934 Ford Put Down Almost 1300hp…At The Tire

There’s something awesome about a full tilt car built from original period steel. Such is the case with this radical 1934 Ford which was built by the guys at Eddie’s Chop Shop in...

Video: Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel On Goodguys TV

Check it out. BangShift sponsor and dude of dudes Bret Voelkel was interviewed at the Goodguys Del Mar Nationals a couple weeks ago, and here is the video. He talks about autocross, racing the Lambo...

Video: Is This The Most Powerful Ford Crown Vic In The World? The Rocket Couch Lives Again With Tons More Power!

You may remember our buddy Chris Adams’ 1992 Crown Vic from the pages of Car Craft a couple years ago where it starred in a story called The Rocket Couch. With a supercharged two-valve Ford...

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Incredible Burnout Video: The Most Wild Flaming Aussie Video We Have Ever Seen!

Aussie BangShifter John Tearle tipped us off to this video of a Commodore Ute not only burning the tires off, but also nearly burning to the ground during an Aussie “power skid” contest....

Wreckage Video: Watch A Lucas Oil Drag Boat Series Vessel Crash And Violently Disintegrate At Firebird Raceway

Call me names if you want but drag boat racing terrifies me. I’d sooner sit in the co-driver seat of a World Rally Car hurtling through the Finnish woods than I would strap myself into a high...

Video: StangKilr 1200+ Horsepower 2010 Camaro On The Street Racing All Comers

We’ve all seen a lot of really fast 5th Gen Camaros, but when you start talking about big power like this, it’s a whole other world. The StangKilr Camaro has enough turbo for 1500+...

Video: Big Burnout…On A Trailer! Yes, Smoking The Tires, While On A Trailer

We’ve seen just about every kind of burnout imaginable. We have done most of them ourselves! But this one made us shake our heads. Unfortunately the car doing the burnout is front wheel drive,...

Street Racing Extravaganza!: Cash Days VII and VIII DVD Trailer From 1320 Video

If you haven’t heard about Cash Days, then you are missing out on one of the greatest street races ANYWHERE. And before you start whining about street racing being illegal and dangerous, and...

1320 Video Sunday: A 1000 Horsepower Turbo Ford Lightning Tearing Up The Track In Houston

Lightning’s have been Ford’s baddest truck for a long long time, but there are a lot of them out there with turbos instead of the factory installed supercharger. The whole Turbo vs...

Saturday Sleeper Movie Day: Watch a Malibu Wagon Pull a Massive Wheelie on the Street!

Well, we know at least one guy now who we have to believe when he tells us that his car can pull wheelies on the street and that’s the owner of this Chevy Malibu station wagon! This small tire...

BangShift Sleeper Saturday: THE SECRET WEAPON – A 1980 OLDS WAGON WITH 496CI OF VORTEC BIG BLOCK AND A DOUG NASH 5-SPEED!

This kids, is a hot rod. It is also a rolling mechanical orphanage. The motor in the car isn’t made any more. The rear end in the car isn’t made anymore. The components in the rear...

Sleeper Saturday Movie Day: Drag Sleeper Video: An Aussie Toyota Corolla Q-Ship!

To build a little old Toyota Corolla that runs in the elevens on the strip and looks like something an old woman would be driving is devious and awesome. The car is down in Australia where weird and...

Video: Watch A Bad Ass, Modern Aussie Version Of The All Conquering Shelby Dragon Snake Attack The Strip In Oz!

Shelby Cobras are certainly BangShift approved but the most BangShifty of them all were the few rare “Dragon Snakes” built for quarter mile competition. Guys like Bruce Larson made some...

Insane Wreckage Video: Watch A Bad Ass Karmann Ghia Wreck Hard On A Makeshift German Drag Strip

The other day I had a long conversation with a highly respected friend about the proliferation of drag racing around the world and just how many drag strips there are dotting the far corners of this...