Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
The Parting Shift: Wheels Up and Screaming at Atco, NJ
We’ll leave you this week with some great footage from Atco, New Jersey. The two cars featured are super stockers sporting small block engines and crash boxes. The vintage Corvette is pretty...
Wind Tunnel Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s 1971 Superbird at A2
Gary and Pam Beineke’s names are no strangers to the electronic pages of BangShift.com. We’ve featured several of their cars, highlighted the amazing work they did on a recent project to...
Vintage Commercial: When Shelby Was Selling Chryslers
The early 1980s was a dark time for fans of domestic high performance cars. Yes, the automotive world was gradually pulling itself out of the performance abyss known as the 1970s, but the rollicking...
Wild Video: Helicopter Touch and Go Landings…on Lake Tahoe!
This is some of the craziest footage we have ever seen. It was saptured by tourists visiting Lake Tahoe. A pair of helicopters hover just above the water and then they both actually set down in the...
MSD Tech Video: Chad Installs an MSD Crank Trigger
When it comes to getting the most out of your high performance engine, timing is literally everything. Maximizing the efficiency and accuracy of the ignition system on your mill will get the most...
Cool Shop Tour Video: Be Cool Radiators
There have been some very serious advancements made in high performance cooling systems over the last 15 years and many of them can be traced back to the people at Be Cool Incorporated located...
Shocking Video: World’s Quickest Electric Bike Goes 7.46/177 With Larry McBride Riding!
We generally hate electric powered vehicles. The whole internal combustion deal is kind of close to our hearts. That being said, this drag bike, which looks all the world like a Nitro Harley from...
Near Death Fail Video: How Not to Pull Down A Tree
Pulling junk with a truck or tractor is cool as hell. We fondly remember our dad yanking bushes and stuff right out of the ground back in the day. Now that Goliath has his sea legs under him,...
Video Bonanza: Baldwin-Motion Machinery in Action!
As we eluded to in the previous story about the Baldwin-Motion Phase III GT Corvette, the stuff that rolled out of Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance shop was simply beyond compare in the late...
Cool Video: 1980’s Sand Drag Action Complete With an Awesome Blower Explosion
Back in the 1980’s TNN was the place to be for awesome gearhead television programming. We say that because of the great lineup of shows that they had on Sunday mornings. American Sports...
Physics Wins Again Video: How Not to Mud Bog Your ATV
Riding four-wheelers can be loads of fun. Bombing around in the woods, doing some mud bogging, making some high speed runs down fire roads and under high tension wires, a jolly good time. As fun as...
You’re Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine
We’re not qualified to comment on the proper way to start a refurbished turbine engine hanging off the wing of a Boeing 737, but we do know wrong when we see it. For instance, it is wrong to...
Wet Wreckage Video: How to Destroy an Off Shore Racing Boat and Laugh It Off
Motorized boat racing on nearly every level is insane. Hurtling across a constantly variable surface with as little of the actual vessel touching the water as possible can lead to some humongous...
Wreckage Video: Early 1980’s Demo Footage From Deep in the Heart of New Jersey
We’re so confused about this video. On the one hand, there is the brilliant unintentional comedy provided by a cast of characters participating in this demo derby. Then there’s the...