Off The Rocker: This Kawasaki KZ1000-Powered Lawn Mower Is Mental!
Let’s start off the explanation for what you are going to see here with a question: Can you picture what a Kawasaki KZ1000 police bike looks like? Built in a couple different forms over thirty...
Rough Start: This 1979 Dodge Magnum Is A Cheap Mopar Build On A Silver Platter!
Admission 1: Over four years of Craigslist hunting, eBay searching, Racing Junk scanning and other assorted classified hunts that normally would’ve been a great way to kill a late evening have...
LSD – Legal Street Drag Racing! Check Out The Footage From Enid, Oklahoma!
The question always kicks in: if there isn’t a track, where are people going to race? In places like the Los Angeles metro, the answer isn’t easy since politics, neighborhood issues,...
The 16th Ventura Nationals – More Kustoms, Caddys & Hot Rods!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – The annual Ventura Nationals, held at Seaside Park in Ventura, California showed off an awesome collection of hot rods. This is the 16th year for the show with low...
Car Show Photos: The 2018 Orange County Great Labor Day Cruise
(Photos by Wes Allison) – While many people say that Labor Day weekend officially ends summer, the fine people of Southern California don’t likely agree. These lucky dudes and dudettes are...
All Big Block Chevy Oil Pans Are Not Created Equal! Lean About Different Options From Moroso
Your oil pan is one of those things that is insanely important to the performance and longevity of your engine but you likely don’t think about much. Many of you are probably running a stock...
Classic YouTube: The USS Shenandoah After It’s 1924 Mooring Tower Incident
680 feet long, nearly 79 feet wide at it’s broadest and standing nearly 100 feet tall, the USS Shenandoah would be an impressive sight by today’s standards, but in the early 1920s it had...
PSA Video: Running 145psi Of Compressed Air Through Your Turbo Keychain Has A Negative Result
It’s Friday and many of you out there are going to be headed off for a long weekend. It could be a long weekend of racing, of hanging out with family, or just relaxing at the unofficial end of...
Morning Symphony: The Nitrous Backfire – “Oh, S#!%” In One Big Boom
Rocket-propelled grenades. Vehicle-born improvised explosive devices. Mortars by the bucketful. A Hydra 70 rocket going off at close proximity. One incident that involved a Hellfire missile and a...
The 16th Ventura Nationals – Hot Rods And Low Riders On The Beach!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – There’s a lot to do on Labor Day weekend, one of the traditions of that particular weekend is the annual Ventura Nationals, held at Seaside Park on the beach in...
Happy Labor Day From BangShift.com!
Long days, late evenings, barbecues, and the very first signs that summer is winding down. Labor Day is truly a worthy holiday. As you soak up the remainder of the summer on what we hope is a day off...
Middle Child Syndrome: This 1981 Dodge Challenger Has To Go All-Out To Be Noticed!
Which is less appreciated by their fan base, the Mustang II or the second-gen Dodge Challenger? It’s kind of a wash, really…neither car truly lived up to the billing of the nameplate and...
Historic video: Jim Nicoll’s 1970 US Nats Clutch Explosion And Massive Crash
It’s not often that a wreck cements a guy into near legend status, but this one did the trick for Top Fuel racer, the late Jim Nicoll. Facing down the far better funded, equipped, and known Don...
Classic YouTube: The 1986 IMSA Races At Road America – Champion Spark Plug Challenge And Kelly American Challenge!
The more I dig into IMSA racing from the 1980s, the more I like. The vehicles are exactly what I look for: road vehicles that are identifiable with little to no effort. Ok, that might be stretching...
