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Blasphemi explodes the Engine, Jarrod sends intake into orbit, Struggles from Day 5 of Sick Week 2026

We’ve shared lots of video from Sick Week 2026, including several from Alex Taylor, Kevin Smith and the KSR crew, and also the Drag, Drive, Repeat gang. So what’s in store in this new...

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Check Out All These Drag Cars And Other Old School Treasure at the WORLD OF WHEELS 2026 SHOW In Chattanooga

I remember when the World of Wheels show came to San Jose as a kid. Dad and I would always make the trip to go check out the cars and trucks in the show. They were always some of the best indoor car...

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DIY Paint and Body: Testing an Electric Spray Gun Built for Automotive Paint – Is It Actually Any Good?

For the past couple of years there have been a ton of folks on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more that have been showing off their automotive painting success with cheap handheld airless paint...

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Harrell Engine And Dyno Video: Mike Finnegan’s Rubber Ducky engine teardown! Plus, we’ll get some valvetrain tech too!

Finnegan’s Rubber Ducky, the cool yellow 1967 Pontiac Firebird that he picked up a few years ago, has been a fun ride that has taken him on Drag and Drive events, done great Christmas tree...

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Buick LeSabruh! Will Derek Be Able To Drive This Thing 700 Miles Home? He TRADED For This LS SWAPPED Buick LeSabre Sight Unseen!

Derek is back at it, this time with a Buick LeSabre, a car he’s actually bought and modified several times. Not this one in particular, but one that looked almost exactly the same. This one has...

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Sheet Metal Cut and Butt: Check Out These Simple Techniques, Tips, And Tricks For Do It Yourself Rust Repair.

If you aren’t a regular watcher of metal shaping and sheet metal fabrication videos, you might not know that one of the common sheet metal replacement techniques is called the cut and butt...

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Bastards: Eight Chinese Companies Busted By US Marshals At SEMA For Selling Knock Off Parts

There is nothing worse than being ripped off. Whether it is someone lifting a story from BangShift for their own crummy website or a person making a shady deal, the feeling is the same. In the...

SEMA 2016: More Cars, More Cool, and More Overload From Gearhead Paradise In Las Vegas

The city of Las Vegas is a strange place. If you have never been here there’s no real way to describe it. There’s lots of glitz, lots of in-your-face stuff and lots of weirdness that...

The WTF? Files: Anybody Looking For A Very Pricey Dodge Magnum Ute?

When DaimlerChrysler rolled out the LX cars, they were pretty generous with the variants: two sedans, a two-door performance coupe and a station wagon. Let’s focus on the Magnum for a second:...

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SEMA 2016: If You’re Ready To Get Your Build In Gear, American Powertrain Has What You Need!

The folks at American Powertrain are friends of BangShift for many reasons: they advocate the third pedal treatment for your project cars like few others do, they stock solid pieces and parts that...

SEMA 2016: In A Sea Of Overkill Show Cars, This 1961 Chrysler Stands Out From The Crowd!

Outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center, you will find some of the really wild cars…wild paints that you shouldn’t look at directly during full sun, wheels that have to be one-off...

SEMA 2016: Weld Racing Goes Big And Introduces New Weld Racing XT Product Line For Lifted Trucks

One of the things that blows us away at SEMA every year is the literal and figurative size of the wheel industry. In particular are the massive wheels that are being used on today’s lifted...

Some Guy Built A Killer Scrambler Bike Out Of A Gold Wing And Is Selling It Cheap!

As a guy who knows little about the motorcycling world in general, I do know that a Honda Gold Wing is not exactly considered a performance machine. Now, I know it was not necessarily designed to be...

Remembering GMC Crackerbox Trucks – Stubby, Square, and Tough!

(By Greg Rourke) – Yes, more big trucks, more cabovers. GMC called their all new, aluminum tilt cab trucks the F model, but truckers called them the Crackerbox. It’s easy to see why. All...

SEMA 2016: This RX7 Is A Build In Progress And The Car Is Completely Bonkers

An RX7? Really? Yeah we know you may be skeptical of this one but when you see what’s about to happen to this car and the stuff that has already happened to this car you’ll understand why...

SEMA 2016 Gallery: The Cars Of The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge

With no doubt, if you are a gearhead in Las Vegas, the SEMA week has been your primary focus and the Las Vegas Convention Center has been your home away from home, but once SEMA Ignited is finished...

Here’s Some More Detail on the Crazy Australian Time Attack Nissan

Less than two weeks ago, we showed you onboard video of Tim Slade obliterating the World Time Attack Challenge record at Sydney Motorsports Park. Slade, whose normal gig is driving a Holden Racing...

SEMA 2016: Mickey Thompson Unveils Fresh Brand Identity – Renews Commitment To Racing

We were at the press conference yesterday when Mickey Thompson Tires and Wheels debuted their new brand identity. While this may seem like a paper change to many people we think it is pretty cool...

SEMA 2016: Even The Trucks Are Awesome! Check Out Some Of The Shell SuperRigs We Found Outside!

As you would expect, from one side of the Las Vegas Convention Center to the other, the area is covered in beautiful cars that are completely and utterly stunning. But as we walked to and from the...

Pulling Action Photos: The Dirt Was Flying At The NC State Fair!

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – Well we’re back on our yearly stop at the NC State Fair with some of the best NTPA pullers in the country showing up for their final exhibition of the...