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Engine Teardown Nightmare! This Crankshaft Welded Itself To The Balancer! Watch How Peter At HED Get’s This Thing Apart.

Over the years I’ve pulled a few engines apart that surprised me because they had damage inside that you would think might keep it from running, or at least running as well as it seemed to in...

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US Street Nationals Testing: LIVE Testing Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 IMSA Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at Daytona International Speedway | Race 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida

There is so much racing that is going on in Daytona this week, leading up to the famed Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona which starts on Saturday. There have been a full week of races and practice so far,...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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LIVE Right Here At 6 PM Pacific, IHRA President Mike Dunn & Street Outlaws On NitroReports.com!

It’s Tuesday (4/19) and on tonight’s Nitro Reports with Donnie Couch and Darr Hawthorne we’ve got IHRA President Mike Dunn to talk about the season so far and the upcoming IHRA President’s...

This 1966 C10 Has The Right Stance, The Right Interior, And An Engine You Will Cheer For – Not An LS In Sight!

You have seen it plenty of times on these pages. A car or truck that looks perfect, has personality, has the right interior, sits like a million bucks, and then the engine is a total downer. Either...

Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association Action: Door Wars At Maryland International Raceway

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – For years I have been looking to make a visit at Maryland International and witness Door Wars where the NEOPMA  – North East Outlaw Pro Mod...

Rough Start: What Rough Start? This One-Owner 1977 Ford LTD II Might Empty The Bank, But What More Could You Want? (Besides Smaller Bumpers…)

There is always something to be said for finding a gorgeous, one-owner car that has been babied all of it’s life up for sale for a decent price. It’s a rare event and not something to be...

BangShifty Perfection! This Former Vogue Motorhome Is Now A BangShifty Car Hauler

The art of converting an old camper into a BangShifty car hauler can be touch and go. Lots of times it seems like a good idea on its face but when it comes time to execute, things are not only...

Which Supercharger Is Best? Engine Masters Takes A Look At Two Budget-Minded Boost Possibilities On The Ford 363ci Yanked Out Of The Raunchero!

Boost…it is addictive, it is fun, and normally, it’s a bit expensive to do. Superchargers can provide enough pressurized air to make the drive a lot of fun, and blower whine is always so...

European Super Pull 2016 Action Photos: The Coolest Rigs, Awesome Photos From Rotterdam!

(Words and photos by Dennis Voss) – After the winter it sure to say spring is closeby, certainly if you combine this with the wonderful noise of Methanol and Diesel engines chomping away to...

eBay Find: This 1968 AMC Rebel Is As Close As You’ll Get To The Original “The Machine” Prototype!

The standard picture for an AMC Rebel with “The Machine” package is pretty standard across the board: AMC’s somehow not a full-size midsize two-door hardtop, with the trademark red,...

BangShift Tune-Up: “My Favourite Game” By The Cardigans (1998)

Do you remember that mid-1990s song “Lovefool”? Don’t lie, everybody knew that song…whether they wanted to or not. It was everywhere. It was like a plague. The Cardigans, a...

Viva Las Vegas 2016 Coverage: More Cars, Trucks, Rods, Customs, and Crusiers From Vegas!

We’ve been showing you tons of photos of the last couple of days from the huge Viva Las Vegas car show and we’re going to keep that trend up for a few days past this one. Beyond the cars,...

Morning Symphony: The Gumpert Apollo S Is As Snotty And As Powerful As The People Who Can Afford Them!

There is a phrase that I’ve only recently become familiar with that has an, to me at least, an interesting context: “F___ you money”. If you’ve seen the movie “The Wolf...

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Ouch! Here’s What It Looks Like When Two Slingshots Try To Occupy The Same Space

Jim Murphy and Bill Dunlap are two of the most decorated front engine dragster racers of all time. They are also two of the most long lasting as well. Both men have been in the sport for decades upon...

Huge News! RideTech Now A Source For Steering Components – Center Links, Tie Rods, More!

Yes, RideTech is now offering high quality, precision manufactured steering components that are designed to fit your stuff perfectly and enhance the driving experience as they do. Y0u have long known...

Ride along in a pucker-inducing rally drive through the Irish countryside

The European Rally Championship, as the name suggests, visits many of the countries in Europe and puts rally drivers through the paces (and pacenotes) of some of the most challenging roads. For the...