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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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More Great Photos From The Scene At Top Notch Burgers In Austin, Texas – Sweet Cars At A Great Location

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we showed you our first blast of delayed photos from the Top Notch Burgers gathering at the Lonestar Round Up in Austin, Texas. Wickam was given a unique...

Brian Nearly Shat Himself When He Watched This Video Of A Russian Radial Engine In Action

No really! I was skimming YouTube yesterday and saw this one and figured Brian had to have seen it before, but since it had never been put up on the site I thought maybe not. So I sent him the link...

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VP Racing Fuels Joins Forces With The Real Pro Mod Association and Jegs – Get Your VP Madditives From Jegs Now!

It is always great news when two solid organizations hook up and strike a deal where everyone wins, even you. Such is the case with the announcement that VP Racing Fuels has partnered up with the...

It’s A Turbocharged Six Cylinder, It’s Got Plenty Of Power, But Can You Guess What The Mystery Car Is?

The footage isn’t that great, but it works…or, in other words, you will see the car that has the pressurized six cylinder blast by the camera clearly enough to know what you’re...

This Twin-Turbo LeBaron Is The Furthest Thing From A Chick Car You Can Get: 6.79@208 MPH!

So you wanna bag on K-cars, do you? The Spirit R/T and the Daytona IROC R/T just weren’t enough for you? Too little power? Wrong wheel drive? Ok, I’ll take care of that: how about the...

This 1973 Hemi Powered Duster Was Owner Built, Goes Like Hell, And Looks Factory Fresh

Vision is a tricky thing, Lots of times we’re featuring “vision” that results in automotive versions of the Toxic Avenger and other times, like this one we’re celebrating...

1980s Backlash: A Fiero That Can Run A Road Course And RallyCross Without A V8 Swap

The Pontiac Fiero was the end result of designer Hulki Aldikacti’s dream being railroaded by early 1980s General Motors budget restrictions and general ineptness. Aldikacti had envisioned a...

This Flat Track Motorcycle Has A Stuck Throttle And Terrorizes A Race Track Crowd – Demonic!

I have attended exactly one flat track motorcycle race in my life and it was a riot. These crazy riders and their equally crazy bikes put on one heck of a show. Like a two wheeled cousin to the World...

Unhinged: Here’s How Much I Care About The Negative Responses To 1980s Cars

The teeming masses always have their say when it comes to what we write on BangShift. We don’t delude ourselves here, we know not everything we put up is for everybody and not every comment...

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Top Notch Burgers Cruise: The Cooler Hot Rods, Kustoms, and Trucks In Austin Converge!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We totally screwed this up! While we were running Charles Wickam’s sweet photos from the 2015 Lonestar Round Up we had placed this folder of photos from the...

Holley Releases New Tri-Power Systems For Small Block Chevy Engines – Three Carbs And An Iconic Look

Factory tri-power systems were on some of the most legendary muscle cars of the 1960s. Pontiac GTOs wore them with pride, some big block Corvettes had them, famed “six pack” Mopars had...

Ladies And Gentleman, Allow Us To Present The Worst 1968 Firebird In The World

Hero level BangShifter Jay Spinella is wholly responsible for sending us the Craigslist ad for what has to be the most terrible and defamed 1968 Pontiac Firebird in history. The seller claims that...

It’s One Nasty Vega Versus A Tightly Wound 3000GT In Stockholm (We Think)

There isn’t much that we can say on top of what you are seeing here. We presume that it is a street race, even though it’s being referred to as “Topp10Stockholm”. It’s...

Crazy Bike: The Asking Price Is $250,000 And The Engine Is A Supercharged Ferrari Dino V6!

Of all the wild motorcycles we have seen over the years on BangShift few if any approach the level of cool and just flat out neatness that this one does and it is for sale in California. 100% custom...