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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Watch A 700hp Stadium Super Truck Complete A Lap Of A Drift/Autocross Course Up On Two Wheels – Fun Video

The Stadium Super Truck series has provided some of the most fun and impressive video of 2014. From the footage of them flying through the courses that they normally race on in stadiums to attacking...

Watch This Nearly-Stock YJ Wrangler Show The Mud Trucks How It’s Done

Mud truck are serious business. Big lifts, strong axles, tractor tires, and a screamer of an engine making all sorts of power are the needed to move a heavy truck through a good mud bog, especially...

This 1950s Velorex Three Wheeler Micro-Car Has The Heart Of A Modern Sport Bike – Sleeper or Creeper?

This is likely the first vehicle we have ever highlighted on BangShift that has a body which actually snaps onto the car. Oh, probably the first we have ever showed that has a body apparently made of...

BFGoodrich Pushed Their New Off Road Tires (mounted to wheels) Out Of An Airplane At 10,000ft To See What Would Happen – This Is Pretty Awesome

Before you launch into a “That’s CGI!” campaign, can it. You are wrong and we’ll prove it in the videos below. We thought for sure when we saw a film made by BFGoodrich that...

Shakedown At The Summit Action Gallery By DRD Photography – Awesome Photography Of Wild Doorslammers

(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – Last weekend’s Shakedown at the Summit 2014 is still reverberating through the brains of drag racing fans the world over. There were monster runs...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Final Systems Are Coming Together – Axle, Brakes, Dash, Exhaust, Interior

Right now as you read this, Project Violent Valiant’s body shell is in a paint booth getting the final bits of color applied before being returned to Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle next week for...

Travis Pastrana May Not Be Human – Watch Him Win This Dirt Bike Race And Then Pull A Backflip At The End Just Because

He’s leapt from airplanes with no parachute, jumped cars onto barges, crashed and survived harder than few others on Earth, raced NASCAR, and made millions along the way. All that said and...

Crane Cams Now Offers 10W-40 Non-Synthetic Break-In Oil For Flat Tappet Cams – Don’t Break In Without It

If you are unaware of the importance of breaking in your flat tappet cam and doing so with right oil, please hand in your BangShift card at the door on the way out. The reality is that oils have...

Hot Rod Riot 2014 Show Coverage: Slammed Dually Trucks, Gassers, Wagons, Rats, And More

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more great Charles Wickam photos from the 2014 Hot Rod Riot car show which was held in Victoria, Texas. This was a wide open affair that...

Top 11: Tiniest Cars That McTaggart Has Had The Misfortune Of Fitting Into

Let’s face facts: I’m 6’3, 270lbs, and I have a size 15EE shoe.  Those three facts combine into someone who has a legitimate justification for owning a larger vehicle. Hell, unless...

Not Over By A Long Shot: Andy Frost Vows Changes To Red Victor Three – No Plans To Walk Away From Street Legal Record Chase

When Larry Larson laid down a 6.16/219mph run at the tail end of Hot Rod Drag Week 2014, the internet went nuts. It went nuts crowning him the king and it went nuts reminding Andy Frost that he...

Ohio Mile Land Speed Action Gallery: Our Last Blast Of Images From The September Meet

(Photos by David Whelon) – Well we have reached the end of David Whealon’s awesome photos from the 2014 Ohio Mile/ECTA September meet. These photos are different than the ones we showed...

Video: Volvo Has Developed A 450hp Four Cylinder Drive-E Engine With Turbos And An Electric Blower?!

I get my chops busted for saying nice things about Volvo every now and again but I get it. The company has not had the biggest performance image here in the USA and while their new crop of cars have...

Ebay Find: A 1978 Oldsmobile Omega “Yenko”…Is It Close Enough or Too Far?

Yenko Chevrolet didn’t just play with Camaros. Chevelles, Vegas, Corvairs and even one known 1975 Pontiac Trans Am got the swift kick in the backside that Don Yenko was famous for. But...