On This Date In 1893 The Diesel Engine Was Patented In Germany – Here’s Our Video Tribute To Compression Ignition Engines!
Rudolph Diesel would be so flipping happy at the way things are turning out for his basic engine design today, mainly because he would be wealthy beyond anyone’s imagination so it is too bad...
QuickTrick Is Giving Away One Of Their Awesome QuickSlide Caster/Camber Alignment Tools! Enter Here Before Feb 28!
If you are on Facebook and fail to heed the simple instructions below, simply put you are dumb. Like goalie on the dart team, window licking dumb. Why? Because for about 15 seconds of effort you can...
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Front Frame Rails Get Fabbed And Installed
We’re back with another update on Project Violent Valiant the unique pro touring destroyer being built by Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle‘s Kevin Tully at the Skunkworks in Illinois. In case...
Watch A Large Ferry Thread The Needle Between Two Ships And Get Run Aground On Purpose At A Wrecking Yard In Turkey
If someone ever asked us if we could run a large vessel aground at full speed while navigating it between two other disabled ships, we’d just shrug it off and say, “Yeah, why?”...
Watch This Real Lambo With LS1 Power From Australia Dip Into The 9s!
The first thing we did after seeing this 9-second run made by the LS1 powered Lambo Jalpa in the video below was look up what the heck a Lamborghini Jalpa was. Honestly had no idea. It looked like a...
Wondering What’s Up With The Sinkhole Corvettes? Find Out Here
If you are not sure what we mean with the term “sinkhole Corvettes” then we’d like to welcome you back from the coma you’ve been in the last couple of weeks or the trip into...
Violence: Watch An AMA Supercross Rider T-Bone A Competitor On Purpose!
Of all the wild stuff we have seen racers do to one another in the heat of the moment, this video of AMA Supercross rider Mike Alessi t-boning fellow competitor Broc Tickle on purpose at a recent is...
Gallery: More BS Approved Iron For Sale At The Big 3 Swap Meet In San Diego
Yesterday we showed you the first of several galleries we’ll run from the 2014 Big 3 swap meet which is held in San Diego. The event has been running for 48 years straight and the 2014 version...
UPDATE: Fox Reports Jimmy Johnson Wins 2014 Daytona 500 After Running 2013 Daytona 500 Replay On Own Network — ESPN Botches It As Well!
We have made some boneheaded mistakes here at BangShift over the years but this literally beats all. Fox is the network carrying the 2014 Daytona 500 and due to the fact that it rained all day, they...
Watch Kevin Mullins 4.11 Run On 315 Drag Radials! 4,000hp Twin Turbo Hemi!
First off WARNING – THERE IS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND SWEARING AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO — IF THIS IS A PROBLEM, STOP IT IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU WATCH THE RUN. This is the most incredible...
Near Miss Video: Greatest Save Ever or Luckiest Guy Ever?
The old saw goes, “Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good,” and in the case of the guy driving this wild Camaro drag car we couldn’t agree more. We have never seen a car on a...
Immense Collection Of Ford NOS Parts, Old Race Cars, And Shop Equipment To Be Auctioned In Nebraska – Incredible Inventory Of Stuff!
Thanks to BangShifter Barry Thornberry, we have leaned of an upcoming auction to be held in May which is liquidating a collection of Ford NOS parts (most in original boxes), race car chassis,...
Video: Proof That The King Of The Hammers 2014 Is The Most Bat Crap Nuts Off Road Race In The World
We linked you to the live stream of the 2014 King Of The Hammers event in Johnson Valley, California and have been telling you how full on crazy it is for years but this single clip may do more to...
Video Bonanza: The Sound And Fury Of Bad Ass Diesel Air Starters – Loud, Proud, And Scaring Old Ladies For Decades!
(Words by Greg Rourke) – Cranking over big diesel engines takes a lot of power. Plants of 850 plus cubic inches and over 15:1 compression are common in semi trucks. Imagine trying to spin...
