.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.
NHRA Pro Mod Series Qualifying Session 1 LIVE from the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte. Ultimate Door Car Action!

NHRA 4-Wide Drag Racing is going on in Charlotte this weekend and that means Pro Mods! 4-Wide Pro Mod drag racing might be some of the coolest, and the action is always amazing at this race. We know...

Read more

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Friday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

Read more

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

Read more

New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

Read more

What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

Read more

Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

Read more

 

Watch A Tuned Up And Hot Rodded New LT1 Engine Make More Than 620 HP On The Dyno Naturally Aspirated

The buzz around the LT1 engine and the smaller variants of it that can be found in trucks has been totally positive since the engine family began hitting the streets in Corvettes and Silverados. Our...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

Eight Minutes Of 2013’s Wildest Rally Scrapes, Jumps, and Wrecks! Cinch Your Belts Down Tight For This One

Spoiler alert: things don’t end well for the little VW captured in mid-flight up there in our lead photo but it sure looks like a hell of a time, right? Rally videos have provided the most off...

Gallery: A Collection Of Cool Traditional Hot Rods – Old School Cool

(Photos from the BangShift Archive) – If I was given a stack of cash and told to build a hot rod, it would come out looking like most of the stuff in this gallery. These aren’t rat rods,...

NutJob: Why Ebay Motors should be blocked from my computer

Ebay and I have a love-hate relationship: As a seller the fees are getting ridiculous, and as a buyer it’s getting increasingly difficult to find what you’re looking for among all of the power...

MORE: NutJob

A Romanian Kid Built A Lego Hot Rod And It Actually Drives! 500,000 Pieces!

Be warned people, be warned. I showed this video to my Lego obsessed 5 and 7 year old sons and they flipped out. More specifically they flipped out, ran upstairs and then I heard the noise. You know...

Craigslist Find: A Shorty Monte Carlo That Dave Nutting Admitted He Would Drive

You all know and love Dave Nutting as our G-body obsessed blogging sidekick here on BangShift but after six or eighteen of you sent us an e-mail about the totally jacked up “shorty” Monte...

Flowmaster Giving Away A Trip To The 2014 Daytona 500! Entry Is Simple And You Could Win The Trip!

So we know that lots of you out there in BangShift nation are running Flowmaster mufflers on your cars, trucks, racers, hot rods, etc. Because of that we want to see a BangShift reader enter and win...

Ford Racing To Have Bolt In Solid Axle For 2015 Mustang Bodies In White And Cobra Jets….Over The Counter Kit Available As Well?

When the 2015 Mustang was revealed along with its specs, old school guys were going nuts over the fact that it will be equipped with independent rear suspension. This is a boon to the corner carving...

BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: The Great Drag Action Photos Of Steve Wilson!

The 2013 photo highlight reels continue with great BangShift contributor Steve Wilson sharing his favorite “picks of the little” from a busy 2013 shooting season. Wilson is based out of...

Watch A Drag Racer Suffer A Horrendous Wreck After He Downshifts His Car In The Timing Traps – In Car Video

Alabama’s Atmore Dragway is the scene for this wild and violent in-car video. We find ourselves in the cockpit of a race car as the driver fires it up and prepares for a burnout. The...

Watch Kris Foster And Other Dirtbike Free Riders Perform Incredible Stunts And Jumps Using The Land!

As best we know, dirt bike free riding is simply heading out into the countryside, mountains, etc with your dirt bike and eschewing roads and trails for the natural habitat and the cool obstacles it...

Hey Hot Shoe! You Can Race At Sears Point Raceway In Your Own Car, And Support Charity!

(Darr Hawthorne/Sonoma Raceway) Do you think you’ve got the driving chops to compete on the same track where likes of Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Briscoe, Tony Kanaan or any of the Andretti’s...

eBay Find: A Bone Stock 1938 Fiat Topolino — We’re Not Sure That We Have Ever Seen One Before!

This could be one of the lowest horsepower eBay finds we have ever showcased here at BangShift but then again when was the last time you saw a freaking stock, steel, complete 1938 Fiat Topolino. We...

MORE: eBay Find

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Coolest Thing About Modern Automotive Technology?

Over the next weeks and months you’ll see more regular “new car” content here at BangShift as we’ll be getting an array of vehicles to cruise around in and review from...