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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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A Look At All Of The Rejected Designs For The Mustang II – Cool Stuff From Ford’s Historical Vault!

We are rapidly approaching the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang’s debut in 1964. That’s a wild thing to consider and also mind blowing is the sheer volume of sales that the car has...

BackFire! An Impassioned Reader Response To Our Editorial Columns By BangShifter Bryan McTaggart – Do You Agree With Him?

Editor’s note: Last week Chad and I both wrote columns lamenting stuff. Chad’s was about globalization and identity while mine was about apathy and youth disengagement with hot rodding....

This Hyabusa Powered Golf Cart Burnout Machine Proves All Of Australia Is Gloriously Insane (Video)

Spending the year as the announcer for the ECTA has shown me many things about land speed racing but one of the most basic things I have learned is that Hyabusa motorcycles absolutely haul ass in...

Ride On The Roof As Sean Ashe’s X275 Mustang Spins Out Of Control And Whacks The Wall!

This is one of those happy ending stories that you’ll only hear at the race track. Sean Ashe’s flat black, ProCharged X275 Mustang is one bad mother of a car. This video is proof of the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The One Car You Would Own And Not Modify At All?

We’re not usually ones for advocating keeping anything stock around here but the reality is that lots of us have some cars in our mind that we would like to own and keep as stock pieces. For...

Show Gallery: Return To The Milltown Car And Bike Show 2013 – Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, and More!

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – As many photos as we get sent in by our great army of contributors across the country, occasionally stuff falls between our desk and the beer fridge…ok that...

Video And More: Mecum Auction Features 4 Hemi Under Glass Cars To Sell As One Lot!

Barney Kinsey sent us the link to this one yesterday, and we couldn’t be happier that he did, but at the same time it’s a little sad to see these iconic drag cars leaving Bob...

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Video: Proof That With Enough Power You Can Have A 10 Second SUV! This Jeep SRT8 Hauls!

Jesse Kleiber, aka BigKleib34 on YouTube, is a video shooting machine. He’s become this one man band who puts up a new video every single day, like the one below that features a 10 second Jeep...

Rumble At Ralph’s 2013 – A Gallery of Cool Early Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, Kustoms, and more!

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – BS contributor Johnny Gaudette has been jonesing for some car fun since the beginning of September. Why? He’s back in school, that’s why! Gaudette shot...

Trans-Dapt’s New Billet Aluminum, Hub-Centric Wheel Spacers May By The Ticket To Get The Clearance You Need!

All wheel spacers are not created equal. Not event close. There are lots of cheap options floating around out there that look appealing and easy to scarf up, bolt on your car, and head on down the...

The 2013 Hot Rod Riot Hosted by South Texas Performance – A Car Show Gallery Extrodinare!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Last weekend, Charles hopped in his car and traveled about two hours from home to capture come photos at the 2013 Hot Rod Riot car show in Victoria, Texas. The...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Road Trip You’ve Ever Been On?

Pounding the pavement is a fundamental element of being a BangShifter. From logging short haul scenic drives to epic cross country adventures, road trips are one of the great joys of the car hobby....

The Wenrick Motorsports 1969 Camaro Hammers The Dyno With More Than 800hp Of Supercharged Small Block At The Wheels! (Video)

Those creepy, inappropriate noises you hear are likely coming all the way from BangShift western world hq because Chad just laid eyes onto the Wenrick Motorsports ‘Maro getting its violence on....

Video: The PSI Blown, Killer Buick Small Block Lives On The Drag Strip!

A couple of weeks ago we showed you what may be the most powerful Buick small block ever built. Based off of a Rodeck block and topped with some very rare billet Dart Buick cylinder heads, the engine...