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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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eBay Find: The Most Bitchin’ And Perfect 1959 NAPCO 4X4 Suburban You’ll Ever See!

Forgive me if my spelling is slurred in this blog item because I fell and struck m head very hard after laying my eyes on this absolutely spectacular 1959 Suburban with NAPCO 4WD, clam shell style...

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Caption This Photo: An Unfortunate And Highly Ironic Scene At BS Eastern World HQ

(Photo by Kerri Lohnes) – This horrifying scene greeted my wife as she entered my son Tom’s room yesterday. It was both hilarious and totally ironic. Obviously, I am a freak for the sport...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Largest Engine You’ve Ever Hung Around With?

When Chad posted the photo of the incredibly huge turbocharger the other day, it got me thinking about the biggest engine I have ever been around. That monster is show below. It is a 600hp powerplant...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Hot Rod Ford – The Swingin’ Demons (Year Unknown)

Here’s a good Rockabilly jam from a band called The Swingin’ Demons singing about a hot rod Ford. It is good Friday music because hopefully you’ll be cruising your own hot rod or at...

POWERSHIFT LIVE TONIGHT 6PM PACIFIC/9PM EASTERN – BRIAN AND CHAD TALK ABOUT ALL THE BANGSHIFTY NEWS OF THE WEEK AND MORE! – CLICK HERE TO WATCH

That’s right, we’re back with another weekly installment of Powershift, our live and totally interactive show that covers all the big news of the week. Chad and I are going to bring the...

BangShift Exclusive Video: Accufab Racing 5.4L Cobra Jet Engine Makes 1600 Horsepower!

We happened to stroll into Westech Performance Group the other day, and John Mihovetz and the Accufab crew were there testing a 5.4L Cobra Jet Engine. After exchanging the normal “They’ll...

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Criagslist Find: A Running Chevy Small Block Equipped With A Cool Old Magnacharger MC-220 Twin Blower And Dual Carbs!

If you are looking for the wildest induction setup we have ever seen, look no further because it is for sale on Craigslist in the Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thanks to a tip from BangShift reader Jack Wayne we...

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Caption These Photos: We Found A Prius Hearse Prowling The Highways Of California

If you’ve ever said that you wouldn’t be caught dead in Prius, make sure not to die in the Bakersfield, California area or else your last ride may actually be in one. I had forgotten...

RacingJunk Find: A Blown, Pro Street 1978 AMC Pacer X That We Put On Our DO WANT List!

If you are someone looking for attention, this is the way to get it. The 1978 AMC Pacer  shown below and in even more detail after you hit the link to the RacingJunk ad is a pretty unique machine....

Caption This Photo: What Were They Thinking? C10 Abuse Revealed Thanks To Comp Cams

They guys at Comp Cams, and Trent in particular, seem to post some of the craziest stuff on their Facebook page, including this hideous C10 Chevy pickup. Yes, it is a C10. And it’s horrible. I...

Event Coverage: Viva Las Vegas, The Road Trip, The Cars, The Girls

BangShifter Newell Ruggles sent us some great photos from Viva Las Vegas 2013, along with his adventure in getting there behind the wheel of the “Black Widow” 1960 Plymouth Valiant with...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Cool Shop Art? (Otherwise known as neat stuff you won’t ditch but will never use)

This cool little Stromberg WW carb came off of the Studebaker I technically still own but have neither the means or resources to do anything with currently. The carb is super cool looking and while I...

Turbo Video: A Cool Explanation Of How Wild Pulling Tractors Run 4-Turbo Compound Setups For Huge Boost And Power

While we all like to marvel at cool twin turbo setups on drag cars and stuff, the guys who run professional level pulling tractors have been doing insane things with turbos for decades before the...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: Call Me The Breeze – Lynrd Skynrd (1974)

It’s a Skynrd kind of day in BangShift land today. We dug up this freaking awesome live concert footage of the band playing one of the great driving tunes of all time “Call Me The...