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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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Mecum Classic Car Auction Indy Is LIVE Right Here! Watch All The Bidding Action On Your Favorites.

Classic car auctions, hell any car auction, is a good time. Auctions in general are a fun way to maybe get a deal and to have a better time doing it than just walking up and making a purchase. They...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bikes, And Factory Stock 4-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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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 2 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Ford Big-Blocks Unleashed! FE Race & Reunion Muncie Dragway! 352, 390, 406, 427, 428, SOHC!

The Ford FE powerplant is arguably one of the most important engines in Ford’s racing heritage. Sure there have been plenty of other powerful combos over the years, but when Chevrolet and Ford...

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Gallery: An Awesome Collection of Antique Motorized Bicycles At The Dezer Collection

We’ve been taking you through the massive and diverse Dezer Collection Museum in Miami, Florida this week and we continue today with this gallery of some seriously neat stuff. One section of...

Caption This Photo: Oh, Hey! A Quarter!

If you have ever watched a professional drag race team on the starting line you know that there are usually a couple of guys working as “wipers” these fellows are in charge of making sure...

New CDS Alternator and Accessory Drives From Chris Alston’s Chassisworks

Chassisworks Component Drive Systems (CDS) are the most bitchin way to drive your centrifugal supercharger. Their also able to drive your water pump, alternator, and more. In fact, the newest...

Video: Death Defying Tractor Tug Of War Gone So Wrong It’s Right!

Since the dawn of time men have played tug of war with anything available. Men, wagons, tractors, trucks, cars, and toys have all been used to determine who is the strongest. And for some reason,...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Funny Car Or Top Fuel? Which Would You Rather Drive?

With incredibly rare exception, every drag race fan on the planet has dreamed of driving a nitro powered machine. And we’ve all got ideas and reasons for wanting to drive a Funny Car or Top...

Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners Form Real Pro Mod Association (RPM)

In a move that gives NHRA Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners some power in numbers, they have formed Real Pro Mod, aka RPM, in an effort to preserve and promote the future of Pro Mod Racing. Despite...

Gallery: Batmobiles, General Lee, Starsky and Hutch, Famous Movie/TV Cars at The Dezer Collection

Miami, Florida’s Dezer Collection car museum has a massive grouping of famous movie and tv cars like one of the original Batmobiles (#3 made), a General Lee, the Monkeemobile, a Starsky and...

Buford T Justice 9C1 Caprice Update: Metal Fab,Head Work, A Good Surprise, An Awful One

As promised, we’re back with another update of Project Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice. In the last installment we took the car to the dyno and thrashed all day bolting on more than 20hp...

BangShift.com Daily Tune Up: “Little Deuce Coupe” By The Beach Boys

Between Jan and Dean, and the Beach Boys, they transported the ’60s surf music crowd into the street racing and hot rodding scene. Songs about the cars, the races, and the culture were king. No...

Ridetech Is Hiring! Have You Always Wanted A Gig With One Of The Aftermarket’s Best?

Ridetech, manufacturers of bitchin coil over and air ride suspension systems, is hiring! And if you have been looking for a new job in the aftermarket, or are looking to get into the the automotive...

Video: Fire, Fire, Fire! Fuel Line Failure At Motorvation 2013 Australian Supercruise

Dom O’Loughlin sent is this one yesterday, and it’s awesome in a bad way. While participating in the Motorvation 2013 Supercruise, where cars are going down the dragstrip and making laps...

Video: Watch A Nitrous Infected Small Block Ford Powered Geo Tracker Pull A Massive Power Wheelie At The Strip!

File this one under “so wrong it’s right”. We found video of a little Geo Tracker that has been muscled up by time with the addition of a small block Ford V8, a whole bunch of...

eBay Find: A 1968 Corvette With An Eckler’s Sport Wagon Conversion And Romping GM 572ci/720hp Crate Motor!

Well this one is certainly interesting. We found this 1968 Corvette when trolling the halls of eBay for big block ‘Vettes because that’s what kind of mood we were in this morning. This is...

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Video Highlights From The 2013 PRO Winter Warmup NHRA Top Fuel And Funny Car Test Session

If you missed BangShift.com’s exclusive LIVE broadcast from the 2013 PRO Winter Warmup Top Fuel and Funny Car test session, where all of NHRA’s top nitro teams made their first passes of...