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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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This 700HP, LS7 Powered 3rd Gen Camaro Restomod Is Something Special! What A Beast!

I’m a Camaro guy. I know people know me for wagons and mini trucks and whatever but I grew up in a Camaro family, my first car was a Camaro, and I love them. My favorites are first Gens like my...

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Street Car Takeover Atlanta: They Turned a NASCAR Speedway into a NO PREP Track And The Action Was Awesome!

Street Car Takeover in Atlanta was a huge event and the racing action on pit lane of the Super Speedway was hot and heavy. We’ve been doing the same thing at LSFest Texas for the last few...

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Swap Meet Gallery: The Coolest Cars At The November 2012 Long Beach Swap Meet

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Our SoCal correspondent had one hell of a busy weekend for himself. Yesterday we showed you his photos from the Bob’s Big Boy cruise and today we’re...

Cool Video: A Cool Look Into the World Of Drag Boat Racing With Hot Rod’s Mike Finnegan – Screaming Big Blocks On The Water!

Drag boat racing is not something that we see a lot of around BangShift’s eastern world HQ but it is big stuff in the western and southern regions of the country. Hot Rod Magazine’s Mike...

Show Gallery: The 2012 Houston Autorama – Gallery One

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – BangShift’s Charles Wickam took up residence in the Houston Convention Center last weekend, documenting every square inch of the 2012 Houston Autorama....

eBay Find: An Adapter To Install A 12-Bolt Rear Cover On Your GM 10-Bolt Rear End – Who Does This?!

So our buddy Jon tipped us  off to this eBay ad which exists to sell an adapter that allows the user to install a GM 12 bolt rear end over on their 10-bolt rear end. There used to be a day that when...

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Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Answer Revealed and Today’s Challenge Laid Out

Last week we showed you an interesting looking intake manifold and challenged you to tell us what engine families it fit. In true fashion several of you nailed it. The intake is a reproduction of a...

Dyno Video: Watch A Turbo LS Engine Sing To Nearly 8,000 RPM and Make Over 1,000hp in the Process

As I sit here waiting for some new head gaskets to arrive for Buford T Justice that I ordered from Summit, dreams of turbocharged LS goodness have crept into my brain. It isn’t any secret that...

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Gallery: Demo Day at The Simeone Museum – Awesome Historic Cars In Action!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The Simeone Museum is an incredible place when you consider that virtually everything in it belongs to one dude, Dr. Fred Simeone. Not one to just allow everything to...

Found For Sale: The Greatest Sleeper On Earth Or An Owner Making Outlandish Claims? (We Know What We Think)

When we were tipped off to this ad for a 1979 Olds Cutlass that the seller claims has gone 7.89 at 172mph we were interested to check it out. When we discovered that he claims to have run this...

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Cruise Gallery: Bob’s Big Boy – Toluca Lake, California – SoCal Cars and Weather

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – When we heard our Southern California man on the scene, Scott Liggett, got this Friday afternoon off from work we didn’t hesitate to tell him to grab his...

Mad Skills Video: German Guy Sets Guinness Record For Tightest Parallel Park – 14cm Margin

The Germans, outside of their love for David Hasselhoff have a large amounts of national pride in the fact that they are the best parallel parkers in the world. That pride was challenged some months...

Drag Gallery: Gassers At Greer Dragway – Period Correct, Gear Jamming Greatness! Must See!

(Photos by Daron Gray) – Recently, the grounds of Greer Dragway in Greer, South Carolina served as the backdrop for one hell of a nostalgia drag race featuring 12 of the baddest ass period...

Sneak Peek Gallery: The 2012 Houston Autorama – Load In Night

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Early next week we’re going to have some boss hoss coverage of the 2012 Houston Autorama from our own Charles Wickam. The other night Charles donned his his...

Video: AMX-Cess Featured on Big Muscle – Watch This Pro Touring Machine Carve Up the Canyons!

Both Chad and I are friendly with Jimi Day the owner of the car featured in this video, an AMX he has dubbed AMX-cess. The car is really neat with a full boogie Ridetech Suspension, a large but...

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Show Gallery: Jalopyrama 2012 – Gallery 2 — Cool Rod, Racers, Customs, and More!

(Photos by Dan Grippo) – A few days back we brought you the first half of the photo pule Dan Grippo shared with us from Jalopyrama 2012, held in Annapolis, Maryland. The show is open to...