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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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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...

Video: Courtney Force Runs “World’s Fastest”, 322.73 MPH Funny Car Run, At PRO Winter Warmup

When Ron Capps ran 3.964 at 320.89 miles per hour at Englishtown during the 2012 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season, it knocked the world on it’s ear. Well that same scenario went down in West...