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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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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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SEMA 2012 Gallery: Friday Morning Gallery of Cars, Trucks, and Killer Shop Equipment From SEMA 2012

That’s right kids, we’re still blasting photos and pounding the pavement for news and information here at SEMA 2012. We’ll be walking the floors and gathering even more cool stuff...

SEMA Show 2012 Featurette: The Thunder Taker 1960 Cadillac Custom Hearse by Bryan Fuller Hot Rods

It is 8,000lbs of subtle metal work, flawless paint, a passenger compartment that’ll seat a football team with room to set up a train set inside, one of the largest sun roofs installed on any...

SEMA 2012: Does My Nose Look Big? 2013 Ford Fusion Nascar Schnoz

Should I be visiting a plastic surgeon? Or will the high banks of Daytona take care of this for me?

SEMA 2012 Coverage: Modern and Classic Mopar Muscle In Mopar Alley and On The SEMA Show Floor

The Big Three do a pretty great job of creating a presence at SEMA and Mopar is no slouch. Once again Chrysler’s performance division has sent a fleet of bitchin’ iron along with a fleet...

SEMA 2012 New Product Spotlight: Ridetech Announces iPhone App For Air Ride and All New Delrin Bushings

Earlier this week you saw our blog item about the cool new Smooth Body shocks from Ridetech that are the talk of the 2012 SEMA Show, and bolt on right in place of your stockers. The cool thing is...

SEMA 2012 Coverage: Hot Cars, Trucks, Muscle, Hot Rods, and Parts From Wednesday At SEMA 2012

As Chad and I pounded the floor of the floor at SEMA 2012 on Wednesday we blasted photos of all the cool stuff we had not seen or showed you yet. Amazingly, there is a LOT more stuff that we have not...

Chassisworks 2012 SEMA Show Camaro Products Update: 67-69 Camaro Parts Up The Wazoo!

The dudes at Chris Alston’s Chassisworks have been introducing a ton of super cool parts for First-Gen Camaros over the last few weeks in preparation for the 2012 SEMA Show, and here at the...

SEMA 2012 Coverage: Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Competitor Gallery

One of the many reasons that the 2012 SEMA shows rules the school is because it serves as the staging ground for the annual Optima Street Car Invitational event which is held in Pahrump, Nevada. This...

Sad News: John Fitch, American Road Racing Legend, Inventor, and Race Track Designer Has Died At 95

John Fitch, the racer who cheated death at the 1955 24 Hours of LeMans, competed and lived through the most dangerous era of Grand Prix racing the world has ever known, was a P51 Mustang pilot with a...

SEMA 2012: GM Pulls the Wraps Off Of An All Polymer 427CI LS V8 – 100% Recyclable!

In a technological break through you will only here about on BangShift, General Motors pulled the cloak back on an engine that we had heard rumors about for years. Below you will see photos of the...

SEMA 2012 Product Spotlight: Rocket Racing Wheels Owns The Show and Releases Cool New Finish!

There are a lot of wheel companies at the 2012 SEMA show but the coolest by a long shot are the dudes and dudettes at Rocket Racing Wheels. Their hoops are literally all over the show on some of the...

Funny: We Interrupt This SEMA-Gasm To Show You A Bizarre And Hilarious Photo

(Photo by Robert Martin) – Just because SEMA 2012 is rocking and rolling doesn’t mean that the automotive world stops or that the BangShift tipsters go to sleep on the job. Case in point...

SEMA 2012 New Product Spotlight: Hamburger’s Changes Filter Relocation Forever And Trans-Dapt Is A Perfectmatch

Have you ever done an oil filter relocation only to find that your particular application has to be the most difficult ever with regards to hose routing? We have. Have you ever finished restoring...