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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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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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NOTHING BUT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’S Egilsstaðir 2026!

It’s time for our final coverage from the 3rd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for...

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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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Ridetech Street Challenge Kit: So easy a girl can do it! Check out the install here.

Now ladies, don’t get mad at us, at least we didn’t say “So easy a chick can do it!” We’re really impressed with Michelle Harvey and here Camaro install that is up on...

Bangshift Mini-Feature: The Piss’d Off Pete 1960 Peterbilt

One of the coolest projects to hit the airwaves and webwaves over the last couple of years is Randy Grubb’s creation known as the Pissed Off Pete. This is a 1960 Peterbilt truck modified in the...

Nitrous Express Duramax Diesel Mustang leaves the building.

The Nitrous Express Mustang is going going gone. Our pal Mike Wood, owner of Nitrous Express, has been a fellow Drag Week glutton for several years now, and we have enjoyed hanging out with him and...

Another Icon Lost: Joe Mondello has passed away

2010 seemed to be a year of many losses for the hot rod and racing world, and 2011 hasn’t started off great either. We have just received word that Joe Mondello died this morning. Joe was...

Carnage of the Week: An Old Dodge Camper in Hilarious Action on a Tough Truck Track

It doesn’t get any cooler than this. Someone bought an old crusty Dodge camper at a public auction for close to nothing, took said camper to the county fair, and then entered the thing, bone...

Racing Junk Find: A Bad Ass Poncho Powered Pontiac Drag Warrior

There are lots of Pontiac bodied drag race cars prowling strips across America, but few of them have actual Pontiac power. Nope, most of them are just a Pontiac body holding a Chevy motor. Not this...

eBay Find: A Historic Chopped Willys Gasser

If there’s one thing cooler than a Willys gasser, it’s a chopped roof Willys Gasser! We got tipped off to the sale of the Shinholster and Lehman 1941 Willys, which is currently for sale...

Event Gallery: The Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show – Philadelphia, PA

At the tail end of the worst winter anyone in the Northeast region can remember, Philadelphia’s Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show pretty well marks the end of indoor car show season. Our man...

Killer Shop Tour: CJ Pony Parts

CJ Pony Parts is one of the largest Mustang specific parts and equipment sellers in the world. The Pennsylvania based company sells virtually every nut and bolt for ‘Stangs ranging from 1964 to...

BangShift Poll: Are T-Buckets Cool?

One of the debates that shakes BangShift right down to the core centers around T-buckets. Chad hates them to death and I think that they are generally cool. Brass lanterns and garish 1970s trend...

Hunnert Car Heads Up Coming to Great Lakes Dragaway – June 11

The Hunnert Car Heads Up Vintage Drags are back for their third running! The action will again take place at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wisconsin. That strip was recently voted the most...

Big Collection of Nickey Chevrolets Headed to the Mecum Auction Block in May

One of the nation’s foremost collection of ultra high performance Nickey Chevrolets will hit the auction block during the Mecum Spring Classic Auction, May 17-22, 2011. The event is being held...

BangShift Tech: How much horsepower does a mechanical water pump really take to spin?

BangShift.com is proud to be working at Westech Performance Group on a variety of Engine Tech stories in 2011, and some are going to be in depth and others will be interesting facts or fun tests to...

Killer Project Video: The Gixxer Kart Has A new Foe!

For years the golden standard of insane power to weight ratio on the internet has been the infamous “Gixxer kart” which mated the engine from a GSX-R motorcycle to the frame of a tiny go...