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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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My Best BARN FIND Yet? Chip Foose Explores A Hot Rodders Collection And Finds One He Just Can’t Believe.

Chip Foose is no stranger to cool cars, whether in the project stage or finished or anywhere in between. But what you might not think about is that Chip is a hot rodder just like the rest of us and...

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Video: MSD Debuts new ignition systems at 2010 SEMA Show

Longtime BangShift.com sponsor MSD Ignition is on hand at the SEMA show and making big waves. The leader in high performance ignitions could easily sit back and rest on the laurels of the tried at...

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Tune In: Watch Caswell’s SEMA 2010 Thrash Live At MillerWelds.com

Between our SEMA show 2010 updates this week we recommend that you tune in to watch Bill Caswell’s welding marathon live, thanks for the people at Miller Welders. Featuring a live streaming...

BangShift Approved: Trick Flow’s New Top End Kit for LS Powered Trucks

Trick Flow has introduced a new top end kit specifically for GM trucks sporting the 5.3-liter LS engine. Since there are hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of these trucks on the road today, it...

VIDEO: BangShift Approved: AFCO Perfect Fit K Members for Mustangs debut at SEMA 2010

The 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas is shaping up to be a banner year for new products and cool projects. We’ve got several BangShift approved items that we’ll be bringing to you throughout...

Crash Test Video: A Lamborghini Diablo Gets Totally Pummeled

All cars get crash tested, even the exotic Italian ones. This crash testing video of a Lamborghini Diablo probably represents the most fun the dudes at the crash lab have in their lives. The car gets...

Tuesday Time Killer: Take a Virtual Cruise of Woodward Ave During the Dream Cruise

Normally when we’re tipped off on something that can suck your entire day into a time vortex we share it on Monday, not this week. BangShift reader Gene Stauffer made the brilliant discovery...

Auto Trader Classics Find: A Jeep Wagoneer With a SEMA Past and an Under Hood Surprise

As we prepare to head out and tackle the 2010 SEMA show, we found a really cool Jeep Wagoneer that was part of the extravaganza a few years back. Built by Popular Mechanics magazine, the truck...

Video: GM Performance Parts SEMA Unveiling with Nate “The Great” Marquardt and Skyscrape.

The 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas officially opens today, and after weeks of preparation and setup, the top manufacturers in the industry are ready to show off the latest and greatest the automotive...

Bill Caswell’s SEMA Project Baja BMW Makes Grand Entrance, On a Fork Truck

We already tipped you off to the fact that our rally pal Bill Caswell will be literally constructing a large portion of his BMW Baja 1000 entry in the Miller Welders booth at the SEMA show this year....

Killer Video: Cruising in a 650hp, 409 powered, 5-Speed, 1955 Chevy

One of the coolest cars owned by a BangShift forum member is the 1955 Chevy owned by our forum freak Monk. This car is equipped with a 650hp 409, and most importantly a 5-gear manual transmission. We...

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A Sneak Peek at the East Coast’s Newest Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Build

The nostalgia Funny Car craze is still going strong. Evidence of that comes in the form of this sneak peek at Dana Hard’s flopper build which is set to kick into high gear this winter. A 1969...

The Indoor Professional Racing Facility Dream: Still Pie in the Sky

After reading up on and thinking about the now infamous indoor drag races held in Chicago during the early 1960s, our thoughts turned to some modern attempts to create an indoor venue that could host...

Spied: Jason Carter’s Bad Ass, Twin Turbo, ’78 Malibu at DMC Racing

Small tire drag cars tend not to live the longest or easiest of lives. Shoving all that power down to the ground on a little 10.5 or 10.5W tire can be really tricky for both tuning and driving. Many...

Vintage Drag Video: A Cool 1970s TV Ad for England’s Santa Pod Raceway

This cool video caught both our eyes and our ears when we first saw it. Our eyes because it shows some awesome old school drag iron running down the strip, and our ears because of the voice over...