The Hot Rod Menace: A Huge Street Racing Bust From 1954!
Jan 02, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The Hot Rod Menace: A Huge Street Racing Bust From 1954!
Street racing has been in the headlines like never before over the last several months with so many drag strips closed or limited in operation by COVID-19. One of the common refrains from people...
Cool Video: This Look Back At The Astounding Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette Is Great
Jan 02, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: This Look Back At The Astounding Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette Is Great
It seems like an impossibility, right? A Corvette built in 1988 was the world’s most heroic sports car in terms of top speed for decades? And the thing was a freaking Corvette with a small...
Watching This Big Block Chevy Powered Tractor Puller Drag The Sled On Asphalt With Slicks Is Awesome
Jan 02, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Watching This Big Block Chevy Powered Tractor Puller Drag The Sled On Asphalt With Slicks Is Awesome
As gearheads we have a lot of those, “I wonder what you happen if…” scenarios that run through our heads. Lots of us have wondered aloud what would happen with a big pulling tractor...
This 1969 Plymouth Belvedere, Road Runner, and GTX Sales Trainer Video Rules
Jan 02, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on This 1969 Plymouth Belvedere, Road Runner, and GTX Sales Trainer Video Rules
Trippy, weird, informative, and fun. Those are the words we would use to describe this 1969 Plymouth training video that was distributed to dealers across the country for them to show their sales...
FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 9th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Monday
Jan 01, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 9th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Monday
There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2024 is going to be awesome, 2023 isn’t done yet! Our...
Video: Watch AC/DC’s Brian Johnson Make Mincemeat Of Other Competitors In A Bad Ass Pilbeam Road Racer!
Jan 01, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Watch AC/DC’s Brian Johnson Make Mincemeat Of Other Competitors In A Bad Ass Pilbeam Road Racer!
Lots of car guys love the hard rocking tunes of AC/DC, in fact both Chad and I are among that group. As if we needed another reason to dig the jams, it turns out that Brian Johnson is a radically...
Tiny Terror: Six Cubic Inches and Eight Thousand RPM Never Sounded So Good! Tiny Blown V8
Jan 01, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Tiny Terror: Six Cubic Inches and Eight Thousand RPM Never Sounded So Good! Tiny Blown V8
We have long loved miniature V8 engines around here, heck miniature engines of all sizes. We doubly love the ones that guys scratch build themselves as a test of their creativity and machining...
Dead Strip Walking: Watch John Force Run At US 30 Drag Strip In 1984 – Gone Forever Months Later
Jan 01, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Dead Strip Walking: Watch John Force Run At US 30 Drag Strip In 1984 – Gone Forever Months Later
John Force was not JOHN FORCE in 1984 but his star was certainly on the rise and his living was being made in the seat of the Coca-Cola funny car you’ll see in the video below. Force was racing...
Historic Video: 1950s Stock Car Racing In Pomona Is Awesome To Watch
Jan 01, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Historic Video: 1950s Stock Car Racing In Pomona Is Awesome To Watch
Pomona, California has been a hot bed of racing for nearly 70 years, and it’s more varied than you think. Since 1953 there have been drag racing events at the place and while that is the type...
Engine Video: A Look At The 1992 Chevy LT5 Small Block Assembly Line And Machining Process
Jan 01, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Engine Video: A Look At The 1992 Chevy LT5 Small Block Assembly Line And Machining Process
There was nothing as exotic as the 1992 Chevy LT5 small block coming from a domestic manufacturer during that time period. The Lotus designed heads, the Mercury Marine connection for building them,...
Happy New Year From BANGshift.com! Here’s To A Happy, Safe, Lucrative, And FUN 2024!
Jan 01, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Happy New Year From BANGshift.com! Here’s To A Happy, Safe, Lucrative, And FUN 2024!
On behalf of the entire BANGshift Family, I want to thank you all for being a part of our 2023 and hope that your 20234 is even better! We are super thankful for such a great year of racing in 2023...
Derek Bought A LAMBORGHINI Made Of WOOD! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 300 Miles Home After Many Years Of Sitting?
Dec 31, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Derek Bought A LAMBORGHINI Made Of WOOD! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 300 Miles Home After Many Years Of Sitting?
Who builds a car out of wood? It’s nuts to think that someone might, but we’ve seen a few over the years. But this is most certainly the first time we’ve ever seen a Lamborghini...
Is Harbor Freight Downgrading Tools? Viewer UPGRADES, Ryobi & Amazon, Shootout
Dec 31, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Is Harbor Freight Downgrading Tools? Viewer UPGRADES, Ryobi & Amazon, Shootout
Until I started watching the Torque Test Channel, I had no idea that anyone was actually putting power tools to the test to see what they put out and how they perform. I also didn’t realize...
The Greatest Pontiac Never Made? This Epic Machine Never Saw The Light Of Day But Was Something Truly Special
Dec 31, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Greatest Pontiac Never Made? This Epic Machine Never Saw The Light Of Day But Was Something Truly Special
Pontiac is often credited for being the brand that started the muscle car movement, and they continued to be cutting edge designers within the GM family for decades. But one project that most folks...












