Carnage Video Pair: Hitting the Christmas Tree
It’s the ultimate drag racing party foul, running over the Christmas tree. Aside from being rare and usually pretty spectacular, it is a major pain in the ass for the track personnel. Once the...
World’s Smallest Procharger Supercharger
Earlier today we wrote about the new ShockWave air suspension for UTVs, and we started wondering if there was anything actually cool that can be done with one of those glorified riding lawn mowers....
Video Bonanza: Burnout Fail! (You’re Doing it Wrong)
After posting the tire explosion video earlier today, we were in the mood to find more videos of burnout related failures. As it turns out, searching for “tire explosion” on YouTube...
The History of the Detroit Autorama and the Ridler Award
The famous Detroit Autorama is coming soon to Cobo Hall on February 26-28, and BangShift Chad will be there to bring you the action. The Autorama is legendary today as a leading indoor car show, but...
Video: Ridetech Now Thrashes on UTV Suspension, Too
Our friends at BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech are always up for a good time, and “good time” at home base in Jasper, Indiana, usually means thrashing on new products and taking fun video...
Caption this photo: Under Pressure
We’ll be the first to admit that this is a weird photo. In fact, we’d rank it as one of the weirdest ones we’ve taken, but it is ripe for awesome captions. This isn’t a...
New Pro Touring Competition, Run to the Coast at El Toro, California, sponsored by Ridetech
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational held right after SEMA is really kicking up the action in the world of Pro Touring fans who really like to beat on their cars. Bill Howell is a guy who...
A Site Worth Seeing: Texas Drag History and More
Once in a while when we are digging for news on the web we stumble into a great web site that makes us lose track of time for an hour or so. If we’re so dragged into the site, we figure that...
Photo Gallery: The February Long Beach Swap Meet Car Corral
It takes a lot to get us moving on a weekend morning before the sun begins to rise, but the legendary Long Beach Swap Meet is totally worth the effort. While BangShifters in most other parts of the...
Carnage Video: Camaro Ripped Open Like a Tin Can by a Tire Explosion
Imagine you innocently enter a sanctioned burnout contest and end up totalling your third-gen Camaro without ever moving an inch. That’s what happened to this guy, and his car suffered the most...
Barnstormin’: Mental Notes Just Shy of My 30th Birthday
Well, I’m facing down the reality that my 20’s are fast drawing to a close. In a day or so I’ll officially be 30 years old. That’s a fact that strikes me as both a little...
More Good Stuff From Be Cool: Be Coolant, Super Duty Antifreeze
After telling you about the new radiator that adds another piece to an already full product line we knew we had to pass along the information about Be Cool’s new Be Coolant, which is designed...
New Parts: Killer New 2005-2010 Mustang Radiator from Be Cool
As more and more hot rodders start wrenching more power out of late model Mustangs, the limitations of factory parts are becoming apparent. One of those weak links in the chain is the factory cooling...
