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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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DID SANTA FAIL YOU? DON’T WORRY, THE BACONSHIFT SALE IS ON!!! FREE BACON, Plus $250 Discounts! It’s The BACONSHIFT Sale At American Powertrain And It Ends January 9th!

One of the most exciting times of year is when the BACONSHIFT SALE starts at American Powertrain! With $250 in savings on your favorite 5 and 6-speed kits, there is no doubt this is the perfect...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: This BIG BLOCK Swapped Squarebody ROLLBACK Is Going On A Road Trip! Break In or Break Down?

This rollback has had an interesting life, and after a fire and some other drama, this one has got a new to it engine and transmission. The fire wasn’t on this truck. The fire was on the truck...

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CHRISTMAS TREES GOING 6 SECONDS IN THE 1/4?!?!? MORE CHRISTMAS TREE DRAGS FROM BRADENTON!!!!

Spoold Media was on hand at the Christmas Tree Drags at Bradenton, and we’ve got their video right here. We’ve already shared the video from 1320Video and KSR, but this one is different...

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MOONEYES Christmas Party 2025 Video: Classic Cars, Hot Rods & Models Together Celebrating 75 Years Of Mooneyes!

The Mooneyes Christmas Party is always one of our favorite events of the year, and I really do miss it now that I live in Texas. It was one of those annual shows that we really looked forward to each...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: DETROIT DIESEL Dually Squarebody! Will It Make It 600 Miles Home or Leave Him Stranded?

This thing is cool! Well it looks cool anyway, even though I’m not a big fan of the 6.2 liter diesel under the hood. And before all you 6.2 and 6.5 fans start bitching, know that I grew up with...

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Video of the Week: Swedish Guys Review A Pro Street 1972 Lemans

We stumbled across this video over on Streetfire.net. It was made by guys calling themselves Getaway in Stockholm and it is an objective road test review of a gnarly Pro Street 1971 Pontiac Lemans....

Mother Mopar’s Monster 2009 SEMA display

Despite their horrific financial conditions, the big three are all coming to SEMA with cool stuff to display. Chrysler is going to showcase several cars and trucks that range from totally bad ass to...

Video: Chevrolet Pre-Event Teaser for 2009 SEMA Show Cars

It’s a good thing we have a true GM insider as a BangShift.com member, because we got tipped off to this latest Chevrolet teaser video on YouTube before hardly anyone had seen it. Check it out...

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New LS1 and LS2 Intake From Edelbrock

Edelbrock has a new, cool-seeming intake manifold for LS1 (cathedral) and LS2 (rectangle-port) GM V8 engines. This really looks like something we’d like to try! Watch for more Edelbrock news...

New Truck Class at Goodguys Street Challenge Autocross

Earlier today we announced the Goodguys 2010 show schedule, but then we were looking at the Goodguys web site and noticed more news. There will now be a class for pickup trucks at the Street...

2010 Goodguys Show Schedule is Here

The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has announced its 23-show schedule for 2010, and BangShift.com hopes to be there to cover as many of them as possible, especially the ones with the Street...

The Top 11 Largest Automotive Aftermarket Companies of 2009 by Global Sales

With SEMA approaching, we got to thinking about who the real players are in the car-guy aftermarket. Apparantly there’s an organization to answer that question, the Automotive Aftermaket Status...

Carnage Video: Six Minutes of Drag Strip Thrills, Chills, and Spills

This is one killer piece of video! It is non-stop action for more than six minutes and contains more wrecks, wheelies, and close saves than you could possibly imagine. It seems like the majority of...

GM Performance Parts Pre-SEMA Teaser Video: A Crate Engine that Changes the Industry?

BangShift.com has been invited to a 2009 SEMA unveiling where GM Performance Parts is showing a crate engine that they claim will make a huge impact on the entire hot rod industry for years to come....

BangShift.com Is Now on Twitter. Join Up!

BangShift.com is now on Twitter! We won’t be using it every day to tell you when we’re changing our oil or anything like that, however we will be sending messages when we have special...

Adam Carolla To Unveil Newest Creation from Ringbrothers

Comedian, radio guy, love life advice giver, and car guy Adam Carolla will be unveiling the newest creation from the Ringbrothers this year at SEMA. The car is a very much modified 1964 Ford...

Cash for Clunkers Crushing Deadline Hurts Recycling

Part of the law for the Cash for Clunkers program was that all the cars turned in for clunking had to be crushed within six months. Apparently that deadline was set in the first wave when only $1...

Crazy Hemi Powered ‘Vette Hits EBay: Does EBay Hit Back?

The guys over at the CarDomain blog found this kick ass, blown-Hemi powered 1966 Corvette for sale on eBay. The car is a wild piece with a crazy paint job, wild body work, and oh yeah, the 331ci...

Site of the Week: SEMAShow.com

BangShift.com is less than a week away from launching massive salvos of 2009 SEMA show coverage at you. One of the great resources that we’re using to hatch our plan of attack for covering the...