This Short Video Showing The Maintenance On A 5,000hp Locomotive Engine Is AWESOME
Now this is the kind of thing that BangShift readers LOVE. You are about to see a short video showing the maintenance on a 5,000hp locomotive engine and it’s not some long drawn out affair....
BangShift Question Of The Day: Why Not Own An Old Semi Tractor?
From the moment that I first saw him walk around the nose of the green Freightliner, I could tell that through and through, my father had every ounce of “trucker” in his bones. Throughout...
30 Year Trip: Check Out Hallsville Drag Strip Action From 1989 – Sportsman Fun!
This is a fun way to kick off a week, right? We’re taking you 30-years into the past, back to the 1989 drag racing season at Hallsville Drag Strip in Texas. The track no longer exists but...
Best of 2019: 1963 Chevrolet Film Touting Their Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks Is Great
With Chevrolet’s recent announcement that they were jumping back into the medium duty truck segment with fresh models for the first time since 2009, we thought it was a fun exercise to go...
Boost On Demand: How Does The Electric Turbo Work On The Dragstrip?
When we last saw the little gray Chevy Cobalt that is occupying the shop that Cleetus performs his magic in, they had finished installing a device known as a Torqamp. Effectively, it’s an...
Best of 2019: Move Over BMW and Jag Inline Six Engines, Here’s a 370hp Naturally Aspirated OHC Pontiac Six!
Pontiac’s OHC six cylinder was a pet project of John DeLorean in the 1960s when he wanted to introduce a more European driving experience to customers who preferred sprightly handling to brutal...
Classic YouTube: The 1984 NASA/FAA Controlled Impact Demonstration Test Footage
Aviation safety has been paramount from the moment that the passenger was added to the manifest of a flying machine. Just a single human being at the controls? They took their lives into their own...
Classic YouTube: Emerson Fittipaldi at Interlagos in a Ford Maverick
Before it was renamed “Autódromo José Carlos Pace” in 1977 following the death of the Brazillian Formula One driver, it was known as “Interlagos” (“between the...
Money No Object: 1965 Dodge D100 – When The Truck Became More
In June 1965, Popular Science compared the Ford F-250, Chevrolet C-10 and Dodge D100 in a head-to-head battle (that you can read about on Curbside Classic) to see which truck would be better suited...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Great Wintertime Hoon Stories?
For someone who spent a lot of time growing up in the shadow of Pikes Peak, I am not a fan of snow. At all. Sure, nothing’s prettier than freshly-fallen snow clinging to the trees and...
Eff Your Prius: Tuning A C5 Corvette For 40 MPG Without Giving Up A Ton Of Power
Earlier this year, I made a vehicle purchase that up until this year, I had hoped to not do: I wound up buying a car for pure fuel economy and little else. And a little secret, readers: I wish I had...
This Big Block Square Body Suburban Is Loaded, In Nearly New Condition, And Is Probably The Nicest One Left On Earth
You know I’m a freak for square body GM trucks, especially Crew Cabs and Suburbans, so you can imagine just how excited I was when I saw this one that our buddy Boris has for sale. This damn...
Best of 2019: Watch This Massive Heavy Haul Load Make A 90-Degree Right Perfectly
You’ve got to love it when a plan comes together, right? We’re not talking about the type of plan that involves dinner and a movie, we’re talking about the type of plan that...
Best of 2019: Watch This 1969 L71 427 Crank Out 500hp With The Factory Air Cleaner And Exhaust Manifolds On
It is one of those questions that gearheads love to pose to each other. How good were those old engines, anyway? How much did the factory over or under rate them? Did they actually make the...
