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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Craigslist Find: Lawn Tractor Death Machine From Hell

Let’s be honest, we all need a lawn tractor capable of driving over a Prius. Read the Bill of Rights closely some day and deep down in the fine print somewhere past the “bear arms”...

Renault F1 Team Wrecked Intentionally; Full Story From the New York Times

It sounds like something out of a movie. A desperate F1 team, two drivers, a planned crash. Thing is, it’s real life. It has been revealed that at last season’s Singapore GP, the first...

It Came From the Forums: Holley Carb Rebuild

The BangShift.com forums are ripe with all kinds of good technical info. Forum member milner351 recently tackled the rebuild of a Holley double pumper carb and did so with great photos and...

Event Coverage: Mass. Cruisers Gillette Stadium Cruise Night September 2009

The Mass. Cruisers car club recently started an every-other-week cruise night at Patriot Place, the complex in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, is...

Just Dashes Can Now Restore Gauges and Panels

They call the place Just Dashes, but they do way more. Any interior restoration you need, they have it covered. The comany is known for repairing wrecked old-car dash pads, and they can also restore...

Event Coverage: 2009 Cruisin’ for a Cure Charity Car Show

We gearheads are known for doing lots of good stuff. Charity work is on that list. Cruisin’ for a Cure took place at the Orange County Fairgrounds in So Cal last weekend and raised a ton of...

Radical Variable-Valve-Timing Engines from Mast Motorsports

We met the guys from Mast Motorsports at the GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout in Memphis last year, but we just checked in on the company web site and we’re amazed at how far they have come....

Video: Spectacular Vintage Drags Film From the 1969 NHRA Nationals

One of the greatest things about the Internet is the preservation of a bunch of old film clips, which can presented for new generations to see. Below are three videos that comprise a Hurst movie...

World Products Aluminum Mopar Big-Blocks

Did you know that World Products makes aluminum Mopar blocks? They are available for big-blocks and Hemis. The regular iron and compressed graphite versions are also available. Click here to see the...

World Products Aluminum Block for Big Mopars

Did you know that World Products makes aluminum Mopar blocks? They are available for big-blocks and Hemis. The regular iron and compressed graphite versions are also available. Click here to see the...

2009 Goodguys Chicagoland Event Coverage at Ridetech.com

If we worked at Ridetech instead of just having the company as a site sponsor, then we’d get to go to nearly every Goodguys show, like those guys do. When the Ridetech staff is on site they...

Video: SUV Crashes Through a Bakery Store!

We have to thank CarDomain for showing us this one, because it’s freakin’ unbelievable. The video is one thing, with a Toyota 4Runner not only crashing through a bakery store (seen from...

Cherry Bomb Voted Into the Speed Parts Hall of Fame and You Helped

A short time ago we asked for your help in voting for one of our fine sponsors, Cherry Bomb Exhaust. The original Cherry Bomb muffler was on the list of nominees for the class of 2009 inductees into...

Carnage Video: Nastiest Engine Explosion Ever, Part Two

One of the most popular video blogs ever here on BangShift.com is the one with the tractor-pull rig exploding its engine is such spectacular fashion that the tractor drives over the cylinder head....