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Engine Teardown Nightmare! This Crankshaft Welded Itself To The Balancer! Watch How Peter At HED Get’s This Thing Apart.

Over the years I’ve pulled a few engines apart that surprised me because they had damage inside that you would think might keep it from running, or at least running as well as it seemed to in...

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US Street Nationals Testing: LIVE Testing Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 IMSA Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at Daytona International Speedway | Race 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida

There is so much racing that is going on in Daytona this week, leading up to the famed Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona which starts on Saturday. There have been a full week of races and practice so far,...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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$1000 DRILL? WHAT?! Snap-On’s $1,000 Drill vs World’s Strongest Drill: Bosch, M18, Flex, DeWALT

Wow, I am clearly not the guy they are targeting when trying to sell a $1000 drill, but I sure as hell don’t know that guy either. LOL I mean yowza, that’s some serious scratch for a...

Pro Street Isn’t Dead! Street Machine Nationals 2023, Where Pro Street Is Still King In Duquoin Illinois. Another Day Off Adventure For Not Stock Photo.

I don’t care what anyone says, if you drive a big tire car around a fairgrounds, with a blower or injectors sticking out of the hood there isn’t a single soul that won’t turn to...

Dan From DD Speed Shop Drove 5000 Miles And All He Got Was This STUPID Bricklin SV-1 From Vice Grip Garage?

I’m not sure I’d drive across the street to pick up a Bricklin, but I know that might sound a bit strange to some folks. I’m just not a fan of the look, even if there is some, kind...

The IronTrap Garage Crew Says They Bought The Cleanest 1940 Ford EVER!! What Do You Think?

Mike and the crew from IronTrap Garage were back at it, hunting cars and visiting estate sales, when this incredible 1940 Ford Tudor fell into their laps. They had to buy it, don’t get me...

They Built A 1957 Chevrolet In Three Days And Then Drove It Over 1,000 Miles On Power Tour.

The build got done and they hit the road and it went unbelievably well considering! Check out the adventures right here, as I am pretty sure that Newbern and Brandon were more than a little surprised...

Father-Daughter Duo Take on Rocky Mountain Race Week 2023 in Beautiful 1989 Trans Am with LOW MILES!

You know how much I love Drive and Drag events, and we’ve been covering them here on BANGshift.com since the beginning. We were on the very first in 2005, have been to too many to count, and...

Rocky Mountain Race Week 2023 Official Updates: RMRW AND 1320Video: 300 Racers Take On 1000 Mile Rocky Mountain Road Trip! Day 1!

Rocky Mountain Race Week 2023 is on and it’s already been a riot. Here is the Day 1 Update from Kearney Nebraska for the start of Rocky Mountain Race week. If you aren’t up to date on...

How-To Reverse Curve Sheet Metal With A Power Hammer: Part 2 – More Metal Shaping With Linear Stretching At Bespoke Coachworks

Here’s the second part of this awesome metal shaping video and we hope you enjoy it. Karl is continuing his power hammer adventures on this really cool project and it really is something...

The IROC-Z Had The Heart Of A Corvette, And Was Named For The All-Star Racing Series That Would Entertain A Nation

In this video from Steve Magnante you’ll hear some of the history and cool facts that follow Chevrolet’s IROC-Z Camaro. It was the ultimate 3rd Gen Camaro performance model, and while I...

Truly Custom: Watch Don Groff Run His Custom Built Toyota 1JZ V12 Powered Open Wheel Car On The Dyno

Don Groff is a BangShift hall of fame level hero. The man built a one off twin turbocharged V12 engine by mating two Toyota 1JZ inline six engines together. As if that were not enough, Groff then...

Unique Restoration: Watch This Pneumatic Underwater Saw Get Brought Back From The Depths Of Despair

One of the things I love about the Hand Tool Rescue channel is that the guy doesn’t just do great work, he does that work on tools and devices I never knew existed. Take this video for example....

ABANDONED Rare Lincoln Parked 22 Years! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 650 Miles Home?

He’s baaaaack. We’re talking about Derek of course, after taking a break from picking up cool old iron and dragging it home. He took a break to go on Hot Rod’s Power Tour and now...

By FAR the Best Angle Grinders The Torque Test Channel Has Tested Yet: Bosch, Ridgid & DeWALT Flexvolting it Up

Cordless angle grinders are some of the more common tools to be tested on the torque test channel, and they are pushed to their limits on the dyno to see just how much abuse they can take. This...

Hot Rod Hoarder Videos – Drag Racing HISTORY is ALIVE at the Nostalgia Nationals

The NHRA Nostalgia Nationals at Bowling Green were awesome and we’ve got a video from Tommy Lee to prove it! Check out all these cool cars he’s featuring and make sure you put this event...