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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Chassis Fabrication: Back In The Shop With Shannon Campbell For A New Build

Shannon Campbell is back at it after King of the Hammers in California, and despite breaking some stuff during the Race of Kings, he’s ready to get back at it with some new projects at the...

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Leah Pruett Makes Her Dodge TSR NHRA Top Fuel Return After Two-year Hiatus, Teams Up with Four-time Champ Matt Hagan at Season-opening NHRA Gatornationals

Leah Pruett makes her NHRA Top Fuel return, after a two-year break, at the upcoming NHRA Gatornationals on March 5-8 in the nitro-burning Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge dragster Pruett, a 12-time...

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Can Ryan Make This Fairmont Run 6’s In The 1/8 For Under 6K? How About Naturally Aspirated With A 5.0?

I love budget builds. Hell, everything I own is a budget build. But sometimes I think folks are just trying to make things harder on themselves. I mean Ryan’s mismatched Fairmont is a GREAT...

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Lights Out 17 Testing Livestream And Video: It’s Time For Radial Revolution 2026 At South Georgia Motorsports Park

It’s time for Lights Out 17, Winter’s favorite radial race, and thanks to NC Promoder we can all watch testing and highlights as Monday and Tuesday had teams doing shakedown hits to see...

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Save $800 With This Harbor Freight Tool Box Hack! Build Your Own Custom Big Box On The Cheap

Harbor Freight is now the largest retail tool store in the country, and for good reason. They have been offering tools at cheap prices for decades, but in recent years took full advantage of the...

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First Round Radial vs The World Qualifying From Lights Out 17 at South Georgia Motorsports Park

If you haven’t been watching the livestream here everyday, you might have missed RVW qualifying from yesterday so here’s a highlight video you can check out to see all the action and...

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ABANDONED AMC GREMLIN: Part 3 – Road Trip! Will It Make The 800 Mile Trip?

Will it survive the trip? It’s up and running, after being abandoned for 32 years, but will it actually live long enough to make the nearly 800 mile trip back home? This is going to be an...

Video: Hot Rod Nostalgia – Exploring The Race of Gentlemen

We shared a ton of awesome photos from this epic event a few weeks ago, and if you missed them there is a link below. But here is a video from Ben Kahan who captured the action and spirit of this...

Alex Taylor Racing: “I Literally BLEW My Own Doors Off the ’55 at 212 MPH!”

Video Description: WOAH! Talk about a wild ride! I literally BLEW the doors off the 55… plus a lot of other pieces 😅 On the bright side, we figured a lot out in testing. And I feel good...

JUNKYARD 460 BIG BLOCK FORD PERFORMANCE. HOW TO MAKE MORE POWER FROM YOUR BBF. RESULTS-300-600 HP

You can make big power with a Big Block Ford? With people always talking about LS engines and Big Block Chevrolets, sometimes you might forget there are other platforms that are capable of real...

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Pro Mod Photos: NHRA’s Biggest And Baddest Door Slammers

Here’s our next gallery of photos from David Whealon. We started off the week with nothing but Nitro action and now we’re moving into these bitchin door cars. Check them out below and if...

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Nitro Photos: More Header Flames Up And Hammer Down In Charlotte!

Here’s our next gallery of photos from David Whealon. We’ve got even more coming this week, so stay tuned and if you missed any of them we have a link below to check them out too. (Photos...

Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 5: Installing The Heads And Cam!

In Part 5 of the build, we’re going to be seeing the camshaft installed and also the cylinder heads. This engine is getting closer and closer to being ready to install and fire! After getting...

Featured Product: Give Your Ride The Iconic Hilborn Look With The Control Of Modern EFI Technology

Hilborn mechanical fuel injection was one of the iconic hot rod parts that shaped hot rodding and racing culture way back when. And it is still one of those parts that can support big power....

Great Video: Watch This Massive Diesel Powered Portable Air Compressor Restoration (Part 1)

Portable may be a little bit of a stretch here, but hey, the thing is on wheels and the restorer rolls it into position. Yeah, we know. You could consider the compressors on a trailer and other as...

Halfass Kustoms Shop Fire: Brent And Esther Are Okay, But The Shop Is A Total Loss

We’ve shared Halfass Kustoms videos with you for the past couple of years here on BANGshift and I truly look forward to watching Brent work in the shop each and every week. He’s...

Video: Small Tire Drag Racing – Titans of 10.5 – Ozark Raceway Park

We dig small tire drag racing around here, and while there is much debate over what constitutes a small tire, they are all a 10.5 of some kind. In the Titans of 10.5 series, it’s all 28.50 x10.50...

Tre5 Customs OBS Chevy Feature: Red On Red On Red On Red…

This cool truck feature from Tre5 Customs is an OBS that just about everyone can relate to. Yes, the fit and finish is high level, the chassis is rad, and the LS swap is on point, but overall this...

Barns Worth Of Finds! 100 Acre Northern PA Farm Full Of Classic Cars!! All Up For Auction!

Our dudes at Iron Trap Garage are back at it again, with an awesome score that most of us dream about seeing. Matt and the boys have been able to go check out this collection, most of which is going...

Is Any Die Grinder Worth Over $600?! – The Most Expensive Die Grinder Ever vs M12 & Makita

The answer is no. For me anyway. I haven’t watched this video yet as I write this, but for me there is NO WAY that a die grinder is worth $602 unless it comes with an operator that I...