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2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Start Right Here! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the...

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12 VOLT ELECTRIC AIR CONDITIONER UPGRADES. Cotten Is Fixing The A/C In His Hemi Monte Carlo!

Last fall we shared video of Cotten installing electric air conditioning in his HEMI powered Monte Carlo, a car that was already polarizing before the A/C install. He liked the electric A/C, and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indianapolis 500 Open Testing Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few weeks until the start of all the official Indy 500 festivities, including official practice sessions, qualifying, etc, but that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t...

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Manual Cars Shouldn’t Be THIS FAST! 6-Second Stick Shift Drag Racing At Street Car Takeover In Rockingham.

I grew up in a stick shift drag racing family, so anything with a clutch pedal is near and dear to my heart. There is something about a stick shift car that just makes it more fun to drive, and even...

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Check Out The Record Breaking Ford GT Mk IV Lap Around Nürburgring! 6:15 Is The Quickest Internal Combustion Vehicle Ever On Track!

Before anyone starts yelling that there are quicker cars that have been around the Nurburgring, remember that there are only two of them and both of those cars had electric assist as a power adder....

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Buy Your Dream Apartment Condo At Texas Motor Speedway! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 9th Floor Outside Turn 2 At TMS!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be at a couple of parties in the condos outside turn 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and can tell you that they are pretty cool. I went to a party in one of them where...

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Mounting a V10 Twin Turbo Diesel into a F355 Ferrari: Who Would Even Do This To An Italian Sports Car?

Generically speaking, I’m not a huge fan of diesel swaps into cars just to make a splash. I mean guys like Rick Fletes, who’s Duramax powered Chevelle does giant wheelstands and runs...

Stories N’ Steel With Keith Weesner: How one artist went from corporate taillights to lowbrow tail draggers…

Stories ‘N Steel is a series that we love around here . On this YouTube channel, you’ll find awesome interviews with icons in the hot rodding, racing, and customs scene. Many of these...

Vintage Camaro Spoiler Debate: Which Second Gen Camaro Spoiler Is The Right One For You And For The Garbage Camaro?

Growing up in a Camaro family with two first gen Camaros, a 1968 and 1969 respectively, means I’ve got some opinions on stuff you should and shouldn’t do to a Camaro. For example, is a...

Can You Really Crash A Car Through A Gate Like They Do In The Movies? Or Is It Just Movie Magic?

I know that everyone out there reading this has at some point or another seen a car, truck, or other motor vehicle do impossible, or at least unlikely, things on camera in tv or movies. As car guys...

The Bizzarrini 5300 GT: Here’s What Happens When An Ex-Ferrari Engineer Creates One Of The All Time Great Sports Cars

The Bizzarrini 5300 GT is one sexy machine from a time when European sports cars as a whole were some pretty sexy machines. It’s hard to argue that the mid to late 1960’s really did have...

Heres How the World’s Best Bench Vise is Made! Fireball Tools Made In The USA Hardtail Vise Is A Beast

I love factory tours and how it’s made videos. I remember as a kid going on the brewery tour at Olympia Brewing, and also the Hershey chocolate factory. There were also tractor factories and...

FREE LIVESTREAM From The Inaugural Thanksgiving Footbrake Challenge – Big Money Door Car Drag Racing Greatness!

It’s big money bracket racing time, and we’re talking nothing but Footbrakes! No trans brakes allowed at this one, as you’ll be watching racers swapping feet and leaving on the bottom bulb for...

Ford’s First American Compact Car: The Falcon Takes Flight – A Steve Magnante Feature

Magnante is back at it folks and this time he’s teaching us about the Ford Falcon. I’ve known several people who’ve built Falcons over the years for everything from Power Tour to...

THE AFTERMATH OF A HUGE WHEELIE RESULTS IN A NEW PERSONAL BEST AT THE TRACK IN BLASPHEMI!

We all saw the 8 jillion wheelstands that Finnegan pulled on Drag Week this year, but did you hear about the carnage? I’ve seen a few cars that were totaled from landing a big wheelstand, and...

Here Is Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From Darana Motorsports Park GALOT!

(Photos by David Whealon) Here’s our final gallery of photos from David Whealon’s most recent IHRA Outlaw Nitro Drag Racing Series event and a link to the others we’ve already...

Metal Finishing Made Easy With Martin Brothers. Try These Simple Techniques To Get The Parts You Want For Your Ride

There has never been more available aftermarket parts for your favorite hot rod or muscle car than there are today. It has never been easier to acquire parts to create the look you want for your...

Mopar Muscle Greatness: TRANSFORMING the ROADKILL CROP DUSTER With Dulcich & Freiburger

Dulcich and Freiburger are putting the band back together for this one, although the reality is that these two have been doing this together long before anyone pointed a video camera at them....

Happy Thanksgiving! BangShift.com Wishes You A Wonderful Day With Friends And Family!

Man, what a year 2025 has turned into! It’s Thanksgiving Day, where food, drink, family and fun take center stage. And while many of you will be frying, roasting, or smoking a big bird, and...

Untouched for 93 Years: Pulling Off A 48 Hour Hot Rod Transformation On This Original 1932 Sedan – Chop or Not?!

This 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan is an amazing survivor. It is completely stock and untouched and has spent the last few decades stored in a storage container in Canada. It recently got shipped all the way...