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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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Atlanta Dragway Returns As 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series World Finals Location! The International Hot Rod Association Acquires Atlanta Dragway in Banks County, Georgia.

That’s right folks, after announcing that they have taken over Virginia Motorsports Park most recently, and tons of other iconic tracks around the country in the last 6 months, the IHRA...

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World Rally Championship FULL ONBOARD Video From WRC Rally Sweden Stage 17 with Katsuta and Johnston

I miss that you don’t get to watch every World Rally Championship event from start to finish like we used to get back in the day, unless you pay for a subscription of some kind. The coverage...

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Who Makes The Best End Wrench? Let’s Settle This! Snap On vs MAC Tools, Matco, Proto, SK, GearWrench, Kobalt, Husky

There have never been more brands of hand tools available in the world than there are today, and everyone has an opinion on what is best. To make matters worse, a lot of them are now coming with a...

This 1988 ESPN Swamp Buggy Broadcast Is Missing A Couple Critical Things

Sometimes you have to see something familiar with a slightly different twist to understand what actually made it so good. In this case we’re talking about 1980s Swamp Buggy racing in Naples,...

Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap: New Wheels, Slammed In The Weeds, And More!

In this video the air ride suspension is finished, the car is laid out low, and the new wheels came in. This thing is hammered a lot harder than Casey thought it would be. Casey is back at it again!...

The Iron Trap Sweetheart Roadster Gets A Killer Model A Hot Rod Dash

The Sweetheart Roadster is just one of the cool projects that are being built by the Iron Trap Garage crew, and there has been a lot of metal work going on to get it looking like a complete car...

Pruett, Hight, Hartford, And Smith Win The NHRA Mile High Nationals At Bandimere Speedway

NHRA’s Mile High Nationals are in the books, and that means only these four winners can actually sweep the Western Swing, a feat that has only been accomplished by a select few drivers in...

Lyon Air Museum Photos: War Surplus on Wheels | WWII’s Influence on Hot Rodding

(Photos by Wes Allison) The Lyon Air Museum, located in Santa Ana California, has some of the coolest World War II aircraft you are going to find anywhere. And now through September 5th the museum is...

DOES BIG BLOCK CHEVROLET HEAD FLOW MATTER UNDER BOOST? AFR 315 VS 345-ALL MOTOR 496 & 8-71 BLOWN 496!

Cylinder heads determine power potential of an engine. The camshaft controls the rpm range and power curve, but the overall power potential has to do with how much air and fuel you can get into the...

Filmore’s Dairy Hut Cruise-In Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Street Machines, And Muscle Cars

(Words and Photos by Doug Gregory) We’ve attended at least one Sunday night cruise-in at Filmore’s for the last several years and most of those visits have been seen here on Bangshift. Also, most...

LS Corvair Project: The Turbo Is Going In! Building A Turbo Kit For A Transverse Mounted LS3

This project continues to impress and inspire and we love it! Check out all the cool stuff going down in this episode of the build, because this car just keeps getting more trick. This video shows...

2,500 Miles in a True HOT ROD With No GPS, No Cell Phone, And No Hotel!

Hot rod road trips are kind of our thing around here, and when we see something like this it definitely makes us get excited. This chopped Model A Ford is a pretty cool ride and is pulling a really...

Finnegan’s Garage: IT’S ALIVE! WIFEY’S TWIN TURBO 7 LITER JET BOAT FINALLY RUNS!

The Finnegan family’s latest boat project might be one of his most beloved yet, as everyone is getting behind doing big things to make Wifey’s boat as badass as it can be. I think this is...

Fast Fords At Dragway 42: Our Photo Coverage From The Event Just Keeps Coming

Our sixth gallery of photos from Dragway 42 starts right here and we’ve got all kinds of cool action shots! And if you missed any of the photos from our previous galleries, use the link below to...

Reviving A 1966 Thunder Bird That Was Last Driven in 1977. Will It Run And Drive?

It was only 11 years old when it was parked, but it’s now been sitting for 45 years! Surely Brent can make this beast run again. We’re going to find out in this video right here because...

FORD VS CHEVY VS DODGE-WHAT AMERICAN V8 MADE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POWER? 5.0L VS 350 VS 360-WHO LOST?

Videos from the dyno are usually all about making the most power you can with a given combo, but not this one. Today’s video is all about finding the engine that makes the LEAST amount of...