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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 3: A Few Bits Of Metal Work And This Thing Is Almost Ready to Start Bolting The Body Together!

Here is the third installment of the shop truck build, and as rough as this thing looks the sheet metal work needed is really pretty minor. In this video you’ll see a couple panels get made,...

Punching Louvers In An Aluminum Hood! Louvers Rule, And Technically You Can Do Them Yourself!

In this video from This Old Hotrod you’ll see what really goes into louvering a panel. In this case it is an aluminum hood, but the process is the same regardless of what you are building. I...

FIRE!!!! How To Build Flame Thrower Exhaust!!! (Stand Alone Ignition System)

I’ve never owned a vehicle with flame throwers, and never really cared to, but they sure are fun to watch! The principle behind them is actually pretty simple, but the ways they have been done...

More Pinstriping Inspiration: Practice Pinstriping Panels With HotRod Jen

We’ve featured some of Hot Rod Jen’s work here on BANGshift lately and appreciate her cool videos that show how to pinstripe, her work flow, and her process for practicing and perfecting designs....

Pro Touring Triumph GT6 Build: This Sucker Is Going To Be LS Swapped Greatness

So this project here has been going on for several years, and we kind of dig it, mostly because it is going from restomod to pro-touring machine and we dig the direction. To bring everyone up to...

Fox Body Mustang Hydraulic Clutch Swap: Get Rid Of The Cable Clutch With The New Hydramax System

This new Hydramax kit from American Powertrain is a huge upgrade for all you Fox Body Mustang owners out there who have a stick shift car, or who want to convert your automatic car to a stick shift....

Happy 3/05! Let’s Talk Small Bore Small Blocks (and V6s)

305ci is not exactly a magical number when it comes to high performance engines in most people’s minds but the reality is that if you are a stock car racer or someone who has followed the...

Power Timing Secrets With Uncle Tony – This Lesson In Old School Mechanic’n Is Awesome

If there is one thing that Uncle Tony has brought to the automotive realm of YouTube it is the idea that there’s a LOAD of stuff old school mechanics know and young mechanics have likely never...

Cool Video: Behind The Scenes At The Top End Post Finals At The NHRA Arizona Nationals

It has been really fun to see the increased content coming from the NHRA social media department. As new people have been added, their ability to see the sport with fresh eyes and a new vision have...

Niche Car Brand Tries To Save Self With Parts Bin Model From Corporate Overlord: Yeah, Maserati This Time

(By Tom Lohnes) – Maserati is known today as a “dying” brand. Sure, they have a strong fleet of cars, but quality and reliability issues have plagued them since their newest lineup debuted...

The 2023 Ford Everest Is A Really Neat SUV…That Is Not Sold In America – Styling, Power, Capability, Why?!

(By Tom Lohnes) – In America, the Ford Bronco is a massive success. The Ranger-based SUV that is available in all flavors from extremely mild to extremely wild has a massive amount of orders,...

Retrobright LED Headlight Upgrade For Squarebody GM Trucks. Here’s How Simple They Are To Install.

I own a couple of different GM trucks that use rectangle headlights, and whether they have the 4×6 or 5×7 inch size all the aftermarket LED offerings for them feature very modern-looking...

Pit Trike Build Part 6: A Few Tweaks And Then The Wife Takes It Out For A Top Speed Run!

Tracks on the pit trike! Oh yeah, this is some fun stuff right here and since the pit trike isn’t as good in the snow as it could be, it needs some tracks! Keep in mind that this thing is supposed...

Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: Custom Fitting The Bed So The Big Wheel And Tire Combo Tucks When It’s On The Ground

In this episode of the COE project the bed gets fitted over the giant dually wheels out back, including some custom fitting and widening so it all fits when laid on the ground. There is some creative...