Merry Christmas From The BANGshift Family To Yours. Have A Happy And Safe Holiday With Lots Of Burnouts!
Dec 25, 2021Chad Reynolds7
Merry Christmas all you good and not too bad BANGshifters! Like Santa, we know if you’ve been bad or good and if the bad has been things like burnouts and wheelstands and nitrous purges then we...
Donut Derelicts: Here’s One More Gallery Of Photos From This Iconic SoCal Cruise In
Dec 24, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Donut Derelicts: Here’s One More Gallery Of Photos From This Iconic SoCal Cruise In
(Photos by Wes Allison) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, even at Donut Derelicts cruise-in! It’s still cruising weather in SoCal and that means Donut Derelicts baby! Wes hit up...
PRI Show Photos: If You Missed Any Of Our PRI Show Photo Coverage, Find Them All Right Here!
Dec 24, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on PRI Show Photos: If You Missed Any Of Our PRI Show Photo Coverage, Find Them All Right Here!
We’ve got a lot of galleries from the show, and if you click on the link below you can see each and every one of them. It was a riot and we can’t wait for next year! And if you haven’t...
Urban Hillbilly Best Of Video: The Best Wheels Up Drag Racing Trucks This Season!
Dec 24, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Urban Hillbilly Best Of Video: The Best Wheels Up Drag Racing Trucks This Season!
There are some pretty cool rides in this new video from Urban Hillbilly. Sean has been putting together some “Best Of” videos the past couple of months with different subjects for each...
New Products: OBS GM Truck LS and LT Engine Mounting Brackets That Use The Stock Trans Crossmember!
Dec 24, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Products: OBS GM Truck LS and LT Engine Mounting Brackets That Use The Stock Trans Crossmember!
The new Hooker Blackheart engine mounts for LS/LT swaps in OBS GM trucks are here and looking awesome! These new brackets fit 1988-1998 GM trucks and take all the guesswork out of these engine swaps....
Pomona Swap Meet Photos: Here Are Our Final Batch Of Photos From The Last Pomona Swap Meet Of 2021
Dec 24, 2021Chad Reynolds1
Here they are, our last photo gallery from the last Pomona Swap Meet of 2021! We’ve got more photos to share from the Pomona Swap Meet in SoCal, and we know you are going to love what...
LS Corvair Project: Figuring And Fabrication, That’s All It Takes To Put An LS4 In A Corvair Right?
Dec 24, 2021Chad Reynolds1
While I’ve heard of a few drivetrain swaps that practically bolt in to other makes and models, that is not going to be the case when you are trying to put an LS4 into the back of a Corvair....
Qarantine Cruise Photos: The November 2021 Quarantine Cruise In Had Some Epic Machines. Check Them Out!
Dec 24, 2021Chad Reynolds1
(Photos by Wes Allison) Thanks to some creative folks who spent their time thinking rather than griping, SoCal’s Quarantine Cruises have been a great way to get out and enjoy your hot rods in...
Old School Repair: This Dude Welds A Crankshaft Back Together Like A Boss! It Was Broken In Two!
Dec 23, 2021Chad Reynolds25
If you watch videos from other countries, where guys are doing repairs that would seem nearly impossible without modern tools, you start to appreciate and understand what our grandparents and great...
Facebook Find: This 1980 Z28 Camaro Is Throwback Greatness I Would Drive Like A Boss
Dec 23, 2021Chad Reynolds3
This 1980 Z28 is pure awesomeness. I didn’t know I wanted one with sidepipes on it until I saw this but man do I ever! If I bought this thing I’d put the trim back on the nose, reinstall...
Dyno Proven 500 Horsepower Combos: Three Stock Bottom End 5.3 LS Combos That Will Make You 500 Horsepower Or More.
Dec 23, 2021Chad Reynolds2
I get asked about LS engine combos all the time, and the overwhelming majority of them are from people who think that they need to build an engine with all aftermarket parts. When I ask them how much...
Best Torque Wrench? $450 Snap-On vs Craftsman, ICON, Kobalt, DeWalt, SK Tools, Proto, Wera
Dec 23, 2021Chad Reynolds2
Several years ago the guys at Car Craft Magazine did a torque wrench shootout and found that the high dollar models from the big tool brands weren’t better, and in some cases were worse, than...
New Product Install: New Mid-Mount Gen III HEMI Front Accessory Drive – HEMI Swap Greatness!
Dec 23, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Product Install: New Mid-Mount Gen III HEMI Front Accessory Drive – HEMI Swap Greatness!
One of the most annoying and frustrating parts of any late-model engine swap can be fitting a bunch of accessories that never came in your car up front and in between the engine and radiator. Whether...
New Product: Wilwood Disc Brakes Releases New DOT 5.1 Rated Hi-Temp 570 Brake Fluid
Dec 22, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Product: Wilwood Disc Brakes Releases New DOT 5.1 Rated Hi-Temp 570 Brake Fluid
I’ve been running Wilwood brake fluid for a few years now in Ethyl, our 1966 Bel Air Station Wagon. This car has been nearly 150 mph in several racing environments and because it weighs 4600...












