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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Will Your Junkyard LS Run On Moonshine? Full Dyno Test Results Are Right Here!

Every car guy, at some point, has heard someone say that some liquor or another was strong enough to run the car on it. But is it true? Could you really run and engine on white lightning? We’re...

$1,000 Build: Still Under Budget! How Is Building A Hot Rod This Cheap Even Possible?

I want to be a disbeliever as well, but the truth is that this is actually happening. If you have budget constraints like most of us, then you really owe it to yourself to watch this series. Not only...

The Mongrel Project Hits The Race Track For The First Time And Hauls Ass

If you haven’t been following the Mongrel project here on BANGshift, then shame on you. It is a bad ass little ride that is built from an old English Ford 100E body that has been channeled over...

It’s Back: The Hot Rod Special Camaro Is Ready For Battle At El Mirage – Let The Record Chasing Begin Anew

It has been years since Keith and Tonya Turk, along with Freiburger have had the band together in chasing land speed racing glory. Well, that all changes this week as after a long time and a load of...

Tiny Trucks Abound: Hyundai Introduces The New Santa Cruz – Optional Engines Pack A Horsepower Punch

(By Tom Lohnes) – Here it is, the revival of the small truck. No, this is not the Ford maverick, it’s Hyundai’s first-ever pickup truck and it’s called the Santa Cruz. With a starting...

Boost Makes Better: This Build and Dyno Test Of An 8-71 Blown 427ci LS3 Is Awesome – Airboat Engine!

If you are going to build a kick ass airboat engine, you need a few things. The first is obviously some horsepower, the second is  a deep reservoir of torque, and the third is reliability so you are...

This Is What Happens When You Go Looking For Parts In A Place With Whole Cars – Finnegan’s Garage

We’ve all done it, and if you haven’t then can you really call yourself a car guy? You have a project that needs parts, whether it is trim or body panels or even speed parts, and you end...

Trick Flow Specialties R vs Box R vs Edelbrock Super Victor And A Carb Intake Testing

Not all intakes are created equal, which is why there are SO many of them available. If every engine needed the same intake design then they would all be the same. Because engines have been under...

LSFest West Photos Galore! Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, Vans, Drifters And Prerunners Everywhere!

(Photos by Wes Allison) We told you we were going to have a bunch of photos, and we weren’t kidding. Wes was on hand shooting every single thing on four wheels that was at the show, racing,...

LSFest West In Las Vegas Was OFF THE CHAIN! Killer Show, Drag, Burnout, Drifting And Off-Road Photos From All Over The Event Start Right Here!

LSFest is a spectacle people and that was never more apparent than this past weekend in Las Vegas during the 2021 LSFest West event held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With thousands of...

Header Flaming Funny Car Fun: Awesome Action Images From The NHRA 4-Wide Nationals In Las Vegas!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – There was a lot of neat stuff happening in the nitro funny car category at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas. 19 cars were there to qualify and...

Freaky Flight: Watch Joey Logano Take Flight At Talladega From Every Angle Including Insane In-Car Video

If there is one thing that NASCAR has tried to stop vehemently over the last several years, it’s cars taking flight at super speedway races. If there is one thing that they keep learning it is...

Angry Little Brother: The 2021 McLaren Artura May Play Second Fiddle To The 765LT But Other Than That? Little Else.

(By Tom Lohnes) – The recent achievement of the absolutely bonkers Mclaren 765LT running a 9.33-second quarter mile completely stock sort of overshadowed the debut of its little brother, the...

Crowded House: The VW ID.4 Is The Latest, Most Capable, and Least Expensive Addition To The Electric Car Lineup In The USA

(By Tom Lohnes) – Forget the Tesla Model Y, Volkswagen is making the EV for the people in the ID.4 With standard RWD, at least 201 horsepower, and a ton of space inside, the ID.4 is not VW’s...