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Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More! Doing It Up Canada Style!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)  Continuing with his Toronto Motorama traditions, Mike Brooks has visited the great white north for the Toronto Motorama again this year. We’re used to seeing Brooks...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Door Cars, Pro Mod And More!

Here’s our last blast of photos from David Whealon, but we’ve got more galleries coming still! Use the link below to check out any of the photos you might have missed so far! (Photos by...

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This Dodge Dart Is Grandma Perfect, All Original, Unmolested, And Begging For Hemi Powered Sleeper Status

Holy crap this thing is crazy clean! It is absolutely a grandma ride, we know because it hasn’t even had a radio put in it ever. This 1974 Dodge Dart is so clean that there is no way it has...

TX2K21 Day Two: A 7-second Viper, 4-Rotor Mazda, And All Kinds Of Crazy!

It’s Day 2 coverage from TX2K21, thanks to our dudes at 1320Video. Kyle and Fred and the crew were running around taking it all in, racing Kyles car, and just having an awesome time. We love...

Weird, But The Good Kind Of Weird? The Canoo Electric Pickup Is Looking To Bring Forward Control All The Way Back

(By Tom Lohnes) – Have you ever wanted an old VW Type 2 Pickup, except modernized and with 600 electric horses? Now you do. Meet the Canoo Electric Pickup, yet another upstart in the EV truck...

Engine Autopsy: This Detailed Disassembly And Analysis Of A Blown UP Twin Turbo LS Engine Is Awesome

We have seen many engines broken and torn down here at Banghift but this video from Australia is pretty great. Why? Not only do we see the engine pulled down but we also see the data acquisition...

The Start Of The Beginning or The Beginning Of The End? This 1989 SUV Buy’er Guide Video Shows The Start Of The SUV Craze

In an automotive universe completely dominated by the SUV, CUV, and LUV (lame utility vehicle) segment, it stands to reason that this whole ball got rolling somewhere, right? Well, that somewhere is...

Meziere Enterprises Bottle Clamps For Variety Of Racing Applications

Clamps may seem like one of the simple items in and on your race car and something that you probably shop at the lowest possible dollar but allow us to gently tell you that if  you’re doing it...

Is Lancia Coming Back To The USA? It Sure Seems Like It – What Models Will They Bring?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Lancia has had a seemingly tough couple of decades. From making the Group B rally monsters of the 1980’s, and even some cool cars from the 90’s, Lancia makes one car, and...

Finnegan Finally Drives His Body Dropped C10 After The 6 Day Thrash!

It’s about time! The boys thrashed like mad men to get the truck ready for the road trip to MRC Fabrication where they were supposed to show up with it and then pick up the Cadillac....

TX2K Day 1 From 1320Video: 200mph races, Kyle’s FIRST R8 passes, & MORE!

TX2K is a huge event nowadays, but I remember the early days when almost all of the coverage you’d see from the event was coming from 1320Video and most people hadn’t even heard of it....

Full Pro Mod Recap From The Mid West Drag Racing Series Xtreme Texas Nationals!

This weekends Xtreme Texas Nationals at XRP in Ferris Texas was the first stop for the Mid West Drag Racing Series in 2021 and boy was it a good one. With Funny Cars, Pro Mods, Top Dragsters, Top...

Making Formed Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! This Is Super Cool And We Want To Do It!

We’ve featured Carbon Fiber fabrication videos from Street Bandito before, but this one is cooler yet. The process for building this small part can totally be replicated for something bigger,...

Repairing a 10,000hp Top Fuel Billet Engine Block – Not Horribly Hard, But Easy To Do Wrong

Aluminum top fuel blocks from Alan Johnson Performance Engineering, Brad Anderson Enterprises, and the like are all machined with “windows” that are thinner areas of the block that are...

The Raddest Rigs of King of the Hammers: Gambler 500 Benz, Chevy Blazer and Rock Crawlers

I’ve repeatedly told you all just how cool King of the Hammers is, and here is even more proof. Besides all the killer race rigs, there are TONS of killer rigs that regular folks show up in to...

The Car Hauler Trailer Rebuild Continues: Demo Is Done, Design Is Coming Along, And New Stuff Is Being Delivered!

They are back with Part 2 of the trailer rebuild and we can’t wait to see this thing come along. What’s the plan? Take one useable but not pretty gooseneck car trailer and add some living...