Plasma Cutter Or Steel Cutting Circular Saw? Which One Is Better, Straighter, Smoother, Faster, Easier?
Everyone who ever fabricates anything out of metal wants to own a plasma cutter. They are cool, make pretty quick work of cutting most anything, and they are way faster that using a cutoff wheel all...
Timing Tech: Here’s How You Recurve An MSD Distributor. It’s Easier Than You Think, And You Can Do It In Minutes With Just A Couple Tools
Making changes to a distributor has always been one of those jobs that people seem to be afraid of for some reason. Maybe it is because you typically remove the distributor before doing this to it,...
Watch Mike Skinner Lay Down One Of The Quickest Runs In Goodwood History Driving His NASCAR Truck!
As amazing as the Goodwood Festival of Speed is for the pageantry, the history, the setting, and the collection of cars that show up, there’s another element that can kind of get lost and that...
This Is What It Looks Like When A Top Fuel Dragster Clutch Explodes – Nightmare!
A top fuel dragster is an amazing piece of machinery that when working right can do things in an almost beautiful way. The arching chassis, the huge slicks growing as the car heads down the track,...
Wild Carnage Video: Watch Aussie Racer Peter Gratz Spit The Entire Rear Axle Assembly Out From Under His Car
The Australian National Drag Racing Association has a great YouTube page where they post videos from current day races and footage from the era before YouTube. Yes kids, there was an era before...
BangShift Reader Brawl: What Is Your Favorite Magazine Feature Car Of All Time?
As a kid I read all kinds of magazines (still do…not sure if that is OK to admit!) and can remember loving all kinds of feature trucks in 4-Wheel and Off Road, muscle cars, hot rods, and drag...
This Barn Find Z28 Camaro Is Finally Rinsed Off, Checked Out, And All The Extra NOS Parts Inventoried
Last week we showed you this 1974 Z28 Camaro that Chad at Nobody Else’s Auto bought from a guy who’s had it since the 1970’s. They talked about the history and how long the owner...
TIG Welding For Beginners Part 3: Welding Corner Joints Is Fun!
We’ve been sharing a great series on TIG Welding for beginners, and this is the third installment. In the first two videos, which you can get to with the link below, some very important lessons...
How To Measure For Pushrod Length In Your LS Engine: Not Hard, But Really Important
On a pushrod engine like an LS, and every other American V8 that doesn’t have overhead camshafts, the length and width of them is pretty critical to insure performance and longevity....
Lone Star Throwdown 2021: Square Bodies And More Square Bodies! Custom Trucks Everywhere!
LST Baby! The Lone Star State was showing off their hospitality to the truck world this past weekend where Lone Star Throwdown took over Conroe Texas in a big way. I have to say, traffic was handled...
Our First Gallery Of Photos From Lone Star Throwdown 2021 Is Here And Is Nothing But OBS 1988-1998 GM Trucks!
Lone Star Throwdown, or LST as it’s referred to, is one of the premier custom truck shows in the country. It also happens to be one of a few of those that happen in the state of Texas. This...
2021 February Southern California Quarantine Cruise: The Last Blast Of Images From The Sun Drenched Event
We’re back with our last installment of killer photos from the 2021 February SoCal Quarantine Cruise. As we have been saying, this event brought out some of the coolest cars in the southern...
Lights Out 12 Drag Racing Photo Coverage: Pit Photos Of People, Cars, Engines, and Thrashing!
We’re back with more coverage from Lights Out 12, the baddest small tire drag race in the world. This time we’re not looking at the track but the action in the pits. The cars that compete...
Fabrication Spotlight: Dennis Taylor Knows How To Get Down With Some Dual Fuel Tanks
I’ve said it plenty of times, Hot Rods by Dennis Taylor is one of the coolest hot rod shops in the country. Besides the fact that it is a full family affair, Dennis himself is arguably one of...
