BangShift Thanksgiving Hero: This Guy Built His Own Steam Engine To Run An Alternator
(By Greg Rourke) – It’s happened to all of us…you go out in the morning and find a dead battery in your daily driver. What to do? Well, you can pester a neighbor for a jump start....
Next Generation Up: Madison Payne Is Following Her Grandfather, Mom, and Dad Down A Nitro Powered Path
(Photo: Kelly Wade/WinLightNews.com) – Drag racing is a sport that really isn’t all that old. In fact you can really only go back about three generations of time before getting to the...
The Good Kind Of Ugly: This 1963 Studebaker Zip Van Is Rusty And Busted But It Is Cool!
For many BangShift readers, the Studebaker Zip Van may be a kind of automotive revelation. The kind of thing that makes you wonder what the heck you missed back in the day and it’s a little bit...
Incredible: This Look Inside Powermaster Performance Is Beyond Awesome – An American Manufacturing Company!
Powermaster has been a longtime member of the BangShift family of sponsors and we have been proud of that fact for some time. This is an American company making high quality products in their Chicago...
Incredible Engineering: This Breakdown Of How Mercedes Literally Redesigned The F1 Wheel Is Amazing
When people ask you why F1 cars are so expensive, show them this video. You are going to watch a fascinating engineering study that tells the story of how the Mercedes team quite literally redesigned...
Check Out This Back To Back Factory Manifold vs Header Test On A Brand New LT2 Out Of A C8 Corvette
There’s basic tenants in hot rodding that we all know. More air in, more fuel burned, more air out, more horsepower. These are things that the aftermarket has studied and worked to refine for...
We’ve Got All The Door Car Drag Racing Action Photos You Can Stand! Small Tire, Big Tire, Radials, And No Time From The Street Car Super Nationals
(Photos by Wes Allison) This should have been called the Street Wheelstanding Car Super Nationals because everything from Pro Mod to Radials to bracket cars were running with the wheels high in the...
Sideways Is The Way: RWD Rally Cars In Action In The Woods
The Audi Quattro was the ultimate spoilsport. Prior to, rally cars were mostly rear-wheel driven because you could boot the back end around on throttle alone and utilize both ends of the car as a...
Watch This Eagle Talon Go High and Eat The Wall During The Spectator Drags At Seekonk Speedway
It has been too long since we have shown some spectator drags action from one of the myriad of circle tracks across America. One such track is Seekonk Speedway located in Seekonk, Massachusetts. This...
Classic YouTube: Drifting A Suzuki Swift, One Way Or Another! Hooning A Beater Never Looked So Fun!
I have a weird respect for the Suzuki Swift and it’s USDM cousin, the Geo Metro. When they were being sold, I couldn’t make enough jokes about those cars…tiny hatchbacks always...
Tire Destruction Magnificence: This Rat Motored Toyota Hates Mud Tires And Destroys Them In BangShifty Fashion
(By Jason Mazzotta) – Burnouts, fire, superchargers, donuts, and noise are everything car fanatics love and this video has it all in one crazed package known as BLWNLUX. Brett Battersby of...
Street Car Super Nationals 16 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here With More Great Action Photos
Street Car Super Nationals 16 is in the books, but that doesn’t mean our coverage is done. Not by a long shot, as there are tons of photos we’ve been downloading after shooting all the...
BangShift Book Corner: Hurst Equipped – Factory-Special Muscle Cars, Speed Parts, and Legendary Race Cars by Mark Fletcher and Richard Truesdell
We’re back with another new title from the people at CarTech and this one hits us right between our muscle car loving eyes. The book, “Hurst Equipped: Factory Special Muscle Cars, Speed...
