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Did Project Farm Really Improve Gas Mileage by 22.4%! Don’t Get Scammed and Do What Works!

With average gas prices in the country in the $4.50 range today, it’s no wonder folks are trying to get better gas mileage right now. For many of the drivers across the country it is going to...

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FIA World Endurance Championships Highlights From TotalEnergies 6 Hours of SPA – Wheel To Wheel Racing Action

Round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championships was held at SPA, aka Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and did not disappoint. This is an epic race track, and the action here is always great,...

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Capturing Car Culture With Larry Chen: First Cameras Allowed in Toyota’s GR Factory: Minimal robots & More Humans

This is a cool episode of Capturing Car Culture if you are like us and love to see factory and how its made videos. I’ve been on several automotive assembly plant tours and can tell you that...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 1 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Needs Some Love!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND! THIS IS HELLA 2026, COURSE 1 ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Car Show Video From The 13th Annual LoneStar Deluxe Hot Rod and Music Festival in Texas City TX

Our friend John Jackson is back at it with more cool video from another great Texas car show, and this time it’s got a twist. This is the 13th Annual LoneStar Deluxe Hot Rod and Music Festival...

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Best of 2020: Watch This Large Barge Of A 1970 Cadillac Eldorado Hit The Chassis Dyno And Groan

Things like the chassis dyno and the drag strip do not always give us the answers and numbers that we want but they also don’t really lie to us either. That can be painful at times but it is...

Best Of 2020: The “WTF?!” Files: 1994 Ford Taurus SHO Truck

When Ford gambled on the Ford Taurus, there was a very strong concern about whether or not the flying potato shape would find success in the marketplace. Ford hadn’t been on the greatest streak...

Best of 2020: Remember The Weird Turbo Pontiacs of The Early 1990s? This Grand Prix Review Re-Sparked Our Interest

Journalists, enthusiasts, and car buyers are a fickle bunch, right? We complain and yell at the car companies to try things, to do things, and to make the stuff we want them to make. More often than...

Watch Buddy Baker Break The 200mph Barrier On A Closed Course In A Hemi Daytona Charger Circa 1970 – Screaming Elephant At Talladega!

The world had literally never seen the likes of anything similar to Talladega Superspeedway when it opened in September of 1969. Immediately thrust into controversy when NASCAR drivers, led by...

This Promotional Video For The 1978 AMC AMX Is Hilariously Awful

We’re amazed that hot rodding survived the late 1970s but maybe we shouldn’t be. When the factories were turning out slugs like the 1978 AMC AMX featured in this hilariously bad...

Here’s What Happens When You Crash Into A Guard House With The Excavator You Have On Your Trailer

For starters, no one was in the guard house or else this would be a tragic video. Knowing that I can relate to you both the reason why this video both made me smile and cringe at the same time. See...

Jump Video: Lunatic Dare Devil Flies a Bus Super Far – Clears Other Buses, Assortment Of Vehicles (Except The Camper)

Bus jumping has become our second favorite spectator motorsport. We’re not telling you what’s first. The whole concept of flying a passenger bus over a large number of objects appeals to...

Epic Photo: A 1957 Ford Truck In Flight Over an Elephant

This is one of the single greatest photos we have ever seen. It was posted up by Jesse, the man who operates the awesome “Just a Car Guy” blog. Jesse always digs up killer stuff, and this...

Watch A Lamborghini Fly At The Slovakia Ring During A Massive Wreck – Driver Was OK

This footage comes from Slovakia and more specifically the Slovakia Ring race course where the Blanpain GT series was running. We have talked about the Blancpain series a few times this year because...

Quick And Dirty: How Can You Make A Rough Rig Look Fairly Presentable?

I know this story, I’ve done it a couple of times on several vehicles, but the one that really stands out to me was the 1979-81 Camaro that was slated to be the replacement for my...

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Story Time: The Good, Bad, And Downright Nasty Side Of BTCC With Legendary Driver Jason Plato

The best part of living life are the stories that you get to share with others along the way. I can say it for just about every single solitary year of my life: the stories that I have defy belief, I...

Henry’s Hot Rod: We Bought A Mongrel 1940s Ford N Tractor, Scored A Flathead and The Fun Starts Here

It has been too long since I have had some garage occupancy for my own fun and entertainment. That’s been rectified and in the typical fashion of my life, I couldn’t just do the normal...

Mini-Feature: Hubert Platt’s Georgia Shaker III 1965 Ford Falcon A/FX

Hubert Platt’s Georgia Shaker III is one of the more interesting door slammers to come out of the mid-1960s. Platt was a southern match-bash star who had tasted the sweetness of a factory deal...

DON’T PUT YOUR FACE THERE – Watch A Dude Nearly Catch A Fireball To The Kisser At The Drags

There are certain things that still amaze me on nearly every trip to the drags. The first is the propensity of a racer with a car that clearly has a mechanical issue refusing to lift on the way down...