Lost Steer, Part Two: Is That A Coolant Flush Or A Vomiting Maverick?!
One thing that usually isn’t addressed with a revival program that most people film is the coolant system. They are so hung up on getting the engine to start and idle, and for the vehicle to...
McLeod Racing Named Boninfante Friction’s West Coast Supplier – Funny Car, Top Fuel, Top Alcohol, Truck Pullers, And Drag Boats Friction Specialists
Boninfante Friction is the premier supplier of clutch friction and floaters for extreme motorsports applications, and has been working with the McLeod brand for many years. Their working relationship...
On This Day: The 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Motocycle Race: America’s First Automobile Competition
At 8:55 in the morning on a cold, snowy Thursday morning in Chicago, six cars lined up at Jackson Park to set off on a race. Three were gasoline powered Germans, one was a gas-powered American, and...
This Promotional Film Touting The New 1974 Opels Is Pretty Awesome And Hilarious
Opens are cool cars. Of course everyone thinks of the GT model when they conjure the idea of a 1970s German car being sold in a Buick dealer but there were other Opels as well. Cars like he Manta...
This Video Of A Brake Rotor Exploding Is Awesome To Watch – Heat Is A Killer!
We have showed you a ton of videos from the Hydraulic Press Channel on YouTube. The neat thing is that the same people that have that channel have another one called “Beyond the Press”...
Classic YouTube: This VW Golf Gives A 350Z And A Porsche A Great Lesson In Humility!
It takes a bit of cojones to pick a fight with a Porsche 911. From their introduction in 1964 to the modern day, the 911 has been the backbone of the Porsche lineup. The base models are no slouches,...
Seeing This Mini Getting Launched Into The Air Makes Us Think Only One Thing: “That’s Gonna Hurt.”
Autograss racing sounds like a blast to us. Popular in the U.K. and Ireland, the basics are simple: there’s classes of cars that branch from mini-cars to V8-powered beasts, that race on a...
Historical Video: The 1982 Ford EXP, A Great Snow Beater For The 1980s?
The Ford EXP is a polarizing car…it’s a two-seat Escort with one of the most…uh, unique…styling treatments up front. If you squint a little, it looks like a very surprised...
Winter Wonderland: A Compilation Of Snow And Ice Fails
Technically, it’s just about a month away, but winter weather has already slammed the continental United States, and with it comes the delicate act of driving in the snow. While we’d all...
Happy Thanksgiving From All Of Us At BangShift.Com!
With the year that we’ve had, the time where we get together with family and friends and break bread (and bird…cannot forget the turkey now) seems more special than it has in a long time....
Cringy Turkey: This Vintage Film From Firestone Tells The Stories of Making Brake Linings – Unknown Danger
It happens often in our world that humans stumble upon something cool, adapt it into many faces of every day life and then years down the road discover that it likely wasn’t the best move...
The Turkey Carving Shift: Ride Inside The Cars For Some Fun Touring Car Action At The Goodwood Revival
If there’s one thing we love about in-car videos from vintage races it is the fact that you can really see how hard the drivers are working to get their stuff hustled around the track. Unlike...
Cool Turkey: Here’s How Railroad Mechanics Change Out The Wheels On A Railcar – Awesome
There are certain things that we don’t really think about that often but when we see a video illustrating them we cannot help but watch. One of those topics was ho railroad mechanics change out...
