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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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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...

12 Barrel: This 1960s Edelbrock Intake Manifold Plunks Six Ford 2-BBL Carbs On Your Pontiac!

We’re not sure we have ever seen a Pontiac engine that NEEDED this much induction or carburetor on top of it, especially naturally aspirated but this is one bad ass looking intake manifold. We...

Under Pressure: The Story of Bill Lear’s Steam Powered Race Car That (Never) Ran The Indy 500

Bill Lear will go down as one of the most incredible inventors of the 20th century. The man who created the car radio, miniature tuning coils for radios, who invented auto-pilot, radio guidance for...

Watch The Brazilian Opala Metal Run 5.33 In The Eighth And The End Up Stopping On A Jungle Path!

The Opala was one of GM Brazil’s most popular models having been produced from 1969 through 1992. Over the years it evolved and changed but through it all, people loved the cars. As has...

Watch This Crazed Off-Road Nova Scream Up A Hill Climb While Catching Air – Who Is This Masked Man?!

We need your help! Thanks for a tip from BangShifter Christon Gerber we have video of a guy named Doug Smith hammering up a (dirt) hill climb that was held in Lisbon, Ohio. This is not the bendy,...