The invention discloses an intensive vehicle body drying system and drying method, and aims at overcoming the defects that a vehicle body drying room is poor in length, large in occupied area, low in heat energy utilization rate, large in power consumption and low in working efficiency. The intensive vehicle body drying system comprises a drying room, a conveying ground chain, an input conveying mechanism and an output conveying mechanism, the drying room is provided with an input port and an output port, and type shifting mechanisms are installed on the portion between the input port and the input conveying mechanism and on the portion between the output port and the output conveying mechanism outside the drying room respectively; and each type shifting mechanism comprises a type shifting frame, a steering supporting column, a front-end sliding rail and a rear-end sliding rail, wherein the steering supporting column is rotatably connected to the lower end of the type shifting frame, multiple wheel rollers which are arranged in parallel are rotatably connected to the type shifting frame, a vehicle body conveying motor and a driving motor are installed on each type shifting frame, the front-end sliding rail and the rear-end sliding rail are each of an arc-shaped structure, the driving motor is in drive connection with a driving wheel which is connected to the rear-end sliding rail in an abutted mode, a guide wheel is installed at the front end of the type shifting frame, and the guide wheel is connected in the front-end sliding rail in a matched mode.