This is not really a new product announcement, but a tip to a check out a company we’ve used multiple times when making stuff from scratch. It’s Chassis Shop, a great source for little brackets, tube bends, tabs, cables, rod ends, and nearly any other small part that’s super handy but hard to find at [...]
They call the place Just Dashes, but they do way more. Any interior restoration you need, they have it covered. The comany is known for repairing wrecked old-car dash pads, and they can also restore door panels. Now, Just Dashes also restores more dash parts than ever. Here’s the official release: Van Nuys, CA: Besides [...]
We met the guys from Mast Motorsports at the GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout in Memphis last year, but we just checked in on the company web site and we’re amazed at how far they have come. Mast offers almost nothing but tech for the GM late-model, variable-valve-timing V8s. They have cams, heads, and crate [...]
Did you know that World Products makes aluminum Mopar blocks? They are available for big-blocks and Hemis. The regular iron and compressed graphite versions are also available. Click here to see the aluminum-block page at the World web site, or read the official info below: World Products engineers have collaborated with leading MOPAR racers and [...]
It was announced in February that GM Performance Parts is offering 2010 Camaros as a body in white (just the sheetmetal, nothing else, including the main body, doors, fenders, hood, and trunk lid) for racers wanting to build race-only cars. It keeps them from having to buy a new car and gut it. The body [...]
The newst stuff from the fastener guys at ARP includes parts for Audis and Lancias and junk like that. The company does everything. But the new parts we care about most are the new main studs for windage trays on GM LT1 small-blocks. The kit part number is 134-5502. Here’s the official flyer:
It’s almost like the 1960s again with Ford Racing stepping up to sell you the same stuff that was used to build last year’s Cobra Jet Mustangs. Those are the same cars that won Stock Eliminator at the 2008 NHRA Winternationals. Here are some of the parts available: M-4001-CJ, Ford 9-inch axle assembly M-4602-CJ, Cobra [...]
When the radiator is mounted below an engine’s water outlet, air bubbles can get in the cooling system. That’s when you need an expansion tank, and the tank gets mounted higher in the chassis and has the radiator pressure cap on it. Jeg’s has some new ones that look old-time and cool. We like the [...]
We like to look at circle-track suppliers for the best deals on parts and tools. Here a great example: Rebco Performance now has a set of corner-weight scales for $899. The part number for the low-cost kit is 1101111. See more at the company web site here.
We’ve yet to see a part from Wilson Manifolds that isn’t the best of the best. We’ve got to presume that this new intake manifold for direct-injected Cummins diesels is every bit as bad-ass as they claim. Here’s the official release: Wilson, a leading name in performance and racing induction systems, has expanded its repertoire [...]
A lot of the new electronic overdrive transmissions require a throttle position sensor to connect to the controller. Now, mounting the TPS on a carburetor got way easier with this new bracket for Holley carbs with electronic chokes. Here’s the official release. Click here to learn more at Holley’s site. Throttle Position Kit for Electric [...]
BMR Fabrication is known for trick suspension for late-model stuff like Camaros and GTOs, but the company also has an extensive torque-arm suspension for ’67-’69 Camaros. As part of that, they have this stand-alone crossmember for a T56 six-speed trans swap, and it will work even without the torque link. The company says it’s for [...]
Our friends at Detroit Speed & Engineering have a bunch of trick parts, and we’re big fans of their Deep Tubs kits that make it much easier to mini-tub a car for tire clearance. With Deep Tubs, you eliminate the old semi-circle fabbed sheetmetal tubs that only attach to the quarters with silicone. Deep Tubs [...]
Wayne Jesel is one of the coolest guys we see at Bonneville, and this year he got his brother Dan into the 200 MPH Club. Dan runs Jesel Valvetrain Innovations. He must be cool, too, because the company is now making affordable cam belt drives for common V8s. They are $695, about half the price [...]
Mopar Performance has released a new catalog with lots of the old V8 parts still in place and with many all-new parts for the modern cars. It is free to download here at the Mopar web site. Also, look at the new factory supported Mopar Magazine online.
Yeah, we know that we just had another press release from Aeromotive yesterday, but we found this thingy on the company site, and we’re excited about it, too, so the news couldn’t wait. Here it is: a new inline fuel filter with an integral shutoff valve. We’re thinking this is genius, because no one but [...]