New Big-Block Chevy CNC Heads from RHS

New Big-Block Chevy CNC Heads from RHS

Posted in New Products April 16, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Big-block Chevy engines are the weapon of choice for the majority of fast sportsman drag racers out there. Yes, all three makes are represented in some form, but walk though the staging lanes at an event where Super Comp, Top Dragster, Top Sportsman, or any other class where big snot is necessary and you’ll be [...]

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Ford C6 Trans Brake from TCI

Ford C6 Trans Brake from TCI

Posted in New Products April 15, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We know lots of Ford racers running C6 transmissions in their bracket bombers and hot street cars. TCI has developed a new trans-brake setup to allow those racers to be more consistent at the tree and leave the line even harder. There’s something very cool about launching a trans-brake car. It’s like an atomic neutral [...]

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New Wide-Band Air/Fuel Gauge from FAST

New Wide-Band Air/Fuel Gauge from FAST

Posted in New Products April 15, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

On the heels of announcing the new self-tuning EFI setup, FAST has crammed our inbox again with the news of its new Wide-Band A/F Gauge kit. The days are over of tuning your junk by having your buddy drive behind you and judge whether the carb was too fat or not by the amount his [...]

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Maximum Motorsports Bolt-In Rollbars for New Mustangs

Maximum Motorsports Bolt-In Rollbars for New Mustangs

Posted in New Products April 14, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Have a new Mustang and want a roll bar but don’t want to hack up the interior of the car? No problem. Maximum Motorsports of San Luis Obispo, California, has constructed a bolt-in bar that is NHRA and NMRA legal for competition. The release is below: SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. — Maximum Motorsports has introduced [...]

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Plug and Play Injection: New EZ-EFI From FAST

Plug and Play Injection: New EZ-EFI From FAST

Posted in New Products April 10, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

This new “self tuning” efi setup from FAST seems like the ticket for a mild street motor and an owner who’s interested in ditching his carb but isn’t comfortable with tuning a system from scratch. While this “brain in a box” system could never replace a highly skilled humanoid to dial the last iota of [...]

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Six-Speed Automatic From TCI

Six-Speed Automatic From TCI

Posted in New Products April 9, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Not sure how this one slid past us, but TCI is offering a six speed automatic transmission based on the GM 4l80E. This is rated to a claimed 850 hp and is intended for everything from street machines to full-on race cars. Right now it’s only available for GM V8 applications but with the right [...]

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New BareBones Cams from Lunati

New BareBones Cams from Lunati

Posted in New Products April 8, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Lunati’s line of BareBones cams exists to satisify the needs of budget-conscious hot rodders who are still looking for high-quality products. With all the talk of flat tappet versus roller cams on our forums as of late, this announcement of new roller cam and lifter kits has come just in time. These seem to be [...]

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Stromberg Calls Out Speedway For Its Knock-Off 97 Carburetor

Stromberg Calls Out Speedway For Its Knock-Off 97 Carburetor

Posted in New Products April 8, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

There’s nothing quite as juicy as two companies getting into a scrum over similar products, especially when one of them is a late arrival knock-off of the other. This is the case with Stromberg Carbs and Speedway Motors. A while back we told you about Speedway rolling out its new 9-Super-7 carb. It’s basically a [...]

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Comp Cams Acquires Quarter Master Clutches

Comp Cams Acquires Quarter Master Clutches

Posted in New Products March 26, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Comp Cams continues to build a portfolio of strong brands with the addition of Quarter Master Industries to its corporate docket. Quarter Master builds high-performance clutches and driveline parts for everything from street cars to professional racing applications. You can hit the QM web site here. We had heard of the sale back in December, [...]

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Racepak for the Masses!

Racepak for the Masses!

Posted in New Products March 20, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

It’s pretty safe to say that the most widely known data acquisition hardware and software in the world of drag racing is Racepack. Hell, Dale Armstrong was one of the founding fathers of the company back in the day. Well, Racepak has realized that the world of sportsman drag racing has advanced to a level [...]

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Edge Products Launches Edge Racing Brand

Edge Products Launches Edge Racing Brand

Posted in New Products March 20, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

No doubt, if you are into diesel performance you know the name Edge Products. They make a bunch of different products for the diesel aftermarket. They are best known for their plug in tuners and other performance accessories meant for street legal trucks. Now they’ve gone totally hardcore with the launch of the Edge Racing [...]

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Speedway Motors' New Stromberg 97 Replicas

Speedway Motors’ New Stromberg 97 Replicas

Posted in New Products March 19, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Finding genuine old Stromberg 97 carbs is becoming more difficult by the day, and working with castings and innards that are pushing 70 years old on a good day is a also a problem. That’s why these new pieces from Speedway Motors look like a great idea for a retro-rod project! See the release below [...]

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Toyo Introduces New Drag Radials

Toyo Introduces New Drag Radials

Posted in New Products March 3, 2009  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Hot off the presses is news that Toyo Tires is making drag radials. The new Proxes TQ is a DOT-approved drag radial aimed at the muscle car and street machine market. With Toyo’s history of making great street and track day tires, we are excited as hell to try these new gumballs out. The Proxes [...]

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Bombproof Ball Joints from Dynatrac

Bombproof Ball Joints from Dynatrac

Posted in New Products February 8, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

When we laid eyes on these puppies we had to share them with everyone, as we know there are lots of four-wheel-drive fans who frequent the site. If you’ve got a rig that sees big time abuse on the trail or even if you run a snow plow frequently, these killer ball joints from Dynatrac [...]

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Rad New Nitto NT05: A Big, Sticky Tire for Guys Who Need Big, Sticky Tires

Rad New Nitto NT05: A Big, Sticky Tire for Guys Who Need Big, Sticky Tires

Posted in New Products February 4, 2009  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Nitto’s latest offering is a summer max-performance tire that immediately caught our eye when the guys from the tire company revealed it to us last week. This tire is for the guy who really needs it, not the weekend Pro Touring wannabe. The fact that more of this tire is slick than not makes us [...]

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New Scratch-Free AN Wrenches!

New Scratch-Free AN Wrenches!

Posted in New Products February 2, 2009  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

AN Fittings are great as long as you don’t ever touch them, because when you do they always seem to scratch. Using a crescent wrench clearly doesn’t help, and continued removal with the nicest aluminum AN wrench still results in scratches. But last week we met with the guys from Energy Suspension, and they have [...]

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