Wilson Manifolds has introduced the 123mm HB to its Hi-Boost throttle body line up. Specifically developed for severe duty and high boost applications, the new design provides industry-leading performance and durability. Wilson Manifolds starts with a massive 5/8 (.625) stainless steel shaft with unmatched sealing strength, Precision fit TPS engagement that is compatible with either Ford or...

The Holley EFI CAN Input/Output Module can be added to Holley EFI HP, Dominator, Terminator X and Terminator X Max EFI installation. This CAN module will add eight inputs and eight outputs to the system, which can be used to control additional accessories, or provide critical sensor inputs. This module is perfect for anyone wanting to enhance the capabilities of their current ECU, ye...

HOOK LIKE A CHAMP Specializing in leaf spring traction systems since 1995, the Calvert Racing team knows what it takes to get your race vehicle hooking harder than ever. Designed and patented by Race legend John Calvert, CalTracs is an innovative bolt on traction system for both cars and HD trucks. Full pre-load adjustability, CalTracs keeps your axle from rotating, maintains pinion angle, and i...

Energy Suspension, a world leader in performance polyurethane suspension parts, is proud to announce the release of its all-new, 7-year or 750,000-mile warranty. Energy Suspension designs and manufactures a complete line of Polyurethane Suspension Bushings, Universal Bushings and Motor & Transmission mounts. To ensure its customers receive the quality they expect, Energy Suspension employs a ...

Strange Engineering continues to meet the needs of its customers by offering a nodular iron case designed for street and hardcore street/track applications, with posi units, helical differentials and lockers, but still rigid and strong enough to use with a spool. Strength and rigidity are key factors to a foundation that helps allow smooth and quiet gear operation. The Strange S-Series nodular ir...

Lokar Performance Products' Interior Battery Disconnect Lever Kit is a safe and quick way to shut off all electrical power right from the driver's seat. The red anodized billet aluminum hand lever is designed for quick visual recognition and quick actuation. Compatible with fire system kill switches, each kit comes standard with an 8-foot push / pull cable with additional cable lengths av...

By Mary Lendzion Mike DiDomenico has made it clear that he's committed to being competitive in NMCA VP Racing Lubricants Xtreme Pro Mod. His son, crew chief and tuner, Sal, is equally determined, and fortunately, they have a fine team in Gary Lucas, Adam Stablein and Blake Molnar. While Mike drove to an impressive 3.68 and 200 mph in his 1968 Camaro built by G-Force Race Cars and powered by a...

For years, Justin Jordan dominated the NMRA Turbo Coyote Shootout and NMRA Hellion Turbo Battle categories with his twin-turbo, MBRP-backed NighTTmare 2014 Ford Mustang GT. With boost supplied by a Hellion Power Systems twin-turbo kit, running in the 6-second zone wasn't enough of a challenge, though, and Jordan decided to take the road less traveled for his 2021 season. Jordan briefly deba...

NMRA QA1 True Street competitor Mike Jovanis successfully runs 7-second quarter-mile times with a Hughes Performance Pro Series Extreme Duty Powerglide transmission fitted with Sonnax upgrades. The Sonnax Smart-Tech servo kit is at home in Powerglide setups built for street/strip and racing environments. By the FSC staff Photography courtesy of the manufacturer Whenever things go wrong, racers ar...

ProCharger has released its F-3D-106 supercharger head unit for drivers of drag radial cars, dragsters and street cars who want a reliable way to make 1,400-1,800 horsepower. Even though this supercharger was recently released, it has already had some amazing success on the racing circuts and with those dyno-testing for heads-up classes. Combining the bulletproof F-3 gear case with a compact 10.5...

Mothers' new line of Ultimate Hybrid products combines the ease-of-use of traditional carnauba wax with the benefit of nano-ceramic technology while providing a timeless, liquidy-gloss shine. It's a balanced blend of advanced science and traditional car care. Mothers Ultimate Hybrid Ceramic Spray Wax combines the trusted natural protection of carnauba wax with cutting-edge nano-quartz cer...

  SCT, an industry leader in engine tuning and calibrations, has announced the release of the SCT Burst Throttle Enhancement device. SCT has devoted itself to the idea that engine tuning and calibration is a critical part of customization, and that enthusiasts should have the power to unlock the performance potential of their vehicles," said Marcelo Gomez, Chief Marketing Officer for SC...

Magnuson teamed up with Ford specialists VMP Performance to create this bolt-on supercharger upgrade for the 2020+ Shelby GT500 based no the R3100 rotors. Designed to stealthily mimic the factory appearance, this unit offer 15-percent more performance and still fits under the factory strut-tower brace. Written by Steve Turner Photography courtesy of the manufacturers Positive-displacement superch...

The 2021 Holley NMRA and NMCA season openers are fast approaching, and the Clearwater, Florida-based Real Speed Racing crew is gearing up for a three-car attack on both events. Real Speed's Walter Drakeford leads the crew with his 1986 Fox-Body Mustang, which has been outfitted with quite a few upgrades since last year's events. The parts overhaul started with a trick Frazier's Fabric...

  Moroso has introduced two new external oil pumps, which fit ProCharger front drives. They are part # 22316 (reverse Rotation, fuel pump drive, V-Band mounting flange, 1.500 pressure section) and part # 22317 (reverse Rotation, fuel pump drive, V-Band mounting flange, 1.800 pressure section). Both external pumps feature a V-Band mounting flange to mount to ProCha...

Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by the FSC staff and courtesy of Watson Racing Although Watson Racing, a name synonymous with the late-model Mustang racing community, the company also offers parts and builds drag- and road-race machines of all makes and models. While the company didn't get its start until 2011, it enjoys a rich history and wealth of experience that dates back decades pr...

Increase driver and passenger comfort while protecting vital components from heat damage with new Stainless Steel Pipe Heat Shields from Design Engineering, Inc. Designed to prevent burns while protecting drivers and passengers from uncomfortable heat, the lightweight shields can be utilized in a wide variety of applications, including turbo down pipes, headers or any component of the exhaust sys...

MAHLE Motorsport, a leading manufacturer of race-ready piston kits recognized for championships in NASCAR, American LeMans and other top series, has introduced a new 2021 application guide. It offers a complete listing of all PowerPak and PowerPak Plus Piston Kits offered for domestic and import applications, and features over 35 pages of tech information for quick and easy ordering that includes...

Mac's Tie Downs has introduced the Monkey Face, a drop-in, stake pocket multi-mount designed to receive a variety of tie-down hardware. The unique Monkey Face design is laser-cut from .375 steel, welded to a .1875 steel tube and rated to 10,000-pound minimum breaking strength. The Monkey Face can be purchased with or without the new Low-Profile Lashing Winch. It accepts 2 tie-down webbi...

NOS CrossHair plate systems are designed with the serious racer in mind and are capable of 350+ horsepower. Based off of the ever popular Double Cross plate systems, the CrossHair takes the time-tested design and improved it for better distribution of fuel and nitrous. That is especially important with the complex intake manifold designs. The CrossHair plate system features double-down nitrous ba...

Mishimoto Quick Release Clamps are now available. Offered in four colors, the clamps provide unique locking system for a trustworthy connection to piping, and they withstand up to a 400°F and 110PSI operating pressure range. They allow for angular, axial and radial movement, while remaining sealed with Viton O-rings. CNC-machined 6061 aluminum weld ferrules arrive ready for fabrication, and a...

Busy building engines and doing racecar things every day for other people, Race Proven Performance owner Jared Cocanougher finally decided to do something for himself and set to work reviving his old Third-Gen Camaro. A Christmas gift from his mother and father back in '06, the car was Cocanougher's high school transportation and he even took his wife for dates it in back in the day. I d...

Strange Engineering continues to evolve its products to meet the demands of today's racers by offering lower control arm brackets with multiple mounting locations as standard equipment on GM housings. The newly-designed bracket allows for lower control arm adjustment to manipulate pinion angle, increase traction and improve overall performance in street and drag racing applications. The brack...

By Mary Lendzion In his clean, classic and eye-catching Mustang Mach 1, David Mormann is a very competitive contender in NMRA Race Pages Digital Ford Muscle. And while he had finished toward the top in points for the past several years, he wanted to earn a championship in the worst way in 2020. With that in mind, the Floridian was focused going into the first NMRA event of the season,...

Mopar enthusiasts can make a statement under the hoods of their cars with the latest Omega-Mopar Emblem Dress-Up Kits presented by Proform. Available in both chrome and signature Black Crinkle finishes, the kits come with everything needed to pop the hood and look good after cruising. Made from high quality pre-polished steel, the kits are available for both small-block (LA) and big-block (B/RB) ...

Hart's Diesel and Machine, known for their line of high-performance diesel parts, is expanding to serve the gasoline market with the formation of Hart's Turbo, a division focused on street/strip applications. Roger Conley will lead the new division as Director of Business Development. Conley is a 30-year veteran in the high-performance aftermarket holding previous General Manager roles at s...

Dual rear brake kits have been become a familiar sight in the pits. Turbo-powered door-slammers can benefit from the extra clamping force as turbos are spooled up on the starting line, while sportsman cars and dragsters can have a second pair of calipers for additional braking or as a back-up brake system. Strange Engineering offers a full line of Pro Race Rear Dual Brake kits for all of the popu...

The all-new 959 cubic inch monster from Pat Musi Racing Engines didn't take long to show its potential. The latest nitrous engine had an immediate and impressive showing at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals, with both Lizzy Musi and Dean Marinis running 3.61-seconds during the race. It came after a few adjustments, including a new 12.6-inch deck height and new cylinder heads, but the results are ...

MAHLE Motorsport is now offering the LSX Combo PowerPak for LS-style heads available as a Dish, Dome or Flat Top. The LSX Combo PowerPak is a new 20cc forged piston kit designed with universal fit valve pockets for LS1/2/5, LS7 or LS3/92-style heads. Whether users are building an LS street engine or an all-out race engine, this adds a new level of power and performance, as well as versatility for...

QA1 is excited to announce the launch of its new limited lifetime warranty program. Offered on many of the most popular shock lines, the limited lifetime warranty can be applied to shocks purchased on or after 9/1/2020. A leader in shocks and performance products for nearly 30 years, QA1 has always had a commitment to quality. This new limited lifetime warranty is a way to further assure customer...

    Holley has released a new race-design 4500 intake for cathedral port LS engines. It's intended for maximum-effort combinations that need a bump in induction airflow. With its split design, users can port and modify intake runners to best suit their combinations. Additionally, the two-piece split design provides access for all levels of porting and modification. It uti...

When shaving off pounds are as important as gaining extra horsepower, the savvy racer does whatever he or she can do to grab an edge “ especially in heads-up racing. Thankfully there are tons of ways to trim the fat, but like anyone who has tried to lose weight, they know it's the last few pounds that always seem to be the hardest. While many people know the simple and quick ways to los...

Mac's has introducedd a new bracket to the family of weld-on tie-down products. The Mac's Flat-Back Bracket creates a permanent anchor point and is ideal for flat, metal surfaces like a chassis frame arm or crossmember. The Mac's Flat-Back Bracket can be used instead of a conventional axle strap to eliminate contact with critical components such as brake lines, wires and hoses. The Mac...

Mopar is unleashing the most powerful production muscle-car engine ever available to builders and enthusiasts with the launch of its newest crate engine “ the 807-horsepower Hellcrate Redeye 6.2-liter Supercharged HEMI V-8 engine. With the addition of this new supercharged HEMI, Mopar now offers five HEMI crate engines with a range of 375 to 1,000 horsepower, said Mark Bosanac, Head of Mo...

PerTronix Performance Brands, a leader in the automotive aftermarket with key brands in the ignition and exhaust segments, announces it has acquired Aeromotive Inc. and Waterman Racing Components.Over the past 26 years, Aeromotive has designed and manufactured the highest quality fuel systems and components for the automotive aftermarket and OEM manufacturers. Aeromotive will continue to operate ...

Strange Engineering is offering a full line of 9 ½-inch and 10-inch ring and pinion gear sets from U.S. Gear and Motive. Based on the popular 9-inch Ford design, these gears are capable of handling the ever-increasing horsepower in classes including Pro Mod, Alcohol Dragster, Alcohol Funny Car and Radial vs. the world. Gear ratios range from 3.25 to 5.14 in the 9 ½-inch gears and 3....

Santa Ana, CA (October 23, 2020) ProMedia Events & Publishing is proud to announce ProMedia Productions, a new division for the prominent sanctioning body and media company. The newly formed brand is a for-hire event production and logistics group offering complete, turnkey motorsport event management. Some of the best businesses are created organically and ProMedia Productions is a per...

Based on the production LS7 engine found in Corvettes and Camaros, the new LS427/570 delivers even more power and torque in an easy to install package facilitated by an optional, pre-calibrated controller. These engines are often direct derivatives of factory powerplant options that make more power when freed from the confines of factory emissions and NVH parameters. In the case of a fresh cra...

Interview by Mary Lendzion Photos by Lendzion and Fastest Street Car Staff Kyle Salminen was six years old when he started going to the track with his family to watch his father, Matt Salminen, race. He enjoyed everything about it, from the sound of the engines to the scent of the exhaust, and that didn't diminish as the years went on. The day his father handed him a tool so that he could ...

Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by Kevin DiOssi If theres one thing that Chad Scholten loves more than racing, its family. For him, theres nothing better than enjoying a week at the track with the people he loves. And, if he can happen to make some new friends and go a few rounds in the process with his NMRA ARP Open Comp 91 Mustang known as FarmStang, then its even better. It was family th...

After an exciting Friday at Beech Bend Raceway, the 22nd Annual NMRA World Finals & Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival hits its stride today. Heads-up competitors make their last two qualifying runs to establish a ladder for tomorrows eliminations action as racers vie for a trip to the Aerospace Components Winners Circle. The massive field of QA1 True Street competitors run their cruise and...

The Holley NMRA Ford Nationals is excited to announce its return to Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio the weekend of June 10-13, 2021. Summit Motorsports Park signed a five-year contract with ProMedia Events & Publishing to host the Ford-only event at the world-famous facility. Summit Motorsports Park is one of the premier drag racing facilities in the world, so we jumped at the oppo...

Interview by Mary Lendzion Photos by Fastest Street Car Staff, with classic car photo courtesy of Pete Ricart Pete Ricart was around a fleet of fancy and fast Fords during his  adolescence as his father owned a car dealership called Ricart Ford in Ohio. He would watch cars roll in and roll out, and when he was old enough, he would help prep and polish them before they were presented ...

Written by Jason Reiss Photography by Jason Reiss and the FSC staff So you think you have what it takes to get into the winners circle at the biggest event of the year How about setting out to win not one, but two of the heads-up classes at Duck X Productions Lights Out 11 If you could do that, do you think youd consider yourself to have made it in the eyes of your peers What if one o...

Donald Longs legendary small-tire radial races are always exciting favorites for racers and fans, and the recent DXP Magic 8 event held at Orlando Speed World in Florida over the weekend of July 23-25, 2020, brought plenty of action and plenty of drama. With three premier classes each running an elite 8-car eliminator and limited spectators allowed on the property, the race had a laidback, int...

By Mary Lendzion While it would have been completely understandable if it had taken Tony Hobson some time to become competitive in his new car, it didn't. After selling his newer Mustang and purchasing an older Mustang from fellow NMRA VP Racing Madditives Street Outlaw driver Manny Buginga in January of this year, he and his colleagues at HPJ Performance, and his tuner, Eric Holliday of...

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Kelly Shotwell The moment that Kelly Shotwell stepped onto the NMRA JDM Engineering Limited Street stage in the fall of 2017, he stood out. He set the pace in qualifying with an 8.93 and secured the win that weekend at Beech Bend Raceway in Kentucky, in the 1995 Mustang he had purchased from his brother, Casey Shotwell, and prepped with a 347 cubic-in...

Content courtesy of Edelbrock and Pat Musi Racing Engines Edelbrock, a leading manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket performance parts, in conjunction with Pat Musi Racing Engines, is pleased to offer a high-performance engine designed to rule the streets. Featuring 555 cubic inches, 723 horsepower and 652 ft-lbs of torque (with Pro-Flo 4 XT EFI), the engine is built by Pat Musi in hi...

BMR Suspension has released a frame rail notch kit for the 1978-1988 G-Body. Users can narrow the rear frame rails to increase tire clearance on their 1978-1988 G-Body with the kit.Stock rails are made from stock stamped steel and merely provide clearance for an everyday street tire. Manufactured from precision laser cut 3/16" premium steel plate, BMR Suspension's kit provides up to an a...

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Kevin Sanders When Kevin Sanders purchased his 1987 Mustang about ten years ago, it was just a shell. It didn't have an engine or a transmission, among other things, and his wife, Kimberly, wasn't sure he would be able get the car to run, but about two years later, he did. After racing locally for a while, Sanders, of Louisville, Kentucky, discover...