Hedman Husler Hedders has announced the start of it's "Be a Hedman Husler" Sweepstakes, giving racers a rare opportunity to win a brand new 2010 GRAND AMERICAN RACE CARS Rolling Chassis. The giveaway is Hedman's way of thanking late model racers for supporting the Husler brand during these tough economic times. Thanks to an agreement with Ford Racing, Hedman's now giving away a 347ci 415hp crate engine to go along with this Ford Fusion.

"We decided that, with the economy being as sluggish as it has been, and sponsorship dollars being harder to come by these days, we wanted to give something back to each and every racer who supports our new Late Model products this season.", says Hedman Husler's GM and Director of Racing Chris Vandergriff.

To enter the drawing for this machine, just purchase any set of Husler's all new Late Model or Super Late Model hedder systems between May 28th 2009 and March 31st 2010. Purchasing Husler's Asphalt hedders not only makes one eligible to win the car, but you will be running the best performing, best fitting pipes on your roundy-round car. You are sure to be pleased with the throttle response and performance.

To find out more about the "Be a Hedman Husler" Sweepstakes, contact Chris Vandergriff via email at chrisv@hedmanhusler.com.

For complete official sweepstakes rules and guidelines, click here.

ProBell has introduced the first SFI 6.2 certified light weight bellhousing alternative to titanium.

This SFI 6.2 patent pending features stainless steel/ aluminum construction with a two year SFI certification.

ProBell's SFI 6.2 is lighter in weight than titanium and is available in depths of
8-1/8 inches, 8-5/8 inches, and 9.4 inches

For further information, pricing and availability, please visit www.probellracing.com.

Professional Products is famous for their large selection of high-performance street and race dampers. As a result of numerous requests, they have engineered two inexpensive (approx. $200) Powerforce+Plus 6.95-inch dampers for the early 1992-’02 (#90016) and the 2003-’09 (#90017) Dodge VIPER engines. A front timing cover change was made in ’03 necessitating the damper change. These dampers meet SFI specifications for extreme race applications on high-horsepower engines. The SFI Foundation establishes strict standards for specialty/performance auto and racing equipment.

Professional Products Powerforce+Plus Dodge VIPER dampers duplicate the factory damper dimensions for easy installation, are manufactured from forged 1045 steel, and include a keyway for those who prefer to add a keyslot in the crankshaft to provide extra safety. These dampers provide the best value and race ready quality when compared to anything on the market.

Visit www.professional-products.com to preview their complete line of high-performance street and racing products.

Imagine the surreal heat and cylinder pressure generated by a Top Fuel engine on a 1000-foot pass. Though the violence to the pistons isn’t as concentrated inside a street engine with a power adder, it is constant and just as debilitating over the long run. Diamond has the answer.

A street-driven nitrous-fed or supercharged engine needs the hard coat more than a competition engine because the combustion process expands from the few seconds of a quarter-mile run to hours of street use. Diamond hard-anodizes the entire piston and then moly-coats the skirt. The moly-coat wouldn’t be necessary in a drag race application, but it is genuine insurance for a street engine.

Piston rings exposed to high temperatures can become micro-welded to their ring grooves. The Type 3 aluminum oxide anodizing (technically a ceramic) provides a heat barrier, which insulates the piston. The hard-coating is approximately .002-inch thick. It penetrates the surface of the piston .001-inch and builds out another .001-inch, therefore machining allowances must be made to accommodate the thickness of the application. This hard-anodizing possesses a surface finish approaching 70-Rockwell hardness and protects pistons against excessive combustion heat, detonation damage, and skirt wear—an absolute necessity in nitrous and supercharged applications.

The Rockwell scale is based on the indentation hardness of a material. The Rockwell hardness test method consists of indenting the test material with a diamond cone or hardened steel ball indenter. In the scheme of things, a hardness of 70 Rockwell is somewhere in the middle of the scale.

As hard-anodizing gives the piston a protective coat that reduces wear and insulates it from heat, it also provides an excellent surface to apply Diamond’s moly skirt coating for even better performance.  

The hard coat process adds a cost of approximately $35 per piston and is applied on a custom basis only. Years ago, when a set of pistons cost $240, adding a further $35 for hard-coating was often considered too costly. Instead, racers would run them uncoated and purchase another set of pistons when needed. Now, the average price of pistons has risen to $900 while the anodizing costs have remained fairly stable so it is a popular concept to spend the $300 for anodizing and be able to run the pistons twice as long. Please call Diamond for details.

For more information visit www.DiamondRacing.net
           

Pro Systems develops racing carburetors for many levels of competition.  Late last year the Billet metering block trend took off, but their testing never revealed the power from the addition of billet metering blocks UNTIL now.

According to company President Patrick James, previously tested Billet blocks were built with "End Mills" in critical areas.  Using an end mill reduces machining time but creates other issues. 

Since a billet block is not a casting, exact required shapes are difficult to achieve.  As a result the emulsion channels and other passages were larger than required.  This process also required compromises in port layout and some ports were just squared off to simplify machining.  These processes saved time, but caused the carburetor to be lazier during shift recovery and launch.  A condition that would only show up at the racetrack.

After extensive back to back track testing, Pro Systems determined that if you used epoxy to fill in the excess volume cut by these end mills and hand ported off some of these abrupt edges made during the machining process, they could make a billet block have the throttle response and shift recovery that the cast metering block was always famous for.

The cast metering block previously had the advantage over billet designs as by using a casting process the manufacturer could keep these areas more compact and smoother in transition.  Two very important features.

Pro Systems needed a plan, a new way to machine the billet blocks to reduce these areas and remove these deep and/or squared off shapes so epoxy and hand porting were no longer required.

PROBLEM SOLVED:  Pro Systems new Billet metering blocks use different machining process to minimize the emulsion area volume and eliminate the squared off shapes.  This offers the increased throttle response and shift recovery that previously we were not willing to give up to enter this market.  This machining process makes it a bit more difficult to build these blocks and a more expensive process, but its the right way to do a billet block. 

The Pro Systems new 3 circuit billet metering block is now standard equipment on all of our Dominator carburetors.

These Pro Systems designed billet blocks are an integral part of improving the performance of our Dominator designs.

Visit www.prosystemsracing.com for a quote today. Prices start as low as $950.00

Mark 7 Radiators now has custom made or stock replacement radiators for all Mopar years, makes and models. This black anodized unit is for the 1970-’74 Dodge Challenger. Mark 7 will custom make a radiator to your specifications and provide it in natural or polished aluminum, or in one of 16 other custom anodized colors. Custom engraving on the tank or shroud is also available. This semi-gloss black anodized unit is for a restored Challenger R/T with a built 400-CID engine and automatic trans. The owner prefers a stock appearance for this resto.

Mark 7 aluminum radiators, custom built for any size engine or transmission, will cool more efficiently than the traditional copper/brass radiator, as aluminum transfers heat to the coolant faster. Manufactured with two 1.25-inch cores, this radiator will cool up to 750-HP in 100-degree weather with the A/C running. Mark 7 radiators are not off-the-shelf units; each is specifically built for your car or truck. The average starting price for the natural finish radiator is $650 (cost will vary with application) with anodizing slightly more. Visit www.mark7radiators.com for more information.

For pricing, and more on custom applications, visit www.mark7radiators.com.

Tork Tech has developed a potent, new supercharger kit for the Mustang GT 1999-’04. Determined by gearing, it will generate 550 to 700-plus rear wheel horsepower. Using a Magnuson unit containing Eaton’s latest four-lobe high-helix TVS rotor technology, Tork Tech has added a double-pass intercooler, housed in its own intake manifold; a large heat exchanger, complete with pump; a coolant tank with all necessary plumbing; and a throttle body with intake plenum and cold-air intake tube. Of special note, the kit also includes an 8-rib independent drive-belt system with pulleys and idlers.
 
This latest TVS blower will spin up to 25,000 rpm without losing volumetric efficiency—the bigger the crankshaft pulley, the faster it spins and therefore the more power it generates. Attempting to operate a larger crankshaft pulley on one common serpentine drive belt system presents two problems. First, space around the crankshaft pulley is limited and therefore increasing its size substantially isn’t feasible. Second, even if it were possible to run a 10- or 11-inch pulley, the alternator, water pump, power-steering pump, and air conditioning compressor would be vastly over geared. Tork Tech overcomes space and gearing limitations not by increasing the size of the supercharger but, instead, by introducing an independent drive arrangement that sits forward of the accessory belt system, where size considerations are no longer a concern.  

Other valuable attributes of this new Eaton technology, known as the TVS1900 (Twin Vortices Series™ which moves 1.9 liters of air with each revolution) are its instant response, at virtually any speed and its reliability. There are several million of them in service. Unlike the centrifugal types that produce much power at high revs, this positive-displacement Roots-style supercharger punches out its power from off-idle and upward. Eaton says the TVS is their most efficient supercharger design to date.

The TVS installation kit comes hot on the heels of Tork Tech’s M112 system also designed for the Mustang GT 1999-’04 and with power output of 380 to 520 rear-wheel horsepower.

For further information, visit www.TorkTech.com

When it comes to high horsepower and limited tire size in drag race applications where the more durable GM TH400 transmission is needed, tire spin has always been an issue. Turbocharged, supercharged and nitrous injected engines can simply product too much power for the standard GM TH400 2.48 1st/1.48 2nd gear ratios. To counter this problem, engineers at TCI® have developed a 6-pinion planetary set that improves take-off power and maximizes racing performance by decreasing the starting line gear ratio by 15 percent to 2.10 1st/1.40 2nd.

This unique planetary set features a 6-pinion rear carrier for increased load capacity and longevity (load capacity increased as much as 17 percent). The higher first gear ratio decreases the intensity of the initial launch for reduced tire spin. In addition, the heavy-duty planetary construction is a CNC-machined billet carrier that provides a more concentric gearing system for improved performance and bullet proof durability.

With the ability to decrease tire spin, starting line traction is maximized, making this planetary set a must have for high horsepower drag racing applications, especially those utilizing turbocharged, supercharged or heavily nitrous injected engines.

For more information about the TCI® TH400 2.10 1st/1.40 2nd 6-Pinion Planetary Set or any other TCI® product, visit online at www.tciauto.com.

When you are traveling over 100-mph at the end of the ¼-mile be sure your throttle return springs are going to do their job. The Quick Fuel Technology Throttle Return Spring kit for 4150-style carbs (#49-3) will ensure that your throttle plates close when it's most important.

Quick Fuel Technology (QFT) engineered this kit to eliminate the possibility of a stuck throttle. The geometrically correct return spring system will never hang up and never fail, keeping you and your racecar safe. QFT's lightened stainless steel return spring bracket mounts to a main body carb stud, providing a secure attachment preventing the return spring bracket from rotating out of position.

The return spring and bracket are racer "friendly" and do not interfere with fuel bowl or metering block removal. The bracket and springs allow access to the idle mixture screws too. Dual stainless steel springs, coupled with the throttle lever bushing, provide firm and smooth throttle feel and meet the dual return spring safety requirements of most sanctioning bodies.

For more information, visit QFT on the web at: quickfueltechnology.com, or e-mail quickfuel@earthlink.net

The sumptuous elegance of America’s classic car interiors is now a thing of the past. Post war consumers expected beautiful designs, bright colors and materials, and Detroit provided it all. These luxurious door panels are from a ’64 Mercury Park Lane, but Just Dashes can restore any vinyl or material door panels for almost any year, make or model American vehicle. Multi-color, Mylar trimmed dielectric panels are a specialty at Just Dashes.

Your original door panels are disassembled, and in most cases new backing boards are made. Original trim items are polished and reused on the restored part, and the correct grain vinyl or material pattern and colors are installed. In this case it was Coachman vinyl, dyed in the correct factory color. Carpet trim, plastic chrome plating and wood graining are also available. Just Dashes can also restore hard plastic door and kick panels to like new condition in your correct color.

Visit www.justdashes.com for complete information on all their interior restoration products and services.