Automotive & Aftermarket News

Mopar Touts NHRA Heritage, Unveils New Charger R/T Funny Car at SEMA

LAS VEGAS, NV–Mopar has redefined street performance over the past year thanks to its 707 horsepower Hellcat-powered Challenger and Charger. For the 2014 SEMA Show, the company turned its attention to the track, unveiling a new 2015 Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny Car, which will be driven by Matt Hagan during the 2015 National Hot Rod

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Ford Unleashes the New Mustang King Cobra at the SEMA Show

  LAS VEGAS, NV–The King Cobra has been a legendary name in Ford performance for decades. The King Cobra dates back to 1963 when Carroll Shelby first stuffed a hi-po 289 engine into a Monaco Ford, but Ford hasn’t actually used the King Cobra name since the late-1970s when it offered the V8-powered Mustang II King

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Trick Flow Specialties Breaks Into Mopar Cylinder Head Market at SEMA

LAS VEGAS, NV–Trick Flow Specialties is huge among the Ford crowd. Trick Flow is also a big player in the Chevrolet market, especially when it comes to LS performance. Now, Trick Flow is offering its legendary cylinder head engineering and innovation to Mopar enthusiasts. The company unveiled its new PowerPort 240 Cylinder Heads for big block

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‘Car Talk’ Radio Host Tom Magliozzi, 77, Dies

Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR’s Car Talk  since 1987, died Monday due to complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. He was 77. “Tom and his brother, Ray, became famous as ‘Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers’ on the weekly NPR show Car Talk. They bantered, told jokes, laughed and sometimes even gave pretty good advice to listeners who

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SEMA Preview: Heatshield Products to Feature Turbine Powered Bike

SEMA 2014 preview courtesy of Heatshield: Heatshield Products is proud to announce the presence of the Voodoo Bikeworks turbine-powered bike, as seen on History Channel’s Bike Battleground Phoenix. Heatshield Products helped out Kody and his crew with its Inferno Wrap. It was the only wrap Kody found that could tame the heat of his 30-inch turbine-powered

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SEMA Preview: RideTech to Feature its New C2/C3 Corvette Coil-Over Kits

SEMA 2014 Preview courtesy of RideTech:  Now, 1963-79 Corvette owners can enjoy the benefits of 2014 suspension technology with RideTech’s new C2/C3 Coil-Over Suspension System. The new system will be on display at the 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV. RideTech’s C2/C3 Corvette coil-over system is a complete bolt-on system–no cutting up your classic

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