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SEMA 2016: Hays Introduces Versatile Dragon Claw Clutch

Clutches are fickle beasts. You can get a great clutch for street driving, but it won’t support the power you’ll use when racing. You can get a race clutch, but it won’t work well for street performance. The folks at Hays recognized this dilemma and set forth to resolve it with a single clutch that

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SEMA 2016: 19 Great New Products for Chevy Owners

LAS VEGAS, NV — The SEMA Show has something new for every Chevy enthusiast, whether you’re a classic truck owner or late-model performance fanatic. Here are just a few Chevy-oriented products that caught our eye at this year’s show. Eagle Specialty Products GM LS Pro Stroker Kit Eagle Specialties has come out with stroker rotating assemblies for GM LS

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A Little Setback: Engine Mounting Strategies for Drag Racing

Just how important is engine mounting in a drag car? Very. Consider the case of a common rear-wheel drive production line car: Typically, mounts are laid out in a three-point arrangement — two mounts on the side of the cylinder block and one at the very end of the transmission (usually on the tail shaft).

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Photo Gallery: SEMA 2016 Day 2 Show Cars

The SEMA Show is known for two things: new parts and mind-blowing cars. We have spent a lot of time telling you about the former. But we also wanted to share the latter. It’s nearly impossible to see every vehicle at The SEMA Show, but we sure tried, and assembled this list of the top

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SEMA 2016: Lokar Introduces New Automatic Sport Mode Shifter

LAS VEGAS, NV — Lokar Performance Product’s new Automatic Sport Mode Shifter, which was named runner-up for a best-new-product SEMA Award, is designed to work on any electronic transmission. It showcases all of the standard features of Lokar shifters for automatic transmissions, but from the Drive position, can be popped sideways into Sport Mode, for paddle-shifting

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