From its Genoa, Ohio shop, Advanced Product Design builds carburetors and complete fuel-management systems for motorsports, with a particular reputation for alcohol carburetors in sportsman drag racing. Owner and operator John Kyle leads a staff made up entirely of racers, and the company tests its designs on in-house vehicles and a dynamometer. APD also develops billet components and blow-through systems for circle-track, gasoline and boosted applications, drawing on Kyle’s experience as the 1997 winner of the World Super Pro Challenge’s $50,000 event.
JET Performance ProductsJET Performance Products began 50 years ago as a Southern California engine-building and carburetor shop and now makes electronic tuning products and performance upgrades for cars and trucks. The company’s roots remain visible in its carburetor work, while its history also includes race cars that set national records in three NHRA and IHRA classes and the development of its first General Motors performance chip. Bryant Seller has owned the company since 1985.ST CLAIRSVILLE, OH
Scott Shafiroff Racing Enterprises, IncFor more than 45 years, Scott Shafiroff Racing Enterprises has built and rebuilt dyno-tested drag-racing and high-performance pump-gas engines in Bohemia, including custom Chevy and Ford combinations. The company also offers engine rebuilding with dyno testing and tuning, carrying the hands-on race-shop experience of Scott Shafiroff’s Pro Stock Mustang and Comp Eliminator days into today’s builds.BOHEMIA, NY
Ray Barton Racing Engines, IncFor more than four decades, Ray Barton Racing Engines has built high-performance internal-combustion engines, with a particular connection to front-running Chrysler and COPO drag cars. The Robesonia shop handles 99% of its work in-house, from street and restoration engines to NHRA competition builds, and tests every engine it builds on its DTS dynamometer. RBRE also works with Chrysler, GM and other manufacturers on parts design and development, giving its engine work a direct link to the components it sells.ROBESONIA, PA
Racing Sport ConceptsSince 2007, Racing Sport Concepts has been an enthusiast-led Columbus company known for developing its own carbon-fiber automotive designs rather than reselling other brands’ parts. Its 13,000-square-foot facility supports products for owners of luxury and exotic vehicles, with designs tested through prototyping, computer analysis and track validation.COLUMBUS, OH