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Race Shop: New Racing Products for August 2025
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FLASHDRY ABSORBENT & GARAGE GLOSS FLOOR FINISH
VALENTINE PERFORMANCE DETAILING
Valentine Performance Detailing (VPD) in Braintree, Massachusetts, introduces solutions for garage and paddock floor maintenance. VPD's latest products include the FlashDry line of pro-grade spill management products, which features an eco-friendly, natural coir absorbent while also providing a full range of pads, mats, and spill kits. These products are all designed to clean up oil, grease, gas, or other garage/paddock damaging liquids. Inspired by experience, former pro driver RJ Valentine developed FlashDry as a safer and more effective way to clean up spills in automotive environments.
In addition to its garage and paddock protection line of solutions, VPD has also launched Garage Gloss. This polymer-based floor finish delivers the final touch to the floor with a bright shine. Durable and quick-curing, its formula ensures the floor stays protected and glossy in tough garage or paddock conditions. Garage Gloss is a slip-resistant finish that is safe to use on all floors, including vinyl tile, linoleum, sealed wood, terrazzo, rubber, and more.
JESEL SPORTSMAN TIE-BAR LIFTERS
JESEL
Engineered for various racing applications, Jesel in Lakewood, New Jersey, offers its new Sportsman Series Tie-Bar Lifters. Designed for mild drag engines and street/strip engines, its Sportsman Series tie-bars can also be applied to pleasure boats or circle track racing engines. These lifters feature a REM polished version of the same 8620 heat-treated body from its Pro Series, assembled with bronze bushing cam rollers. Jesel's bronze bushings are put through rigorous and extensive durability testing. Utilizing the direct pressure-fed oiling circuit, the bushings ensure they receive the right amount of lubrication through travel cycle.
Available in a range of lifter body diameters from .842 to .905 inches, the Jesel Sportsman Series Tie-Bar Roller Lifters have a wide variety of compatibility with many engine builds and applications. Offering pushrod seats as either offset or on-center, these lifters provide more flexibility to match various engine configurations, offering optimized performance. These tie-bars are manufactured with precision, exacting tolerances of .0002 inches, each component is designed for optimal fit, performance, and ensure performance under extreme conditions. Jesel's CPR department offers fully rebuildable Jesel factory specifications with its new Sportsman Series Tie-Bar Rollers Lifters.
CUSTOM SIZE VALVES/RETAINERS
SI VALVES
As a means of increasing RPM potential through reduced-stem valves, SI Valves in Simi Valley, California, has broadened its inventory of valve "blanks." The wide expanse of stem sizes ranges from 5.5 mm to 9 mm in premium stainless steel and Inconel alloys. Complementing the custom valve stem sizes, SI offers matching valve guides for many applications. Manufactured in-house, the company's proprietary manganese-bronze alloy is fortified, enhancing both the wear characteristics and heat transfer capabilities. The guides are compatible with all contemporary valve stem finishes.
Providing a wide range of applications, SI Valves offers its valve/retainer packages for a variety of both domestic and import platforms that include Chevy LS, Ford Coyote, and Godzilla engines, as well as Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and more. Founded in 1982, SI Valves has the industry experience and is proudly a factory-direct resource for many builders. Further, SI Valves carry a large inventory of valves, guides, retainers, seats, keeper and seals for its customers' needs.
COMPLETE GM LICENSED CORVETTE BODIES
VETTE INDUSTRIES
Vette Industries in Knoxville, Tennessee, now offers complete 1963 to 1967 Corvette bodies. These bodies are offered in either woven prepreg fiberglass or prepreg carbon fiber, for both coupe and convertible body styles. All panels are manufactured in-house with its own precision molds and tooling. Its prepreg fiberglass is vacuum laid and oven cured, which removes any air pockets, and allows for a fresh canvas when the body is ready for paint.
These bodies are fully licensed by GM and utilize all factory mounting locations for use with an original Corvette chassis, or any number of aftermarket chassis options. This allows patrons of Vette Industries the ability to build an accurate factory restoration. In addition to the factory bodies, Vette Industries also offers its proprietary custom WideBody C2 with an overall extra width that provides 3 inches for wider wheel and tire options, advanced suspension, and produce an overall better handling experience.
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