Race car chassis builders and parts

Race car chassis builders and components

Last updated on January 1, 2010

On this page:

Chassis builders
Brake components
Building a frame jig
Rod end bearings
Steering boxes and parts
Suspension components
More chassis parts

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Safety equipment
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Chassis builders

Unless otherwise mentioned, all of the chassis builders listed here specialize in drag racing.

Chris Alston's Chassisworks — in Sacramento, California
http://www.cachassisworks.com/

Alston Race Cars — in Antioch, Illinois
http://www.alstonracing.com/

Applied Racing Technology — in Clearwater, Florida
http://www.appliedracing.com/

ARE — Art Morrison Enterprises, Inc. — in Fife, Washington
http://www.artmorrison.com/

Autofab Race Cars — in Elkridge, Maryland
http://www.autofabcart.net/

Bertans Race Cars — Pro Mod chassis builder in Sweden
http://www.bertansracecars.se/

Jerry Bickel Race Cars — in Troy, Missouri
http://www.jerrybickel.com/

Mike Bos Chassis Craft — in Bluff City, Tennessee
http://www.mikeboschassiscraft.com/

BSR Products — stock car chassis builder in Charlotte, North Carolina
http://www.bsrproducts.com/

California Chassis Engineering — in Palo Cedro, California
http://www.dragsters.net/

Hal Canode Chassis — in Marion, Indiana
http://www.canode.com/

Chassis Engineering, Inc. — in Riviera Beach, Florida
http://www.chassisengineering.com/

Chassis Shop Performance Products, Inc. — in Mears, Michigan
http://www.chassisshop.com/

Competition Engineering — in Guilford, Connecticut
http://www.competitionengineering.com/

Competition Fabrications — in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.compfab.com/

Crawford Composites, Inc. — composite chassis for sports racing and Le Mans prototype cars in Denver, North Carolina
http://www.crawfordcomposites.com/

Exstreme Engineering and Fabrication — in North Haven, Connecticut
http://www.exstremefab.com/

G-Force Race Cars — in Tonawanda, New York
http://www.gforceracecars.com/

GW Performance Welding — dragster chassis builder inNorthfield, New Jersey
http://www.gwperformancewelding.com/

Jerry Haas Race Cars — Pro Mod and Pro Stock chassis builder in Fenton, Missouri
http://www.jerryhaas.com/

Hutcherson Pagan — stock car chassis builder in Charlotte, North Carolina
http://www.hutch-pagan.com/

Hauser Race Cars — in the U.K.
http://www.hauserracing.com/

Jeg's — in Columbus, Ohio
http://www.jegs.com/

Magnum Force Racing
http://www.magnumforceracing.com/

Martz Chassis Engineering — in Bedford, Pennsylvania
http://www.martzchassis.net/

MasterSbilt — dirt track chassis builder in Crothersville, Indiana
http://www.mastersbilt.com/

Tim McAmis Race Cars — Pro Mod chassis builder in Hawk Point, Missouri
http://www.timmcamis.com/

McKinney Corp. — Top Fuel and Funny Car chassis builder in Indiana
http://www.mckinneycorp.com/

Nebraska Chassis — in Lincoln, Nebraska
http://www.nebraskachassis.com/

Neil & Parks Racing Enterprises — in Burlingame, Kansas
http://www.neilparks.com/

Dan Page Race Cars — in Hampstead, New Hampshire
http://www.danpageracecars.com/

Pauza Specialty Fabrication & Design — in Gilberts, Illinois
http://www.pauzasfd.com/

Pro Car Performance — in Rochester, NY
http://www.procarperformance.com/

Racefab, Inc. — Trans-Am and SCCA chassis builder in Rusk, Texas
http://www.racefabinc.com/

Racetech Motorsports — in Portland, Oregon
http://www.racetechmotorsports.com/

Riley Technologies — IRL, LeMans, Silver Crown, and Trans Am cars
http://www.rileytech.com/

RJ Race Cars, Inc — in Illinois
http://www.rjracecars.com/

Roadsters.com — Dropped I-beam axles
http://www.roadsters.com/axles/

Andy Robinson Race Cars — in the U.K.
http://www.robinson-race-cars.co.uk/

S&W Race Cars — in Pennsylvania
http://www.swracecars.com/

Aaron Sipple Engineering — in Berea, KY
http://www.aaronsipple.com/

Darryl Smith Race Cars — in Chandler, AZ
http://www.darrylsmithracecars.com/

Joe Souza Roadsters — in Yuba City, CA
http://www.jsroadsters.com/

Sam Spires Dragsters — in Greene County, Indiana
http://www.samspiresdragsters.com/

Spitzer Enterprises — in Greenfield, Indiana
http://www.gospitzer.com/

Tootees Race Cars — in Neeses, South Carolina
http://www.tootees.com/

TSS Race Cars — in Denmark
http://www.tssracecars.dk/

Vanishing Point Race Cars — in Telford, Pennsylvania
http://www.vpracecars.com/

Tom Yancer Race Cars — in Chandler, Arizona
http://www.tyrc.com/

Brake components

Aerospace Components, Inc.
http://www.aerospacecomponents.com/

Airheart Brakes
http://www.airheart-brakes.com/

Alcon
http://www.alcon.co.uk/

AP Racing
http://www.apracing.com/

Baer Claw Brake Systems
http://www.baer.com/

Beringer Brakes
http://www.beringer.fr/

Brembo
http://www.brembo.com/

CNC, Inc.
http://www.cncbrakes.com/

Coleman Racing Products
http://www.colemanracing.com/

Cragar
http://www.cragar.com/

DPI Racing Products
http://www.dpiracingproducts.com/

ECI — Engineered Components, Inc.
http://www.ecihotrodbrakes.com/

EradiSpeed
http://www.eradispeed.com/

Fine Lines — reproduction pre-bent lines for classic cars and trucks
http://www.finelines.com/

Hawk Machine — for sprint cars
http://www.hawkmachine.com/

Inline Tube — brake lines
http://www.inlinetube.com/

R.H. Jones Company — brake kits for hot rods
http://www.rhjonesco.com/

Lamb Components
http://www.lambcomponents.com/

Master Power Brakes — disc brake boosters and kits
http://www.mpbrakes.com/

MBM Disc Brakes — disc brake boosters and kits
http://www.mbmbrakeboosters.com/

Neal Performance Products, Inc.
http://www.nealpedals.com/

Performance Friction
http://www.performancefriction.com/

Racelogic
http://www.racelogic.co.uk/

Raybestos
http://www.raybestos.com/

Glen Sander Engineering, Inc.
http://www.sanderengineering.com/

SBS — Scandanavian Brake Systems
http://www.sbs.dk/

Sierra Racing Products
http://www.sierraracing.com/

Stainless Steel Brakes — disc brake kits
http://www.ssbrakes.com/

Stillen — rotors, brake pads and Brembo calipers
http://www.stillen.com/

StopTech
http://www.stoptech.com/

CH Topping Brakes
http://www.chtopping.com/

Vette Brakes & Products — rotors and calipers
http://www.vbandp.com/

Wellman Friction Products
http://www.wellmanproducts.com/

Wilwood Engineering
http://www.wilwood.com/

Wilson Welding and Machine — Buick and Kinmont brakes
http://www.wilsonweldingandmachine.com/

Building a frame jig

The two most accurate things to consider when designing and building a frame jig are accuracy and rigidity. You can't have too much of either.

Your jig's design will vary depending on whether you want to build one frame or a lot of them, and if they will all be different or the same as each other.

A framework made of 2 by 2, 2 by 3, or 3 by 3 mild steel tubing is how most of them start. Some people also use a huge piece of I-beam, like ten inches, as the basis for a jig to box frame rails or build motorcycle frames.

From there you can have a perfectly flat piece of half-inch steel plate with a straight line scribed down the center, and tapped holes to locate the fixtures on it, or you can just weld the fixtures to the framework.

The height can be anywhere from two feet when you're using a plate, to three feet if you leave it open. A low design is better-suited to building frames for dragsters and door cars with roll cages.

Some people put levelling screws on the feet. Others use lag screws to bolt them to the floor. If you have to put the frame jig on wheels, you might consider using compliant, inflatable tires (or three casters) rather than four casters so nothing will get tweaked when you move it to a different surface.

I've never seen a serious frame jig that swivels. If you build the frame using fixtures that locate the frame far enough above the base, you can weld all over it, and you can always pull it out of the jig to work on small areas underneath after everything else is solid and then put it back in the jig.

You can build whatever you want, but if you want to have good results, remember accuracy and rigidity.

— Dave Mann

Rod end bearings

Alinabal
http://www.alinabal.com/

Aurora Bearing Company
http://www.aurorabearing.com/

Autosport Bearings
http://www.autosport-bearings.com/

FK Rod Ends
http://www.fkrodends.com/

Getecno
http://www.getecno.com/

Hirschmann
http://www.rodend-bearings.com/

Rod End Supply
http://www.rodendsupply.com/

Seals-it — rod end bearing seals
http://www.sealsit.com/

Steering boxes and parts

AGR Performance, Inc. — steering boxes
http://www.agrsteering.com/

Borgeson Universal Company, Inc. — steering shafts and U-joints
http://www.borgeson.com/