There were a ton of awesome cars and companies there today. For those who aren't familiar with the show, it's the Performance Racing Industry tradeshow. Everyone who is anyone in auto aftermarket/racing sets up there. Lots of cool stuff, machines, aftermarket equipment, trailers, rigs, etc. We were checking things out for future business, equipment and talking with some of our vendors/customers. Picked up a 2007 Ford Racing Catalog
I got to see the Galpin Autosports Boss 302 at the PRI show today. I couldn't take any pictures(cameras were banned and no camera phone)
There was also a few Ford GT's. One in particular caught my eye at the SCT booth, it was red with black stripes. The stripes were realistically flamed, including the oval.
On the dyno drags, Christmas tree and all, there was an '06(?) Saleen Mustang that was running 10.50 at 137mph. The straps seemed loose and the car was jumping around alot more than I thought it should. The Corvette he was 'racing' didn't seem to move around at all, but it was only running 12.79.
A guy from www.hornblasters.com was there(outside with the dynos). He had a Mercury Marauder with an 11 trumpet train horn. 8 were in the trunk, 3 under the hood. Yes he torched it off, even though we were watching him the whole time from about 50' away we still kinda jumped. Those who didn't see it coming really jumped. I've never heard anything that loud and our shop is right next to tracks. It was insane, funny as hell, but insane. The vids on there website do not accurately show just how loud those things are.
My feet are killing me, there are 1,000,000 square feet of exhibits. It's free to attend BUT you have to prove that you work for an aftermarket manufacturer or are a member of a race team to get inside. They do check you out before giving you a badge, it took us 2hrs to get in last year. This year we pre-registered and walked right in.
I got to see the Galpin Autosports Boss 302 at the PRI show today. I couldn't take any pictures(cameras were banned and no camera phone)
There was also a few Ford GT's. One in particular caught my eye at the SCT booth, it was red with black stripes. The stripes were realistically flamed, including the oval.
On the dyno drags, Christmas tree and all, there was an '06(?) Saleen Mustang that was running 10.50 at 137mph. The straps seemed loose and the car was jumping around alot more than I thought it should. The Corvette he was 'racing' didn't seem to move around at all, but it was only running 12.79.
A guy from www.hornblasters.com was there(outside with the dynos). He had a Mercury Marauder with an 11 trumpet train horn. 8 were in the trunk, 3 under the hood. Yes he torched it off, even though we were watching him the whole time from about 50' away we still kinda jumped. Those who didn't see it coming really jumped. I've never heard anything that loud and our shop is right next to tracks. It was insane, funny as hell, but insane. The vids on there website do not accurately show just how loud those things are.
My feet are killing me, there are 1,000,000 square feet of exhibits. It's free to attend BUT you have to prove that you work for an aftermarket manufacturer or are a member of a race team to get inside. They do check you out before giving you a badge, it took us 2hrs to get in last year. This year we pre-registered and walked right in.