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Aerospace Components New Front Brake Kit:

2004-2008 Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon Truck

The brake kit replaces the heavy sealed bearing hub assembly with the odd 6 lug 5 1/2″ pattern with a much lighter billet aluminum hub. The new hub has the much more common 5 lug 4 1/2 and 4 3/4 lug patterns which allows for many more wheel options.

Features:

• 4 piston billet aluminum calipers
• Stainless steel spindle snout
• Aluminum hubs
• Tapered bearings
• Aluminum caliper brackets
• Grade 8 hardware
• Hawk Performance brake pads

The brake kits are available with Pro Street Drilled Slotted and Plated Rotors, Plain Vented Rotors and Drag Race Only Rotors.

The brake kit saves 60 lbs over the stock brakes yet improves performance!

Call 727-347-9915 for pricing!!

Kimmy’s Garage would like to feature Rudolf Motorsports in today’s blog:

Jeff Rudolf has been racing NMCA for a total of 6 years starting in 2011. He chose to switch to NMCA after racing a year at the local Indianapolis race track, Lucas Oil Raceway. He has ran 3 years in open comp in his previous ’70 Chevrolet Nova. After winning 2 open comp races in the NMCA series over the course of 3 years he was ready to go faster. The team then found a name for itself and added members to form an unforgettable motorsports collaboration.

Team Members of Rudolf Motorsports:

• Kelli Ulrey
• Kieffer Simpson
• Brad Robinson 

After making the decision on purchasing Kevin Parent’s 1969 Nova, Rudolf made huge progress in the Nitrous Pro Street Class. Following his first year of competing in the NPS class. he came out strong ending the season in the 2nd position! The second year of running NPS he finished in the 3rd position of the ARP NPS Class. In 2017, Rudolf Motorsports added 3 key players to their team: Haltech Engine Management Systems, tuner Patrick Barnhill, and current Pro Mod driver, Steven Summers. Summers helped with chassis adjustments, while Patrick Barnhill with PTP Racing tuned the car with the Haltech Engine Management System.

Jeff battled this past racing season knowing that this would be the last time with the 1969 Nova and finished in the 2nd position of the class. He made it to the Aerospace Winner’s Circle twice this season, and the team has worked very hard to get to this point. Joliet and Atlanta were the two wins that Rudolf Motorsports and driver, Jeff will be remembered for. “It’s always good to see Kim’s smiling face handing you a trophy along with Al and his handy work on his extra photography and support. They never rush you out of the Aerospace Winner’s Circle, allowing people to celebrate your win with you.” Jeff says.

Jeff states, “No matter if you make it into the Aerospace Components Winner Circle or not, Kim and Al Kussy are always treating you as their racing family. Although, they do make winning an unforgettable experience.”

In Joliet, Jeff and his team, Rudolf Motorsports announced that they would be building a new Larry Jeffers, 1969 Camaro Twin Turbo Pro Mod for the 2018 season.

Kimmy’s Garage would like to feature Jerry Stamps on today’s blog:

Jerry’s first taste of drag racing was in 1966 when his father took him and his brother to the US Nationals the day before he started first grade. They haven’t missed that race since! “In 1968 a friend of the family had a new Z28 Camaro that we vividly remember to this day.  He was on his way to the drag strip.  Sitting in the back of that car with a pair of slicks on it was a ride to remember, I was hooked on fast cars ever since” states Jerry.

After Jerry graduated from school, the owner of a body shop that he worked at gave him a shell of a 1970 Plymouth Duster. The brothers worked on that in the evenings and weekends transforming it into a 1971 Demon, completing it in 1980.

With the Demon finished, it was time to decide who was driving the car, and they decided whichever of the two brothers weighed less would drive, and Jerry got the honors. With a car and driver, they were off to their first bracket race at Indianapolis Raceway park.  “To say my first pass down the track was a learning experience would be an understatement” says Jerry. After racing the Demon for many years, and qualifying for the bracket finals team they won their first big race in 1991, winning the Mopar Nationals in Columbus, OH! Shortly after this, Jerry and his brother sold the Demon.

In 1992, Jerry married his wife Terri and in 1994 they started working on a 1973 Plymouth Duster that they have today to compete in NHRA Stock Eliminator. Jerry states, “Having some success in this class we decided we wanted to race a new 4 race series NHRA Unleashed Series sponsored by Aerospace Components. We were lucky enough to win Indianapolis and Columbus that year and we were then hooked on index racing!”

In 2012, running Nostalgia Muscle Car, they ran 4 of the 7 events. They ended up winning the Super Bowl at Joliet and Indianapolis, running the final round at 5am, and with some other good finishes, Jerry found himself in the Champions seat! The following week they also won the NHRA Stock Eliminator Fall Classic.

“Since then I have run Nostalgia Muscle Car ever year finishing in the top five. This series has allowed us to meet some very tough racers, and even better friends that have become like family. Thanks to Aerospace Components Kim and Al Kussy for giving me the opportunity to do what I love!!” says Jerry.

PHL Racing and LaRocca Performance consist on three players: Jim LaRocca, Tommy Annunziata, and George Brower. They have been racing for over 25 years and know both the thrill of a win and the frustrations of racing.

This 2017 racing season was their first full racing season back, they took a 10 year hiatus and ended up winning the NMRA championship right out the gate!

L to R: Jim LaRocca, Tommy Annunziata, George Brower

Tommy and Jim really enjoyed being in the Aerospace Components Winner’s Circle TWICE this year, with their 2014 Coyote modified CobraJet (7.69 at 177.72), which is the class et and mph record and they are hoping to visit it even more in 2018.

“Aerospace rocks, keep up the good work, we all love your products!” states Jim.

They just put brakes on a 2007 Shelby which runs low nines at 150 plus mph (6 speed trans 2.3 tvs) and look forward to more racing!

The All New Aerospace Components
2007-2014 Mopar Front Brake Kit for the Dodge Charger, Challenger, and SRT-8!

A new lightweight brake kit!
*now in stock*

Features include:

• All billet aluminum calipers
• Billet aluminum hats
• Drag race and street applications
• 12 inch vented rotors that are drilled, slotted and nickel-plate for corrosion resistance
• All grade 8 hardware included
• The kit only weighs 16 lbs per side!

Give us a call to order! Please call for pricing.
727-347-9915

http://www.aerospacecomponents.com

Kimmy’s Garage would like to highlight another veteran today: Aras VanBibber!

The All New Aerospace Components
2010-2014 Chevy Camaro Front Brake Kit!

A new lightweight brake kit!
*now in stock*

Features include:

• All billet aluminum calipers
• Billet aluminum hats
• 12 inch vented rotors that are drilled, slotted and nickel-plate for corrosion resistance
• The kit only weighs 16 lbs per side! 

Give us a call to order!
727-347-9915

http://www.aerospacecomponents.com

Kimmy’s Garage would like to feature the heroes of our US Military, as Veteran’s Day is quickly approaching.

One of Aerospace Components’ employees, Gary Owens, is a veteran himself. He served in the Marine Corps from 1989-1993, with his first deployment being Desert Storm in 1990. He was a heavy equipment operator with the 2nd LSB and remembers many sleepless nights overseas. He was home only a short while until he was deployed to Somalia with the 24th MEU from 1992-1993.

Gary started out as an auto mechanic student in high school which contributed to his job in the Marines as a heavy equipment operator. After the Marines, his first job was at Aerospace Components which lead him into machining, engineering, and racing. “I told Al that if I can drive a bulldozer in the Marine Corps, I can definitely drive a race car!” states Gary as he remembers how he got into racing.

He began racing in 1998 at Sunshine Drag Strip and Bradenton Motorsports Park in the Super Comp style dragster bracket racing. He was also the 2002 Team Sunshine Division track championship team member!

We would like to thank Gary and all the other veterans who have given us the gift of freedom. 

Aerospace Components Job Description
Media Manager

Headquartered in Saint Petersburg, FL., Aerospace Components Inc. is a family owned and operated business that has been producing high quality racing components for over 30 years.

Title:

Aerospace Components Media Manager
Part Time/Full Time

Description

The Aerospace Components Media Manager is responsible for creatively writing, creating, and developing content for Aerospace Components’ media platforms. This role coordinates with the marketing and public relations to support respective mission, ensuring consistency in voice and integration of social media across all platforms. The Media Manager will assist in promoting the social framework throughout the company and ensure social media is fully integrated with all other efforts across the company.

Responsibilities

1. Write and create engaging content for Aerospace Components’ media platforms that include email blasts, aerospacecomponents.com, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
2. Assist the President in monitoring social media trends and present new ideas that will enhance the current content strategy in order to increase followers.
3. Create engaging advertisements for use on all platforms.
4. Basic video production including shooting, editing, and posting video to all media platforms.
5. Other marketing activities and projects as assigned.

Requirements

1. An Associates in marketing/social media/media relations preferred.
2. 2-4 years of social media experience for a sports or marketing agency.
3. Strong creative writing skills specific to social media such as taglines, hashtags, descriptions and teasers required. Experience writing blog posts/articles for websites a plus.
4. Knowledge and advanced strategy understanding of social media platforms.
5. Experience producing engaging video and gifs optimized for social media and digital preferred.
6. Knowledge of Aerospace Components and the drag racing industry preferred.
7. Experience with graphic design, Adobe Photoshop, PowerPoint, and Adobe Premiere or other video editing software preferred.
8. Knowledge of social analytics, Facebook Insights, social monitoring and Google analytics.
9. Well organized, detail oriented, dependable, and motivated self-starter preferred.
10. Some travel may be required.

Please send your resume to Kim Kussy at kimmysgarage@gmail.com

This article will go over the details of installing a vacuum pump on a BBC cylinder head.

The vacuum pump can be installed on either side of the engine. Left or right, it does not matter. As you can see, there are mounting holes on all BBC cylinder heads. All you have to do is bolt the stationary pivot point on the inside of the cylinder head. Some configurations will require spacers or washers for proper alignment. The slotted part of the mounting bracket should line up with the outer tapped hole of the cylinder head. Make sure that the pump is aligned equally with spacers and/or washers as shown in the main pivot bolt. Once the pump is mounted, install the mandrill drive onto the harmonic dampener. Adjust the V-belt pulley on the mandrill drive to line up with the vacuum pump pulley. Then install the breather tank in a location that suits your engine compartment or chassis. You then have to cut the -12 AN lines to the correct lengths and hook them up to their respective ports on the vacuum pump (intake and exhaust).

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Also, you will have to cut a hole in the front of your valve cover and attach the aluminum valve cover bung to attach the suction line of the vacuum pump. On the opposite front valve cover, you will have to install a relief valve and adjust it accordingly to how much vacuum you want to pull. You have to buy the proper length V-belt to complete the installation and adjust the vacuum pump tension and tighten up the mounting bracket once completed.

Check alignment of the V-belt. Start your engine. Check the vacuum that the pump is creating. Adjust accordingly.

If you are not creating enough vacuum, check for potential leaks. These are a few areas for potential leakage: valve cover gaskets, oil pan gasket, timing chain cover gasket, intake manifold gasket, and around the distributor hole.

If you have any further questions, call Aerospace Components at 727-347-9915 or email kimmysgarage@gmail.com!

More vacuum pump videos on Kimmy’s Garage YouTube!