Ridetech News and Information » In the Media http://www.ridetech.com/info The latest news in suspension design and aftermarket products. Find information about the latest hotrod events. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 $10 Shipping: Limited Time Only http://www.ridetech.com/info/2012/02/february-special-10-shipping/ http://www.ridetech.com/info/2012/02/february-special-10-shipping/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:23:40 +0000 admin http://www.ridetech.com/info/?p=6956 February is that time of year when the cold, dreary weather keeps you trapped in your house and away from cruising in your car. While we might not be able to alleviate your cabin fever, we can cheer you up by giving you a huge shipping discount on all Ridetech products…which is just the ticket to keep you working in your garage!

So starting immediately, we are offering $10 shipping on anything Ridetech to anywhere (within the continental US (Ground shipping only)! Regardless if your order weighs 150lbs or if you live anywhere between California to New York, you will only have to pay $10 to get your goodies right to your door. This is a limited time offer that can end at any time, so act quickly before this offer cools off!

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The 2011 AMSOIL/Streetrodder road tour passed through our shop earlier this year for some BBQ and a quick tour. Tagging along with them was Project X, a custom Tri-5 that has been featured in numerious magazine articles. After a few ribs, the Popular Hot Rodding crew mentioned some suspension problems they were having with the car, so we decided to have an impromptu Ridetech installation that very day.

Popular Hot Rodding was so pleased with our job and our products that they decided to include the installation in an article in their 2012 February issue. Since the entire install was well documented, the article does a great job explaining what exactly went wrong with the car and how our products helped solve each issue. If you are having trouble with coil bind or a rough ride quality, then you’ll want to read this article. And if you haven’t already picked up the latest issue of Popular Hot Rodding, you can download the article by using the link below.

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The inaugural RideTech Renegade Award was presented to Terry Neuville from Baton Rouge Louisiana. His 1968 Camaro has competed in many autocrosses and road course events all over the country the last couple of years, culminating with an invention to the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car event at SEMA and spring mountain motorsports ranch.

“Terry is a quite guy… I had to ask three people before i found someone who knew who he was! His car is a very clean, simple and unassuming, but it just goes like hell!”

RideTech intends for the Renegade Award to become an annual presentation and looks forward to the search for the 2012 winner.

Terry Neuville’s Camaro:

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If you pick up the November Issue of Popular Hot Rodding you may notice something interesting in butternut yellow on the cover page, something that was built in only 48 hours. If you haven’t guessed already the 48 Hour Camaro, built by Ridetech and company, is on the latest PHR cover along with a well written 5-page article. The article captures the very essence of the project that took place just this May and is a great introduction to the project.

The article is available download below or you can pick up a physical copy of Popular Hot Rodding magazine. For further details about the 48 Hour Camaro and the project: [ Click Here ]
 

The Build team just after completing the 48 Hour Camaro:

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The Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, KY this past weekend was a popular event! Ridetech sponsored the autocross, which had over 60 cars participating. At this event, we also held the Ridetech Suspension Swap Challenge. We took a customer’s 68 Chevelle (owned by Dustin Bernacki from Iowa) with a stock suspension and made 3 autocross laps. We then had him and his friends install a complete Street Challenge coilover suspension, which they did in only 1 hour and 46 minutes! Then we made 3 more passes at the autocross to see how much improvement the swap produced. The lap time dropped from a previous best of 50.8 second to 45.4. This is an improvement of 5.4 seconds. To put this in context, typically an improvement of a half a second is HUGE, highly sought after, and expensive. We will have full video of both the installation and the autocross laps coming soon.

Also at Bowling Green, Lingenfelter installed some of their go-fast goodies on a CTS V we’ve been playing with lately. We put it on the chassis dyno before any modifications and it made 476 RWHP. Due to weather and some other factors they had stopped running the dyno by the time they got the Lingenfelter parts on, so we don’t yet know what the exact horsepower improvements are; but it’s apparent that the car is MUCH faster.

Another exciting happening at Bowling Green last weekend was our winning an invitation to the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. This invite goes to the highest finisher in the overall program [autocross, drag race, speed stop, street cruise]. We placed 4th overall, but the top 3 either already had invitations or were otherwise ineligible to go. Look for the 48 Hour Camaro to be competing in this event coming up on November 5th!
More Information on the OUSCI Event
 
 

Snapshots from the event

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The article can be found at the nearest magazine rack or by downloading it [ here ].
Part one can be downloaded [ here ]

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