Hotchkis Performance has outgrown its original home for over 17 years and is settling into a new facility in Santa Fe Springs with larger work bays, engineering suites, shipping/receiving areas and warehouse space. The move brings several Hotchkis shops and offices together under one roof, substantially increasing production and new product development capabilities. Another highlight of the new building is a large customer installation center, which offers everything from basic suspension installation and track prep services to complete vehicle construction and custom component fabrication.

The awards ceremony at the close of the GoodGuys Orange County Get Together Street Challenge Autocross was nearly an all-Hotchkis affair as Hotchkis Sport Suspension equipped cars took home gold in the Participant, Vendor and Truck classes. The Hotchkis family - a team of over a dozen customer cars from all over California and Colorado - competed in the autocross throughout the two day event, including several Mopars, new and old Camaros, Chevelles, a pair of C10 pickups and more.

In the quest to build the ultimate suspension system for GM Muscle Cars, the engineers at Hotchkis Performance have been working overtime on Camaro performance The R&D group has been hard at work on the track and street developing a must-have part for second gen Camaros: the all-new Chassis Max Handle Bar system. The high-strength brace triangulates the front suspension pickup points to the firewall and cowl for maximum chassis strength and driver control on the autocross, road course and the street.

Take a long look at a modern Stock Car, a 1960s F1 car, and NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car or a 3,000 year old Egyptian pyramid and you’ll notice one similarity: lots of triangles. The triangle is the strongest shape in nature, so when a group of hardcore autocross racers asked Hotchkis to come up with a way to eliminate subframe flex in their First Gen Camaros, they looked to the past to define the future. The result: Hotchkis Chassis Max Handle Bars, the first tubular front suspension brace that triangulates the upper control arm pickup points to each other and the firewall for incredible rigidity, consistent driver control and handling.

GM’s latest Camaro may be flying off showroom floors, but the 1993-02 Camaro, Firebird, and Trans Am make excellent, affordable track toys with the right choice of upgrades. These cars benefit from a stiff platform, good balance and plenty of power – they just need a little help in the suspension department. Now you have maximum driver control and trackside tunability with the new Adjustable Rear Sway Bar from Hotchkis Performance.

As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time when sway bars were considered optional equipment. In fact, some B- and E-Body Mopars weren’t even equipped with provisions for them. While that didn’t matter much in the ‘60s when bias-ply tires kept handling expectations low, modern enthusiasts who don’t want to wallow through every curve used to be forced to swap lower control arms to get an end link mounting bracket – until now. To accompany its latest high-performance handling hardware for classic Chrysler muscle cars, Hotchkis Performance has released a new Control Arm Upgrade Bracket.

The 1967-76 Mopar A-Body is one of the last great performance bargains of the muscle car era, with pony cars like the Dart, Duster, Demon and early ‘Cuda gaining popularity thanks to wide availability, V8 power and a budget-friendly price tag. Now you can bolt-on improved handling, driver feedback and control with new Hotchkis Adjustable Strut Rods and Steering Rods.

Performance Therapy, a “social media car show”, launched this week with backing from top automotive aftermarket brands. The site, PerformanceTherapyContest.com asks enthusiasts to show the world how they enjoy their car by submitting a photo. The Grand Prize Winner will receive parts to build an incredible, high-performance supercar. Popular vote determines category winners – whom receive a $250 gift certificate. Sixty runners-up will receive a free t-shirt. The contest runs August 3 - October 31, and the winners will be announced at the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

In the mid 1960’s, engineers at Chevrolet designed a new coil spring and trailing arm suspension system for the C10 that provided work truck capability by day and a comfortable ride for nights and weekends. Four decades later the 1967-72 C10 is an incredibly popular platform for sport truck enthusiasts, thanks to cool lines and muscle car style suspension. After receiving hundreds of requests for easy-to-install, bolt-on handling hardware for this popular pickup, the muscle car suspension experts at Hotchkis Performance have developed an all-new Sport Sway Bar System for the 1967-72 Chevy C10. 

The all-new 2010 Camaro is a stellar performer straight off the showroom floor, but like most modern muscle cars it suffers from significant body roll and understeer. Whether it’s a Super Sport, Rally Sport or V6 model, installing a bolt-on Hotchkis Sport Sway Set is one of the fastest, easiest and most dramatic modifications you can make to the new Camaro. Significantly improve handling, driver control and overall fun factor in less than an hour with basic hand tools.

When it debuted at the SEMA show last November, the “E-Max” 1970 Challenger R/T was loaded with a variety of prototype suspension parts and a showroom stock 340 six-pack. Six months later suspension designs are in production and Team Hotchkis put them to the test at the 16th Annual Goodguys Summer Get-Together in Pleasanton, California with outstanding results.

From split-bumper ‘70 Z28s to low-slung “Bandit” Trans Ams, second generation F-Bodies are storming the muscle car scene, thanks to a plentiful supply of inexpensive cars that are easily modified for serious performance. Now you can dramatically improve the overall handling, high-speed stability and tire adhesion of any 1970-81 Camaro, Firebird or Trans-Am with new Geometry-Corrected Upper and Lower Tubular A-Arms from Hotchkis.

When it comes to setting up their cars, drag racers, road racers, auto cross competitors and high performance street drivers all share one common truth: increased traction and enhanced chassis rigidity improve overall performance. Now you can dramatically improve Charger, Road Runner, GTX or other B-Body chassis rigidity and improve overall vehicle performance with new Subframe Connectors from Hotchkis Performance.

From the first Shelby Mustangs to the last Hemi-powered ‘Cudas, unclipping a set of hood pins to reveal the engine lurking beneath is a ritual as old as the muscle car itself. As the pro-touring movement continues to push builders to use lighter, more high-tech materials, Hotchkis Performance founder John Hotchkis decided he wanted one-of-a-kind high-tech hood pins for his 1970 Challenger G-Machine. The first set looked so good we decided to put them into production.

Under clear skies in front of a cheering crowd, an independent driver in a homebuilt car took on a field of professionally prepped machines – and emerged a champion. On Sunday, April 5, Mary Pozzi of Salinas, California won the Street Machine Class at the Goodguys Del Mar Nationals Autocross. The hard-earned victory was Pozzi’s second straight podium finish at a Goodguys event, coming shortly after an incredible performance at the Goodguys Orange County Get Together one month earlier.