Aerospace Components is one of those companies entrenched into the drag racing market. Many of the company’s products cross over to the street, but Aerospace’s main thrust is toward the drag market. Aerospace brakes are commonplace at the drag strip, as are its battery mounts, nitrous bottle brackets, and fuel system components. A couple of the products the company has highlighted of late, however, are their vacuum pumps and Pro Eliminator Powerglide shifters.

A vacuum pump relieves crankcase pressure first and foremost. Crankcase pressure has a negative effect on piston ring seal, and it can cause drag and windage, which affects piston movement within the cylinder bore. With pressure in the crankcase, a piston’s downward movement is impacted, whereas a crankcase without pressure build-up is more freely able to go up and and down.

The vacuum pump relieves that pressure, which frees up horsepower, since it removes the parasitic loss created by drag. A byproduct of adding a vacuum pump is that you can run lighter tension piston rings to reduce friction. That too frees up horsepower.

The second Aerospace Components’ tech video centers on the Pro Eliminator Powerglide shifter. Aerospace Components has more than one drag car in its stable, and this shifter is actually in use on co-owner Kim Kussy’s dragster.

Like most of Aerospace’s products, the Pro Eliminator shifter is made from billet aluminum, and features a hardened steel gate plate and gear selector pin. The shifter features gate-style shifting and the appropriate lockout mechanisms to keep you from going right up into reverse after making a pass. Without squeezing the trigger, if you will, the shifter keeps you from making engine-scattering mistakes during and after a pass. Plus, the shifter’s one-handed operation allows one to keep their hand on the wheel and pointed down the straight and narrow.

Both of these Aerospace Components’ products are aimed at getting you in the winners circle on a regular basis, with reliability and consistency.