SEMA 2008 Tuesday Coverage

[Tom@StangTV]

Crane Cams had some great new products for the show this year. With new products for both GM LS engines and Ford Modular engines this year, the Crane Cams booth was full of slick looking cams and plenty of rockers to go along with them. With plenty of options for any application Crane Cams has a cam to fit your build.

Crane's got a new line of 4.6L Modular Cams -- offering everything from a daily performance cam with a smooth ideal to a rough idle street performance and bracket racing cam for manual/autos, normally aspirated, supercharged, or mild nitrous.

Made from steel billet bar stock and induction hardened these cams are far superior to the OEM process of pressing powered metal lobes on to a steel tube. Made with a duel pattern design with the intake and exhaust lobes individually optimized to provide improved efficiency these cams can be used with OEM cam followers.

For more information, visit www.cranecams.com

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The B&M Stealth Pro Ratchet Shifter is a new take on a popular design, featuring the magnum grip handle, carbon fiber inserts and a black anodized cover. This ratcheting shifter is available for most 3 and 4 speed transmissions and well as Powerglides transmissions.

For more information visit www.bmracing.com

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The start of my SEMA experience started off with a real shop stopper. We were invited by Keisler to come to their Breakfast with the Kuda event. The Maximum Overdrive Kuda featured some of Keisler’s latest and greatest as well as a 6.1L HEMI and plenty of go fast parts to make this one of the fastest Challengers at SEMA this year. Oh, yea.. the Wireless Paddle Shifter is pretty wicked too.

****** Video: KEISLER Kuda & Wireless Paddle Shifters



Featuring Keisler’s Paddle Shifter with Engine Braking it brings together the unique driving experience that few other automatic transmissions can offer. The option really comes in to its own when you switch it into High Performance Mode. Only then does the driver have complete control of the shifts. The paddle Shifter allows you to keep your eyes on the road, and while in High Performance Mode, the transmission will only shift when commanded by the driver through the wireless controls mounted in fingertip range.



Keisler had plenty of other transmissions on hand. The custom engineered PerfectShift Tailhousings and Shift Mechanisms help to provide Keisler’s PerfectFit Tremec T56 6-Speed’s fitments for all of the Classic Corvettes, Muscle Cars, and custom cars. If you are looking for a 5-speed that will hold up just as well look no farther than the T45 RS. With carbon fiber synchronizers and a oversized spline you can be sure to grab the new billet machined PRO shifter with confidence. This is the perfect match for all small block and mild big block applications.



Visit www.keislerauto.com for more information