About Detroit Speed Engineering

WHO ARE DETROIT SPEED ENGINEERING?

Detroit Speed Engineering are excited about the prospect of helping you transform your project into a state-of-the-art car for the 21st century. Every year at Detroit Speed they have that one big ‘thing’, the monster milestone that is the face of accomplishment. As the aftermarket industry grows and the Pro-Touring market and its customers change, they as a Company must move with it. To be a household name requires a constant vision to succeed, a drive to think outside of the box and push forward.

Company must understand the marketplace, the customer, and what they mean to both. Detroit Speed was founded on the passion for making a vehicle perform at its peak, drive faster and handle better. Take something and make it better. In their case, take an automobile that’s 10-50 years old and make it feel like a vehicle that’s on the new car showroom floor today. What does the customer expect? What does the customer truly desire? What problem or problems need to be solved? What new problems will arise? How long should it last? Every suspension manufacturer is going to produce components that will improve ride quality and handling. Simply replacing something that is worn out with a new replica can achieve that goal for instant gratification. Sometimes that’s all it takes to satisfy the need.

The Detroit Speed strategy is different. Their team engineers and manufactures products that are designed to improve functionality, increase performance, reduce vibrations, eliminate noises, offer stability to the entire vehicle, and give the customer the peace of mind to drive across the country or to the grocery store without failure. They choose quality over quantity and strive to make each part the “right way”. Many times, this is in the form of advanced manufacturing practices typically not seen in the automotive aftermarket. They test their products on the track to prove performance and durability, but they aren’t a race team. They believe in designing their products based on current OEM trends and products to provide the customer a modern-day ride quality regardless of which vehicle they pull out of the garage.

In 2019, you can find this same strategy as they enter the truck market with their new 1973-87 Square Body C10 suspension and 1973-83 wiper kit products. This suspension line will feature both bolt-in and weld-in suspension options, designed for daily driving and light duty hauling. their new C10 wiper kit is yet another addition to the award-winning line of Selecta-Speed™ wiper kits.

Customer satisfaction is the key element to their growth and success. They want you to be proud of your vehicle, whatever you do with it. Company welcomes the opportunity to be a part of your dream build.

WHY DETROIT SPEED?

Staying true to their core strengths, they manufacture upgraded aftermarket performance parts for American muscle machines, with a special emphasis on suspension and chassis upgrades. They offer full product lines for many GM, Ford and Mopar muscle cars and trucks to modernize the ride quality and handling performance of these great vehicles.

Their team engineers and manufactures products that are designed to improve functionality, increase performance, reduce vibrations, eliminate noises, offer stability to the entire vehicle, and give the customer the peace of mind to drive across the country or to the grocery store without failure.

They design all their products in-house and manufacture most of those parts in-house as well. Once designed, each part is put to the test by their own Company vehicles on road courses and autocross tracks to prove maximum performance. By proving maximum performance, they feel confident their product is top-of-the-line for any driving situation.

They strive to support the American workforce and are proud to say most of their parts are manufactured in the USA. This includes all their Hydroformed Subframes, forgings, stampings and castings which continue to be made in Detroit, MI by vendors that have been with Detroit Speed since the beginning.

Detroit Speed has been in business for nearly 20 years. Their direction began and continues to come from the passion of making vehicles perform at their highest potential and sharing that passion with a community of people.

AWARDS

Company most publicized muscle car project was the DSE 1969 “Twister Camaro” which received the Goodguys /Popular Hot Rodding Street Machine of the Year award, the Chevy High Performance /Baer Brakes Chevy of the Year award, the Super Rod Top 10 award, and the Hot Rod Magazine Top 10 award. Then we drove the Twister on the entire Hot Rod Power Tour, just for fun! In 2014 Detroit Speed saw company sponsor the Road Rally for the Ultimate Street Car Association, win the Goodguys Autocross Points Championship, and take home SEMA’s first ever “Battle of the Builders” trophy for Angelo Vespi’s 1969 Camaro.

2015 was a fantastic year for Detroit Speed that saw them sponsor the Autocross for the Ultimate Street Car Association, win the Goodguys Autocross Points Championship for the 2nd straight year and capture the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car GTV Points and Nationals Points Championships.

Moe’s Charger & Chevelle compete in the 2015 SEMA Battle of the builders. As it is every year, the SEMA Show’s sheer size and influence on the entire universe of aftermarket automotive products delivered in a big way. With the SEMA show running from Tuesday through Friday followed by the SEMA Ignited after show and of course the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational, it was a full week of non stop action at every turn. The SEMA show started Tuesday morning with thousands of companies bringing some of the best aftermarket builds in the country to show off their parts and hard work. Anything you could imagine is at the SEMA show, from Hot Rods to the latest in modern performance, there was no shortage of things to see.

The Detroit crew had Moe’s 1969 Charger at the HRIA booth and also had the Chevelle on hand at SEMA central and immediately received lots of attention. The team from BCIITV was on hand Tuesday with the Chevelle shooting footage for Competition Ready, the new TV show from Velocity that will air early in 2016. The team followed the Chevelle around all week capturing footage of the run to the Top Ten of the Battle of the Builders, being named a finalist for the Mother’s shine award as well as capturing a GM Best G-Machine award.