The Prestolite Performance Group is the only stop you need to make for all of your automotive performance needs. We are a manufacturer, not just a re-distributor of products. We conceptualize, develop, manufacture and market our products in our own facilities, where actual enthusiasts are involved in the process first-hand. Our alliances with proven top engine builders and performance product development specialists have allowed us to offer the most high-tech products available. With a few diversified brands in our family, we offer a wide spectrum of race-proven products to make your car look better and go faster. From ignition products to gaskets, suspension, clutches and everything in between, we’ve got your performance needs covered.

What sets us apart as a company in the automotive industry? Many things come to mind, but most importantly is our knowledgeable team of employees. They are qualified and dedicated professionals who are experts in the automotive industry, and most are racers and enthusiasts themselves. People with first-hand interest and knowledge of this industry, who create and apply new concepts based not only on research and numbers, but on personal experience and hands-on know-how.

Our staff of enthusiasts applies their knowledge to product engineering, research and development, product management, and marketing services. Members of our technical service group have an average tenure exceeding fifteen years. That’s not just dedication to a career, that’s commitment to something they truly believe in.

For decades in the Hot Rod business, the name Mr. Gasket has been synonymous with race-winning power and performance. For a brand to remain dominant for so many years, it takes focus, a commitment to its core market and a keen sense of what the customer wants.

The history of the Mr. Gasket brand is a real American success story. It is a brand that was started by a few guys with a great product and an ambitious plan. It started basically as a one-man operation — hand-cutting custom-made gaskets and selling them from the trunk of a sedan at local Cleveland racetracks and has grown to include a multi-faceted international powerhouse of the industry’s strongest brand names: ACCEL, Hays, Jacobs Electronics, Lakewood, Mallory and of course Mr. Gasket.

These brands, proven over time on racing circuits and drag strips around the world, have earned them legendary status in Motorsports and an unparalleled reputation in the marketplace. Over the past decades, new brands have come online, each serving the core purpose of bringing the best products possible to the marketplace.

Since 1993, hard work and dedication have been rewarded with unbelievable growth and change for our company, but we’ve never forgotten where we came from. We are still a company strongly dedicated to grassroots enthusiasts, as well as top name racers. Our goal has always been to lead the market with innovative new products designed to push the power, speed, and performance of street and strip machines as quickly as automotive technology advances.

That’s why our brand names carry an amazing level of recognition that spans across the generations. Brand recognition and loyalty like that can only result from commitment to excellence, unequalled quality, and race-winning innovation that grows with the times.

Today, the new Prestolite Performance is an industry leader in the design, manufacturing, importing and distribution of specialty products for the performance aftermarket. Our vast product offering includes over 8,000 part numbers, ranging from racing to performance to appearance products.

Prestolite Performance is a state-of-the-art production facility located in Cleveland, Ohio. Some of the products produced at the Prestolite Performance headquarters in Cleveland include gaskets, bellhousings, clutches, flywheels, suspension products, fuel system products, and most electronic and digital products that supply the vast Prestolite Performance customer base.

The strong engineering group located in Cleveland is responsible for product development and supporting the manufacturing process. Our fuel and spark R&D facility in Wixom, Michigan focus on digital fuel injection and ignition system innovation. You can expect cutting edge products from an industry leader, and Prestolite Performance delivers.

Simply put, our customers’ needs are Number One. This is the driving force behind everything we do at the Prestolite Performance. The lifeblood of our company is the longstanding loyalty of our customers who stand by our family of race-winning brands. That loyalty motivates our commitment to set the industry standard in ingenuity through revolutionary technology, and to continuously strive to create a new level of automotive performance with our race-proven brands: ACCEL, ACCEL/DFI, Hays, Jacobs, Lakewood, Mr. Gasket and Mallory.

With our customers’ loyalty as motivation, Prestolite Performance will continue to lead the industry as a growing, evolving and winning force in the high performance marketplace.

For over 25 years, ACCEL has been the leader in performance ignition systems and components. ACCEL offers a wide range of performance products including digital fuel injection systems, fuel injectors, coils, distributors, caps, rotors, ignition wires and spark plugs. While most ACCEL components are designed for easy installation, our commitment to service and performance has led to the development of a network of EMlC's (Engine Management Installation Centers), in an effort to provide qualified installation and calibration services for the more complex ACCEL EMS Systems.

On the street or track, in the dirt and on the water, race after race, record holders in every class have proven the exceptional performance, durability and long term dependability of Hays Clutches. Hays builds a wide range of high performance clutches for street and strip applications including pressure plates, discs, flywheels and complete clutch kits. Hays also has a complete line of custom-built specialty clutches for drag racing and tractor-pulling applications. With more than 50 years of research, development and testing, Hays has emerged as the leader in clutch performance technology. With Hays Performance Clutches, you can be assured of a product manufactured from the finest quality materials and workmanship.

Lakewood has been the leader in safety and suspension products for over 30 years. Lakewood bellhousings are hydro-formed for maximum strength and safety and have more specific applications than any other competitor. The Lakewood line also includes traction bars, drag shocks, lowering springs, driveshaft safety loops, u-joints and a whole lot more.

Over the past 80 years, Mallory products have contributed to winning more races than all other brands combined. Our passion for racing is built into every innovative product we make; including distributors, magnetos, ignition boxes, coils, fuel pumps, regulators, and starters. Developed by professional racers and performance enthusiasts, Mallory products are engineered to deliver the kind of serious power, quality and performance that separates the novices from the champions. With over half of a century of race-proven performance under our belt, our products can make you a winner too!

A legendary name in the industry, Mr. Gasket offers much more than just gaskets. The Mr. Gasket brand also provides a variety of performance and racing products for all parts of your vehicle including: carburetor and fuel accessories, chrome-plated accessories, cooling system accessories, engine components, ignition and electrical accessories, shifter accessories, specialty tools, suspension and driveline components. Mr. Gasket also includes a complete line of Ultra-Seal gaskets and fasteners.

In 2007, the Mr. Gasket Performance Group posted well over $1 million in contingency sponsorship! We posted across 10 sanctioning organizations including drag racing, circle track, motorcycle drags and tractor pulling. We are strongly committed to our products, and to the racers who win with them.

Mr. Gasket is now part of Prestolite Performance, a newly formed division of Prestolite Wire, LLC. Prestolite Performance doesn’t just post millions in contingency sponsorship - we personally participate in over 25 events annually including IHRA, Goodguys, NSRA, NTPA and Super Chevy races and events. At these events, the Racing Services rig is there to support and service racers and consumers alike, offering help like ignition testing and repair, small parts replacement and product recommendations.

We feel that the consumer putting everything he’s got into his street machine is equally important as the professional racer in the winner’s circle. That’s why we also sponsor numerous regional racing and consumer events at Norwalk Raceway Park including the Quickest Street Car Competition.

Our latest development is a dual ignition system called the Mallory CT-Pro Ignition System. In the ARCA Re/Max Series, it has had three seasons of overwhelming success. With over ½ million laps of use, the Mallory's CT Pro Ignition Systems have provided absolutely flawless performance with ZERO IN-RACE FAILURES, an incredible record in such harsh conditions. The Mallory CT PRO Ignition system is designed to limit engine revs to 8800 RPMs, leveling the playing field for the racers by eliminating the advantage of RPM’s, maintenance and overly expensive engines. It has also eliminated the issue of in-box traction control, a long-standing concern for series everywhere. In terms of smooth distribution, outstanding performance and dedicated at-track technical support, it would be hard to debate that the partnership between Mallory and ARCA has been an overwhelming success. We look forward to many more years of highly competitive racing and outstanding performance from ARCA teams with Mallory Ignitions leading them to victory.

On the heels of Mallory’s success with the ARCA Series, many other sanctioning bodies have taken notice. The ASA Speed Truck Challenge has signed on with Mallory to bring the same level of ignition performance and reliability to their highly competitive racing series. Mallory Racing Division is also working closely with several other major sanctioning bodies.