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View full detailsMany of America’s most successful companies can trace their roots to basements, tool sheds, and spare bedrooms. Like Hewlett Packard, Boeing, and Apple Computer, Dart Machinery began in humble surroundings. Richard Maskin founded Dart in 1981 in a two-car garage in Oak Park, Michigan. In the years since Maskin started his business with a desk and a telephone, Dart has become the proven leader in aftermarket cylinder heads, intake manifolds, and engine blocks.
Richard Maskin was well known to drag racing fans as a mechanical mastermind whose engines have won multiple NHRA Pro Stock world championships and dozens of national events. Like many successful entrepreneurs, Maskin turned his passion for drag racing into a thriving enterprise. The seeds were planted when Maskin competed with a variety of drag racing machines ranging from Modified Production Camaros to Pro Stock Gremlins. He developed raised intake runners, offset pushrods, and sheet metal intake manifolds for his innovative Pro Stock engines in the mid-’70s. These breakthroughs were quickly imitated by rival racers. Eventually, Maskin learned how to produce complete cylinder heads from scratch. This hands-on experience laid the foundation for Dart Machinery.
The company’s first products were Aluminum Hemi cylinder heads that dominated the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories. These purpose-built heads provided the power that ultimately broke drag racing’s 300 mph barrier and produced the first 4.0-second Funny Car elapsed time. Maskin’s Pro Stock roots were evident in the Race Series heads for big block Chevrolet V8s that soon followed. In recent years, Dart’s spread port Big Chief heads have set the standard in classes ranging from Pro Street to Pro Mod. This tradition of innovation continued with the introduction of affordable Iron Eagle and PRO1 cylinder heads for small block and big block Chevy V8s, followed by Cast Aluminum and Iron engine blocks designed to meet the specialized needs of racers and performance enthusiasts. The company has since expanded its product line to include Small Block Ford and Modern Muscle and Sports Compact components.
Dart is committed to producing the best engine components available. All development, machining and assembly are done at Dart’s own facilities in order to maintain the highest standards of quality. State-of-the-art CNC machining centers, a dynamometer and the proprietary “Speed Flow” technology/wet flow bench are among the assets that contribute to “the Dart advantage”.
The Dart Team continues to honor Richard Maskin’s “Big M” legacy by leading with innovation and advancing racing technology to offer Championship Engine Components.