Hughes Performance
Founder Bill Hughes, Sr. began the humble beginnings of this company in a small shop that rebuilt OEM torque converters. Bill's son Jim Hughes took interest in the design and engineering of torque converters for racing purposes. Jim's involvement in the company took Hughes Performance to the next level, and resulted in a dynamic change within the company that quickly elevated Hughes Performance to
Sand Drags last weekend in Rocky Point Mexico with bigballsracing! And Looney Motorsports
04/29/2026
How about a ZF8HP bolt together converter making its way down to South Africa 🇿🇦 for your viewing pleasure on this wonderful Wednesday 👀
Big power calls for even stronger parts 💪🔥
This beast of a Tatum sand rail is running an Albins sequential with twin turbos and serious horsepower—and it was putting input shafts to the test. So we stepped in and made a billet Aermet input shaft to handle the abuse and keep this monster ripping in the sand.
Shoutout to everyone who joined the input shaft for the transaxle guessing contest… and congrats to the winner Jason Mitcham 🏆
And we’ve gotta give credit where it’s due—Los Sandchos always bringing the heat with their killer sand setups 🤘Any one interested in this shaft reach out to us pricing.
Denzel Pivac
04/19/2026
Since no one has guessed correctly, showing a PG shaft next to it for reference, first person to guess what transmission this monster goes in gets a free t-shirt or hat.
Did you know Hughes Performance builds the only true medium length power glide output shaft. When a standard or Shorty won’t work we can build either power glide output spline or TH 400 output spline shaft
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2244 W McDowell Road
Phoenix, AZ
85009
Opening Hours
| Monday | 7:30am - 4:30pm |
| Tuesday | 7:30am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30am - 4:30pm |
| Thursday | 7:30am - 4:30pm |
| Friday | 7:30am - 4:30pm |