| Monday: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Tuesday: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Thursday: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Friday: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Saturday: | CLOSED |
| Sunday: | CLOSED |
Classic Cars • Hot Rods • Muscle Cars • Drag Cars • Performance Vehicles
At Wilhite Performance, our focus is on the repair, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance needs of vehicles that are anything but ordinary. We work with classic cars, vintage vehicles, hot rods, muscle cars, street/strip cars, drag racing vehicles, and other specialty performance automobiles.
These vehicles often combine original parts, rebuilt systems, aftermarket components, custom modifications, and decades of previous work. Proper diagnosis takes more than reading a trouble code or replacing the first part that appears related to the problem. It takes experience, mechanical knowledge, and an understanding of how the entire combination works together.
Whether you want to make a classic more dependable, solve a difficult drivability problem, repair an aging mechanical system, or improve a performance combination, our goal is to help you get the car running, driving, and performing the way it should.
Our approach starts with the vehicle you actually own—its age, condition, modifications, intended use, and the way its systems have been put together. From an original cruiser to a heavily modified street or race car, we work toward a solution that makes sense for the complete vehicle.
Older vehicles need a different diagnostic and repair approach than late-model daily drivers. We can help with mechanical repairs, preventive maintenance, drivability concerns, long-term reliability, and mechanical restoration-related work on classic and vintage vehicles.
Hot rods and muscle cars are often a mixture of factory components and modifications accumulated over many years. Aftermarket ignition, upgraded cooling, engine swaps, gearing changes, custom drivetrains, and performance suspension components can all change how a problem should be diagnosed.
We work with enthusiasts to troubleshoot existing combinations, correct mechanical problems, improve reliability, and keep modified cars enjoyable on the street.
A successful performance combination is about more than horsepower. Engine output, fuel delivery, ignition, cooling, transmission, rear differential, gearing, suspension, and supporting systems need to work together for the way the vehicle will actually be used.
We can help diagnose problems and evaluate mechanical and performance improvements for street performance cars, street/strip combinations, and dedicated drag racing vehicles.
Specialty vehicles still depend on the fundamentals: good compression, proper fuel delivery, accurate ignition, effective cooling, reliable electrical systems, sound brakes, correct steering and suspension geometry, and a drivetrain that can handle the job.
Our mechanical capabilities include rear differential work, air conditioning, alignments, electrical diagnosis, engine and drivetrain repair, brake and suspension service, cooling system work, and general maintenance. We service many automotive applications, with the exception of European and diesel vehicles.
Pontiac performance has long been a specialty at Wilhite Performance. Tom Wilhite's experience with Pontiac engines grew alongside decades of hands-on automotive work and drag racing, giving the shop practical knowledge that extends well beyond ordinary replacement-part repair.
From classic Pontiac street cars to more serious performance combinations, we understand how engine choices, cooling, fuel, ignition, gearing, drivetrain components, and the rest of the vehicle need to work together. That same systems-based approach applies to the other classic, hot rod, muscle car, and racing vehicles we service.
A classic or performance car may not accumulate the mileage of a daily driver, but that doesn't mean it should be ignored between drives. Age, heat cycles, storage, old hoses and seals, fuel deterioration, cooling-system condition, electrical connections, and previous modifications can all affect reliability.
We can help identify developing mechanical concerns, take care of routine maintenance, and address problems before they become larger repairs. If a car has been sitting for an extended period, we can also help determine what should be inspected or serviced before returning it to regular use.
The objective is simple: keep the vehicle dependable without losing the character, performance, or purpose that made you want to own it in the first place.
The services below represent the mechanical capabilities available at Wilhite Performance. Our primary focus is helping owners of classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, performance vehicles, and racing applications maintain, repair, and improve the vehicles they care about.
Tell us what you're working on, what the vehicle is doing now, and what you want it to do. Whether the priority is repair, reliability, maintenance, or more performance, we'll help you determine the next step.
Talk directly with a shop that understands enthusiast and performance vehicles.