The Performance Race Engines Industry, Biggest Builders In The Game!

TRE (Texas Racing Engines)

TRE (Texas Racing Engines) was founded in 1987 by Jack Lastor to build high end engines for drag racing, circle track, pulling and street machines. Also to offer racing components made by TRE to the racing industry, ported cylinder heads, cylinder head/manifold packages and modified racing carburetors. Jack had already enjoyed great success in the performance world owning a very successful mail order company called USA Performance Centers INC dating back to the 1970’s. Jack’s son Taylor, started to work in the shop at age 16 running the engine dyno after going to dyno school in 1990, also welding intakes and assembling engines. Intakes and carbs hand built by Taylor won NHRA races all the way back to 1992.

From 1999-2003 TRE and Taylor ran the NHRA Pro Stock Truck class. In its final year Taylor Finished in the top five for final points and also won two races. While racing the truck class and building and maintaining countless engines TRE developed many parts and ideas still used today to make more horsepower.