TMCP #629: SEMA 2025 Show Spectacular #3 – Scott & Perry with Heights Suspension Mopar Bolt-In IFS/IRS, Jason Bruce with Blueprint “Compatible” Crate Engines, Tab Chapman with Diamondback Classic Radials (Custom Sidewalls), Terry McGean with Hemmings Marketplace Media & Rally Adventures
The MuscleCar Place
Robert Kibbe
4.5 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
SEMA 2025 continues to deliver, and this third installment of The Muscle Car Place show is packed with killer interviews and industry insight. From Heidts Suspension’s bolt-in Mopar independent suspension systems, to Blueprint Engines’ OEM-style “compatible” powerplants, to Diamondback Classic Radials’ one-of-a-kind custom sidewall tires, and finally to Terry McGean from Hemmings sharing how the iconic brand is evolving in the modern collector car world — this episode is all about blending classic muscle with modern technology and real-world drivability.
As we head into the holiday season, we’re leaning into tradition as well. Don’t miss the annual Planes, Trains and Automobiles movie review over on the Kibbe & Friends Show, and be sure to tune in this Friday for the final SEMA 2025 episode. Big interviews, big moments, and big laughs are still to come. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
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| 0:00.0 | The Muscle Car Place online podcast episode number 629. This week is our third of four feature |
| 0:07.1 | interviews right from the Seema 2025 show floor. First up, we have Scott and Perry from Heights |
| 0:11.9 | Suspension, then Jason Bruce from Blueprint Engines, then we have Tab Chapman, CEO, have Diamondback |
| 0:18.6 | Classic Radials, and then Terry McGeen with Hemings. And Terry knows everything about him. He even helped unload Finnegan's boat into that swimming pool at Seema. We're going back to Heights, where we're going to start. They were the very first high-performance suspension company I ever met in this industry, and they offer a lot more now than I thought. You're going to hear that. Lots of full chassis systems. I didn't realize that. And they have something pretty sweet once again. Full independent front and |
| 0:42.2 | rear bolt-in suspension systems even for mopars. Yeah. So this was actually our all-new |
| 0:48.6 | mopar independent front suspension, independent rear suspension. A great part with the suspension |
| 0:53.6 | is actually bolt in. |
| 0:55.0 | So somebody that if they ever want to go back to stock, they can actually do that, keep the value of their car. |
| 0:59.4 | I don't know why anybody ever want to go back to stock after bolting this suspension in, but, you know, we give that option. |
| 1:08.1 | This is the Muscle Car Place online podcast, brought you by National Parts Depot. This is the Muscle Car Place online podcast, brought you by National Parks Depot. |
| 1:14.6 | This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars. |
| 1:20.9 | If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you. |
| 1:27.2 | Now here's your host, Rob Kibby. Yes, indeed, I am |
| 1:31.4 | Rob Kibby and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast. Well, here we are. Show number three from |
| 1:36.8 | Seema 2025, just in time to fire up on your way to Grandma's House for Thanksgiving. Or maybe |
| 1:42.5 | you're at Grandma's House. Maybe you're hosting Thanksgiving. And you need something to keep you occupied. You're or you cook for all those loving faces on their way to see you. Or maybe you need something to listen to. Well, you go to the gas station. Thanksgiving morning to buy the stuff they said they would bring, but they didn't. And now you're going to pay $30 for a 12-pack for Uncle Ned to shut him up. |
| 2:03.3 | Who knows? Well, we're here to help. So let's kick off show number three like this. So |
| 2:07.7 | lots of, I was going to say no filler again, just meat, but this is all meat, probably with |
| 2:14.1 | your favorite gravy from here on out. So first interview with Scott and Perry from |
| 2:18.7 | Heights. So I met Heights in either 2009 or 2010. It was the first time I'd seen a bolt-in front |
| 2:25.7 | suspension system for a Camaro. Well, they made their name as a hot rod suspension company, |
| 2:31.5 | and I still think of them that way, but that is wrong on my part. Hot rods, |
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