DC Sports was founded
by Darrell and Darrick Contreras as a high quality designer and
manufacturer of performance products to address the developing Sport
Compact Market. In 1987, American Honda commissioned
DC
Sports to develop a header for their
SCCA
prepped CRX’s and the result cumulated was our first 4 into 1 header
design. It was so well received that Honda requested headers for other
applications. That system is the one that started it all (
HHC5002)
The Sport Compact Market was originally based almost entirely on the
air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle, but beginning in the 1970s, and into the
1980s, the Sport Compact Market was primarily based on popular Japanese
small cars that were great cars to begin with, but also excellent
platforms for various tuning modifications.
Throughout the 1990s,
DC Sports was
synonymous with Honda and Acura performance and expanded its product
line to include Street-Legal and Competition Headers, Exhaust Systems,
Strut Tower Braces, Short Shifters, and other accessories.
DC Sports developed unique designs that performed
better and therefore became the brand of choice for serious Honda and
Acura enthusiasts.
DC Sports has always been
first and foremost about performance but there is also no other product
that has the
DC Sports look, feel, and
quality.
In 2004,
DC Sports was purchased by
Advanced Engine Management (
AEM), a leading
manufacturer of performance parts specializing in air induction and
electronics for the Sport Compact and Truck/
SUV
Markets.
AEM continued the strong
DC Sports tradition of producing the very best
exhaust products and developed an even stronger connection to
motorsports for the brand.
Pilot Automotive entered the picture in 2007 when it purchased the
aftermarket assets and intellectual property of
DC
Sports from
AEM. Pilot is one of the largest
accessory and performance product suppliers to both the automotive and
truck markets. Pilot owns a number of well known brands such as Pilot,
Red Line,
APC,
Bully, The Baja Champions,
DME (Design
Motorsports Engineering),
VPS (Vehicle
Performance Systems), Racing Sports Akimoto, and Dub Air.
DME and
DC Sports operate
as sister companies and now with the addition of Racing Sports Akimoto,
the Pilot Group can offer products such as Air Intake Systems, Headers,
and Cat-Back Exhaust Systems that are designed to work together. Every
DC Sports
product design is dyno-tested to achieve the maximum performance. Since
the acquisition by Pilot,
DC Sports is already
at work on new applications.
DC Sports has a comprehensive global
distribution network and is headquartered in City of Industry,
California. The
DC Sports brand will always
stand for the very best in performance!