SneedSpeed is the modern continuation of a performance story that started long before MINI Coopers, BMWs, or online parts sales.

The foundation began when Chris Sneed opened a neighborhood bike repair shop at 12 years old to make money to race mountain bikes. What started as fixing bicycles grew into mountain bike racing, fabrication, and early full-suspension bicycle frame development before suspension bikes became mainstream.

Chris later studied marketing at Western Carolina University and earned an associate degree in Race Car Technology from Forsyth Tech, combining the business side of performance with formal motorsports training.

In 2002, Chris founded Sneed’s Speed Shop. The shop began in the world of drag racing, big block Chevrolets, hot rods, and old-school American horsepower — an environment where parts either survived or failed in the real world. That became the foundation for everything that followed: fabrication, engine building, tuning, mechanical problem solving, and a belief that reputation is earned through results.

From there, Sneed’s Speed Shop evolved into import drag racing and Mazda rotary engine performance. High-RPM rotary combinations demanded a deep understanding of ignition, tuning, sealing, heat management, airflow, and durability. During this period, Chris developed his first production performance parts, including 10.4mm spark plug wire sets designed to fix the high-RPM misfires common in rotary engines, along with electric fan and shroud conversion systems for 1979–1992 Mazda RX-7 platforms.

Selling through eBay under the Sneed’s Speed Shop name, Chris expanded into remanufactured rotary engines, dyno tuning, and performance parts development. After adding an in-house chassis dyno.....