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Engine Builder Issue: May, 2003
Machine Maintenance
GET IT STRAIGHT! HOW TO SET UP YOUR SURFACING MACHINE
Old Iron
A Distressed Distributor Can Ruin Your Restoration
Shop Financials
Gap Analysis Finds Unrecognized Business Inefficiencies
Making Big Decisions About Cleaning Small Parts
To America’s motoring public, an internal combustion engine is more than the sum of its parts, of course. But when they are expensive or unavailable, those parts suddenly take on an increased value.
For engine rebuilders, the question o
Thrust Bearing Failure
Thrust bearings are used to control end play in the crankshaft. End play is important because it limits the fore and aft movement of the crankshaft in the block. If an engine is assembled with too much end play in the crank, or if the thrust bea
Flow Boxes
Over the years, I have had occasion to port cylinder heads when I had no prior experience with that particular casting. The results have not always been as good as I would have liked them to be, but with only one head or one pair of heads availa
Competitive Claimers
Building Low-Cost, High-Performing Engines
Nuts About Bolts
The late Smokey Yunick, Hall of Fame race car mechanic, engine builder and car owner, once said that fastener technology used to be "cut and try." In those days if there was ever a failure the philosophy was, "go one size bigger." In today’s wor
The Wonder Spring
Higher RPM With Less Spring, Means More Power and Reliability.
Final Wrap: May
The Big Winners Made Their Own Luck in Vegas
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