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Engine Builder Issue: October, 2008
Cylinder Head Air-Flow Options
When you’re building a performance engine, there are many, many variables you must take into consideration when determining which processes and components are appropriate. Which piston, which type of oil system, which power adders are needed – all of...
Oil Pumps
Maintaining adequate oil pressure and volume is absolutely essential for engine durability. The problem is the output of many stock oil pumps, particularly small block Chevy oil pumps, levels off around 5,000 rpm. At that speed, the straight cut gear...
Kicking Asphalt – The Sports Car Racing Market
In this election year it somehow seems appropriate to talk about a movement that reaches the common citizen…the working man…the small-business person. Political rhetoric aside, it has the potential to gain traction in the industry
Machining New Metals - Nickel Silicon Carbide Coatings
Cylinder wear is something you want to minimize in an engine, so in some applications, the inside surface of the cylinders are coated with a hard, wear-resistant material such as nickel and silicon carbide. Such coatings go under various names that u...
Rat Rods – Not As Low Buck As They Might First Appear
While the economy stalls – enthusiasts are building “Rat Rods” in record numbers.
Right in the middle of the economic slowdown and our government’s bailout of Wall Street, a little West Coast car event calle
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