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Engine Builder Issue: January, 2010
The Agricultural [Engine] Market
For those shops already involved in the agricultural market, the future should remain bright despite consolidation and tighter controls by the OEMs. The past few years have been some of the best ever seen in this industry as farmers in most areas of ...
Advanced Machine Tooling – Cutters and Abrasives
High speed milling machines, boring machines and sophisticated CNC machining centers are found in many machine shops today. Faster cutting speeds and automated controls have boosted productivity as well as precision. But to get the most out of these ...
Getting it Right – Using Today's Techniques to Rehab Vintage Blocks
When a historic and well-equipped company like Midwest Cylinder Head buys a modern, top-of-the-line CNC machining center you can bet it isn’t so they can look faddishly modern or for massaging the owner’s ego. It has to have a definite purpose, it ha...
Street Performance Cylinder Heads
When I was young and stupid I was heavily involved in street racing. The years 1965-1970 were fertile years for musclecar production and you didn’t have to look far to find someone in a big-block Chevelle or Hemi GTX willing to punch it off for $20.
Performance Valve Springs and Retainers
Higher valve lifts and higher engine rpms are a proven formula for making more horsepower. However, both require stiffer, stronger valve springs and lighter valvetrain components to reduce the danger of high rpm valve float, lifter bounce off the cam...
Scoping Out the Sport Compact Market
What started out in the 1990s as an affordable way for kids to bang around with cars that were often handed down from their parents or siblings, later grew into a fledgling market all its own.
Question: What’s Working? Answer: You
Someone recently lamented to me that things aren’t really that good in the engine rebuilding business these days. Is this news to you? Of course it isn’t! We all know that there are many pressures on the industry that affect our jo
It’s No Longer a Choice: You MUST Have a Business Web Presence
For the past several years, Engine Builder magazine has explained the need for your shop to have a presence on the Internet. I am about to make a statement that some of you may not agree with, but here it is anyway: “If you don’t make an effort to ga...
Ford Modular Engine Toast of 20th AETC
The 20th Annual Advanced Engineering Technology Conference (AETC) offered those in attendance a chance to unplug from one technology, – the one involving telecommunications and computers – and into another kind – the kind engine builders like best – ...
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