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8/26/2008 Understanding the New Depreciation Deductions The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 includes two valuable changes that allow much faster depreciation deductions for busi 8/1/2008 Machine Maintenance: Sustaining Your Crew Includes Your Best Friend  By Dave Monyhan Over the past few years, I’ve been writing about proper maintenance of the machines in your shop. This month, I plan to talk about maintaining something that’s not necessarily essentia... 7/29/2008 Fuel Situation Which Will Force Changes Probable Causes to Be Followed in Solving the Fuel Conservation Problem 7/15/2008 Managing Charges In Times of Great Change  By Mitch Schneider What do you do when nothing seems familiar anymore? When every challenge appears different and somehow inconsistent with anything 7/1/2008 The View From 37,000 Feet  By Mitch Schneider I had just settled into my seat in what I thought was the “back” of t 6/11/2008 Every Other NASCAR Engine Builder Told ‘Not This Year’ By Pro Motor  By Doug Kaufman When they finished as runners 6/3/2008 Leverage Your Relationships Why businesses should focus on their best customers during an economic slump 5/19/2008 10 Ideas to Improve Employee Retention  By Jeff Stankard Marketing gurus say it’s less expensive to keep an existing customer than it is to go out and attract a new one. The same can be said for a good technician. There has been a lot written through the ye... 5/5/2008 For JGR's engine builder, it's been really early to rise  By Joe Menzer Cronquist heads overhaul of motors from Chevy to Toyota 5/1/2008 A Total Eclipse Of The Son  By Mitch Schneider Editor’s note: This cautionary tale of dealing with someone who thinks he knows more than he does about the right parts for his engine comes from Mitch Schneider...but you’ll relate to it very easily. 5/1/2008 Five Plans To Turn A Profit From Sales of Performance Parts  By Dave Sutton It seems that lately everyone wants to build high performance engines and sell high performance parts. But it has not always been that way. In the 1950s and ’60s, high performance engine buil... 4/16/2008 Machine Maintenance: Time For Spring Cleaning  By Dave Monyhan Spring is a great time to spruce up the outside of the shop. This is your first chance to make an impression on your customer. Now keep in mind, you probably don’t need to go as far as a retail store ... 4/8/2008 O'Reilly Automotive CEO Greg Henslee Talks about the Recent Acquisition of CSK Auto  By Amy Antenora O’Reilly Automotive recently signed a definitive merger agreement with CSK Auto Corp., to acquire the company for approximately $1 billion. Shortly following the announcement, O’Reilly CEO Greg Hensle... 3/26/2008 Old Iron: Tuning A Carbureted Engine  By Henry P. Olsen Here is the method we use to tune a vintage carburetorated engine that was originally “tuned” for leaded gasoline so it can perform its best with the gasoline of today. 3/19/2008 To Dyno or Not To Dyno...That is the Question  By Harold Bettes With reluctant apologies to William Shakespeare, it is a difficult question. 3/1/2008 Stroker Tips from the Pros  By Len Emanuelson Some great advice from the folks who build big strokers for a living. In this installment on strokers we will take the bigger perspective consulting several pro engine builders who build 600-900 cid e... 2/28/2008 Alcohol: It’s Not Just For Sippin’ Anymore  By Norm Brandes Why would you want to burn a fuel that has 60 percent of the available heat of gasoline and has incombustible water as a product of combustion? (This is the enhanced web version) 2/21/2008 What's Hot in the Street Rod Engine Market  By John Carollo Street rod engines have moved away from the traditional small block Chevy to just about anything that will fit into a frame and even a few that won’t. We can credit the hobby or industry, the OEMs or ... 1/25/2008 AETC Brings Great Minds Together for the Eighteenth Year  By Brendan Baker This year’s AETC was held December 3-5 in Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center with the theme, “The Power of Fuels: Winning with Tomorrow’s Fuel Technology.” 1/25/2008 Loving Your Job, Losing Your Shirt?  By Doug Kaufman While some of you might argue that counting your profits takes the least amount of time in your day, it’s no doubt the most important part – or so I always thought. 1/25/2008 Ten Commandments and Two Ideas To Make More Money  By Len Emanuelson Performance work carries a much higher profit margin and faces less competition than remans. It also requires more from you as an engine builder in customer service and professionalism. 1/16/2008 Ensuring The Job's Done Right "Don't blame me. It's not my fault." How many times have you either heard or spoken those sentences when undertaking work as either a service facility or automotive shop owner. 11/4/2007 Hey, It’s Cold In Here!  By Mike DuBois Wherever two or more shall gather… Somebody is bound to be too hot or too cold! It seems to be a fact of life, people can never agree about the temperature inside. This one says it’s too hot, while th... 11/4/2007 The Tool Salesman Doesn’t Stop At Our Shop Anymore  By Jerry McLain Our tool man, or perhaps I should say tool person, doesn’t stop at our shop any longer. First one week, then another went by without seeing the tool person pull in. I thought perhaps our tool person h... 9/12/2007 Wisconsin’s Wegner Automotive Uses High-Tech Scanning Software To Duplicate Performance Porting Casey Wegner has become an expert head porter, like his father, and his company is working with Advanced Design Concepts (ADC) to recreate high-performance, hand-ground cylinder ports faster and more ...

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