S&S Cycle 129/132” Power Packages for 2017-2023 M8 Engines
S&S is combining its brand new 129” and 132” bolt-in big bore kits with lots of goodies to achieve the ultimate engine build.
D&J 6.7L Ford Powerstroke X-Beam Rods 2017-2019
D&J has designed these rods with pressure-lubed wrist pins for the best in durability and performance.
Jasper Names 2017 Core Supplier Award Winners
Jasper Engines & Transmissions has named its Core Supplier Award winners for their performance throughout the 2017 calendar year. There were six corporate recipients named.
Brian Lohnes Named 2017 MPMC Robert E. Petersen Award Winner
NHRA announcer Brian Lohnes, also of BangShift.com, was named the 2017 Robert E. Petersen Award recipient last month at the 2018 MPMC Media Trade Conference Media Appreciation Reception.
Jeremy Wagler Named Diesel Engine Builder of the Year 2017
Opened in 2012, Wagler Competition Products (WCP) located in Odon, IN, is a full machine shop specializing in diesel work with a focus on the Duramax engine.
Shop Solutions – March 2017
If you are shot blasting an engine block but want to protect the crankshaft housing bore surfaces, you can install some used upper main bearing shells in place, then secure them to the block with a threaded rod or machine screws with a nut up in the cam housing tunnel area.
Shop Solutions – April 2017
Exhaust manifolds can be resurfaced using a surface grinder with the typical universal cylinder head fixture. First start by tapping threads in the thru holes.
Matt Dickmeyer Crowned 2017 Race Engine Builder of the Year
Whatever Matt Dickmeyer is doing as the owner of Dickmeyer Automotive Engineering in South Whitley, IN, it’s been working. Matt was recently named the 2017 Race Engine Builder of the Year by Engine Builder magazine and contest sponsor Federal-Mogul Motorparts’ Fel-Pro Performance Gaskets and Speed-Pro brands.
Shop Solutions – December 2017
It can be much easier to install and remove spark plugs, when space is tight due to header configuration by notching out one section of a spark plug socket. This will allow for a better angle, and you can still use the hex head rather than a ratchet drive.
Shop Solutions – November 2017
Priming an engine with a half-inch drill and getting oil to all rockers without this mod takes 36 minutes. After the mod it takes less than a minute. Here’s what I do on Dart Big M blocks.
Shop Solutions – October 2017
Some cylinder heads, like small block Mopars, have the intake manifold bolt holes at a slight angle from the manifold flange. This makes it hard to mount on our surfacing machine milling plate because, when you tighten up the mounting studs against the plate, it wants to bend the stud.
September 2017 Shop Solutions
In our shop we seem to constantly be moving cylinder heads around. First, from arrival at the door to a tear down bench, then to the jet wash, to a storage shelf, to benches to be worked on and then to benches to be assembled. To do it all efficiently, we have three 34” tall 4-wheel carts.
NGK Awards Winners at 2017 NGK F1 Powerboat Series Banquet
NGK Spark Plugs recently held the first annual awards banquet for the NGK Spark Plugs F1 Powerboat Championship Series in New Orleans. Formula 1 International Hall of Fame Inductee, Bill Seebold, served as master of ceremonies.
Team Fel-Pro Wins 2017 Hot Rodders of Tomorrow National Championship
A total of forty-five teams competed at the SEMA and PRI shows just to get into the Elite Eight competition. The top four SEMA show seeds against the top four PRI show seeds.
Introducing the 2017 Engine Builders of the Year Sponsored by Federal-Mogul Motorparts
Engine Builder magazine and Federal-Mogul Motorparts recently announced the 2017 Engine Builders of the Year at a party on December 6 at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Indianapolis ahead of the 2017 PRI Show.
GMS Racing Engines’ S&S-Based Evolution V-Twin Voted 2017 Engine of the Year
We first met Gregg Dahl of GMS Racing Engines, located in Uniontown, PA, at the 2016 PRI Show. Fast forward a year to the 2017 PRI Show, and we met with Gregg again. This time we were awarding him for his engine, a S&S-Based Harley-Davidson Evolution V-Twin.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Ray Evernham to Speak at 2017 AETC
Ray Evernham, NASCAR Hall of Fame 2018 inductee, will be the featured speaker at the 2017 Advanced Engineering Technology Conference (AETC), December 5–6 at the Indiana Convention Center, two days prior to the start of the PRI Trade Show.
Industry’s Top Award Winners Announced at 2017 SEMA Show
More than 3,000 automotive aftermarket professionals gathered for the industry’s preeminent awards ceremony, the SEMA Industry Awards Banquet, held at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas.
MAHLE Plans Full Schedule for AAPEX 2017
MAHLE Aftermarket Inc. and MAHLE Service Solutions will be holding a number of events and training sessions at this year’s AAPEX in Las Vegas.
Royal Purple to Debut New Products and Unveil a GAP Racing 1967 Camaro at the 2017 SEMA Show
Royal Purple has announced it will release two new weights of its renowned XPR line of oil, including 5W-40 and 5W-40 at the 2017 SEMA show in Las Vegas, October 31 – November 3.
