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The engine building market has changed dramatically due to advancements in engine technology without a doubt. Equipment needs have changed...
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The engine building market has changed dramatically due to advancements in engine technology without a doubt. Equipment needs have changed...
For many performance engine builders, the end of the year may be much busier than expected. While there is no...
It had been a long week in Las Vegas, manning the booth and getting the scoop on the performance market...
When you’re looking at connecting rods and considering returning them to service, there are many things you must consider. They...
Experts say that the key ingredient is high velocity matched with good flow. But the high flow numbers may blind...
If you’re a lover of horsepower, dirt and "black smoke," you may also have a passion for building engines in...
If you just look at the number of engines being built year after year – a steady downward trend –...
Durability is less of a concern today because the aftermarket and OEMs demand bearings that can last 150,000 miles even...
With engines now lasting as long as 150,000-plus miles, there’s little doubt that the OEMs have created a monster! Gasket...
When it comes to the various rebuilding markets, almost nothing is as specialized as industrial diesel engines. While many experts...
From a shop owner’s perspective, a good employee is one who’s never late, is extremely productive and never asks for...
Most OE engines use a wet sump system, which can be modified for performance applications to improve oil control and...
Engine balancing is an important part of the process of building a performance engine today. In order to achieve the...
“Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the recipe for perfect bores…your instructions are to produce...
Heat-treating is defined as the controlled heating and cooling of a metal in order to change its physical and mechanical...
Briggs & Stratton may not sound much like a racing pedigree to anyone not involved in karting, but to those...
Motorsports in general and Formula One in particular is the leading edge (or bleeding edge, depending on how you look...
During the last couple of AERA Shows, a seminar on machining a relatively unknown material called Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI)...
Engine builders involved in the industrial market say parts generally don’t cross over even though they may resemble their automotive...
From the early days of drag racing up until the recent past, racers built everything for their cars themselves, from...
