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Shop Solutions – December 2019

Tips and tricks from the industry’s engine and machine shops.

Shop Solutions – November 2019

Industry Tips and Tricks

Shop Solutions – October 2019

Industry Tips and Tricks

Shop Solutions – September 2019

Industry Tips and Tricks

Shop Solutions – August 2019

Industry Tips and Tricks

Shop Solutions – July 2019

Industry tips and tricks.

Shop Solutions – June 2019

Industry Tips and Tricks

Shop Solutions – May 2019

There’s nothing worse than having to fit a camshaft after installing new cam bearings, because they are too tight. I dial-bore gauge check all cam bores of the “known offenders.”

Shop Solutions – April 2019

Industry tips and tricks

Shop Solutions – March 2019

PARTICLE TRAY Looking for a way to make cleanup easier – or even unnecessary? In my hone, I keep a large cookie tray under the block I am processing. This creates a settling pond for most of the material that is removed during the honing process. Without the cookie tray, most of the heavy material

Shop Solutions February 2019

Instead of having my blocks all over the floor and having to use a two-wheeler all the time to move them around, I use small square moving dollies. Every block goes onto a dolley and effort goes way down.

Engine Pro January Shop Solutions

CAM BEARING ISSUES LIKELY TIED TO BURRS We’ve found that almost all issues related to camshafts being too tight in the bearings are caused by burrs in the cam tunnel, which were caused by the original bearing installation at the factory. This is especially true with split cam bearings found in an LS or late