Catching Up with King Engine Bearings CEO, Omer Zaslavsky
When we started here in the U.S., we were facing loyal customers of other brands. It was a huge challenge to convince them to try our bearings.
G&R Diesel – Engine Builder Profile
G&R Diesel first opened in 2008 working on class 8 trucks, but with a strong market and the growing popularity of diesel pickup trucks, it wasn’t long until they added diesel performance to their list of services.
Diesel Engines & the EPA
Before the EPA started snooping around, there were relatively few restrictions on diesels. That’s starting to change.
Street and Drag Racing Transmissions
In today’s world, racing and street-driven vehicles are blending together in the same category, with street-driven vehicles yielding more power than ever imagined. These vehicles require drivetrains that can handle the extreme power and for those reasons, you’ve got to put more “green” in the transmission.
Pistons in 2020
If you’ve got an engine, you want to make more horsepower, and these days, everybody’s got four-digit power levels in mind. Better pistons are one of the key components in being able to achieve those numbers.
GM 604 Crate Engine
These GM 604 and 602 crate engines have found favor with some racers, and just as with any engine, they do wear out and break. There is a need for shops that can rebuild these engines.
50 Years of Performance Timing Sets
Timing sets aren’t the most glamorous or trick item in a racing or street engine, but it is a very necessary piece. If your timing isn’t right, the list of engine damage can get lengthy.
Sprint Car Engine Update
Sprint Cars are exciting to watch and even more exciting to drive, but, like most other forms of racing, the costs to run a competitive car have ballooned in recent years.
Race Engine Packages
Pick a formula that’s repeatable, verify your horsepower, create your marketing and you have an engine package.
Pro Racing Rules for 2020
The top professional racing series, while they’re only a small percentage of the total racing universe, represent the trends that get passed down to other grassroots level divisions.
Who Needs a Boost?
We’ve figured out how to utilize all the common power adders – turbochargers, superchargers and nitrous – to an efficient extent. We also know all too well the strain they put on engines and how we need to build one for it to hold together when we unleash the unnatural aspiration we so often desire.
The V-Twin Engine Market
The V-twin market has been slowly tumbling downhill for the past few years, but it’s not all bad news. The two-wheeled community is coming together to form initiatives that will bring in new riders, and Harley says it signed up more than 3 million of them in 2019.
