2021 Editions Archives - Page 2 of 10 - Engine Builder Magazine
Shop Cleanliness and Efficiency

Cleanliness and efficiency go hand in hand, and often help to churn out a better product for the customer.

Clean Garage
Cleaning Equipment in Today’s Shops

Keeping components and parts in your shop clean is of utmost importance, second only to washing your hands.

Cleaning Feature
Speed of Air Engine Technology

Speed of Air’s patented technology can easily and effectively optimize combustion to deliver a significant increase in power.

Speed of Air Truck
Shop Solutions October 2021

When installing a shorter connecting rod than a crankshaft was meant for, it is sometimes necessary to clearance the counterweights.

October Shop Solutions
Experience Always Wins

Formula 1 racing often tells smaller stories within each individual race; the final stretches of the Russian Grand Prix proved in my eyes that experience always wins.

EMCO Gears: Bringing Motorsports Transmissions to the Street

Larry Bishop, director of motorsports for EMCO Gears, got his start rebuilding transmissions early on in his family run shop. “My grandfather was rebuilding transmissions and working on cars and my dad and uncle followed him into the business. I got my start working for my dad and then went to work for a Chevy dealerbriefly

Transmission
Closed-Deck Engine Block Conversions

Want power at a low cost? Reliability will become your issue. Want it built for power and reliability? That’s going to hit your wallet harder… or is it? Enter the world of block conversions.

Closed Deck
Nissan Engines

DRZA Auto is no stranger to Nissan engines, in fact, it’s one of their specialities. Read below to learn about owner Derek Cho-Sam’s experience building Nissan SR20 and RB line engines for his customers!

Nissan Engines
Building Air-Cooled VW Engines

VWs are essentially the hot rods of the air-cooled world and because of that, there are some big name manufacturers that have been around for many years producing good quality, high-performance VW engine parts – Scat Crankshafts, Engle Cams, CB Performance, AA Performance, Pauter Machine, and Gene Berg – to name a few

VW Air-Cooled
Drifting with Dry Sump Oiling Systems

Choosing between a wet sump oiling system and a dry sump oiling system comes down to a few key factors such as the application, the engine’s horsepower and rpm range and how much you’re willing to invest in a lubrication system. Your choice may also be limited by track rules. For customers who have already

Dy Sump Oiling System
A Look Inside Formula Drift

Drift cars are usually light- to moderate-weight rear-wheel-drive coupes and sedans, offering a large range of power levels.

Drift Viper
Shop Solutions September 2021

In the event you come up missing a set screw or oil galley plug and need to finish a job, one can be quickly made by threading the head of a stainless-steel hex-socket head cap screw

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