The Challenges of Rebuilding Late Model OHC Aluminum Heads
Take it apart. Put it together. Take it apart. Put it together. If taking apart and reassembling cylinder heads is eating up too much of your valuable shop time, keep reading. We have some tips on how to slash your disassembly/assembly labor costs, as well as other ways to streamline your OHC aluminum head rebuilding
Engine Valve Designs
Over the years, valve heads have come in all sizes and shapes. There has been everything from domed heads to flat heads to cupped heads. There have been many contours including different angles and radii on these domes and the same on the cups. Presumably, they all made sense to the designer at the time.
New Man In The Driver’s Seat
Incoming AERA Chairman Profile: Ed
Engine Valve Designs
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Engine Valve Designs
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Gaskets: Sealing Today’s Engines
As today
Can E-Mail Marketing Deliver for Rebuilders?
While brazen e-mail "spammers" have been rightfully relegated to the status of Web pariahs, a number of automotive rebuilders and their suppliers have quietly discovered a powerful fact about the medium. When leveraged artfully, an ethical e-mail marketing strategy can be an effective and productive sales leads generator. Indeed, while the promise of the Web
Net Worth Marketing Machine Shop Services In The New Millennium
In an age of dot-coms, sound-byte advertising and consumer attention spans getting shorter, companies from the largest to the smallest have had to adjust their marketing strategies to keep pace. Production engine remanufacturers (PERs) and machine shops/custom engine rebuilders (CERs) are no exception. Today
Rebuilding the Chrysler V6 Engine Family
Much of the information used to write this article was provided by Bruce Chapman, president, and the employees of Ontario Reman, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Reman is an authorized Chrysler engine rebuilder selling remanufactured engines and small parts to Canadian Chrysler dealers. We thank them! Chrysler introduced a whole new family of 60 degree V6
Sorting Out: Chrysler’s 238, 318, 360 Engines
The Chrysler 90 degree V6s and V8s have been as predictable as death and taxes over the years. Not long ago you could catalog two or three of each and cover everything for more than 15 years, but all of that has changed since the early
Updating the GM 2.0L Engine
Back when GM introduced the "J" cars in 1982, the original 1.8L pushrod motor was not very exciting. Chevy quickly upgraded it to a 2.0L for the Cavalier, but the other divisions (Buick, Olds and Pontiac) had already found something better. They imported the Brazilian-made 1.8L OHC engine that was originally designed for the German
Rebuilding Saturn Engines
In Jan. 7, 1985, Saturn was born when Roger Smith, the President of General Motors, announced the decision to create a whole new car company from the ground up. There were 99 people chosen to create a vision of what GM needed to do in order to prosper in the small car business into the