Engine Balancing: Old School Experience Meets New Technology
The one fact that has held true from the first engine built till today is you must have balance to hold things together and not vibrate apart. I am a Performance Engine Technology Instructor at Daytona State College, therefore I must give you a short applied physics lesson first. The force of a rotating object
Stock Car Engines and Sanctioning Bodies: Different Groups, Different Rules
But for engine builders, keeping up with these groups, and the many sets of rules, can be quite a task. How do you stay on top of what’s legal AND competitive? We will take a closer look at a number of groups that are off NASCAR’s beaten path and see what they have for rules.
Kevin Harvick Announces Finalists in $100,000 Search for a Champion Contest
The contest finalists – announced recently at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and Champion spokesperson Kevin Harvick – will each receive a $10,000 Champion racing sponsorship for the 2012 season. Selected from more than 330 contest entrants, the finalists will now compete for the $50,000 grand prize sponsorship, which will be
Recent Advancements in Racing Oils
The racing oil community has been very busy this past year. This is much more satisfying to an old “oilhead” who has seen years where there were no new racing oil developments. Racers and engine builders traditionally focus more on improvements in hard parts, because that’s what they understand best. However, recent successes in racing
Crane Cams Named Title Sponsor of V8 Stock Car Road Racing Series
V8 StockCar President Lee Arnold stated, “We are thrilled that Crane Cams, one of the great names in motorsports, has elected to partner with us. We look forward to growing the series and this partnership certainly affords us a great opportunity.”?? The V8 StockCar Road Racing Series is a touring, points championship series for fast,
1960 Indy 500 Winner Jim Rathman Dies at 83
Jim Rathmann, winner of both the 1960 Indianapolis 500 and the international 500-mile "Race of Two Worlds" in 1958 at Monza, Italy, died Nov. 23. Rathmann passed away in a hospice in Melbourne, Fla., nine days after suffering a seizure at his home. He was 83. Rathmann, who was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall
Roush Yates to Partner with Freescale Semiconductor
The new partnership brings together two industry leaders in automotive and motorsports. Freescale, as one of the world’s largest providers of automotive electronics, provides the processing power behind NASCAR’s 2012 Sprint Cup Series switch to fuel injection and is the official automotive semiconductor of NASCAR. Roush Yates is recognized as one of the premier engine
Melling to Sponsor Brian Keselowski at Michigan International Speedway
Melling Engine Parts is set to return as sponsor for Brian Keselowski’s K-Automotive Motorsports No.92 Chevrolet at Michigan International Speedway. The Melling family has a long history in NASCAR starting when owner, Harry Melling of Melling Tool, sponsored Benny Parsons in 1979. Mark Melling, CEO of Melling Engine Parts, said of its one-race sponsorship of
AMSOIL Launches New Racing Website
AMSOIL has launched a new website, www.amsoilracing.com, dedicated to its commitment to various forms of motorsports and event marketing. The new website highlights the company’s partnerships in the top levels ofmotorsports, including motorcycle, off-road truck and snowmobileracing. Team profiles, event schedules and up-to-the-minute results andnews will be available on the site. Daily columns featuring insightinto
Shell Makes Switch to Penske Racing in 2011
From Speedtv.com Shell Oil Company and PenskeCorporation have announced a multi-year cross business alliance starting inthe 2011 racing season. The new alliance allows Shell and Pennzoil toexpand their motorsports presence as it includes a primary sponsorshipwith 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Kurt Busch and the No. 22 car,as well as associate sponsorships promoting Shell
Mysterious Processes, Proven Results
While cryogenics – the technology for producing and using cold in a variety of ways – saw significant achievements in technology and applications in the latter half of the twentieth century?(and continuing, of course, today), scientists have been developing ways to make things colder and colder since the late 1800s. The successful process of liquifying
International Motorsports Center to House the Corporate Headquarters of ISC, NASCAR and Grand-Am
For more than 50 years, Daytona Beach has been the mecca of motorsportsracing due to the vision of "Big" Bill France. Where there was nothingbut open fields and saw grass, he envisioned huge crowds cheering thefastest cars and drivers racing at a spectacular world-class facility.Through the France family’s hard work, the “Great American Race,” theDaytona
Crane Cams Reopens Under Ownership of S&S Cycle
Performance industry icon Crane Camshas reopened under the new ownership of S&S Cycle, and is activelyengaged in manufacturing and sales operations of its ignition andmotorcycle lines. The company, founded by Harvey J. Crane in 1953, isnewly housed in a facility at 1640 Mason Ave. in Daytona Beach, and anumber of long-term Crane employees have
EFI Introduction 101
EFI has become the tool that has unlocked the next level of engine performance. Nowhere is it more evident than in drag racing, where EFI has taken over where the rules permit. Take Joe Dunn’s Pat Musi-powered ’68 Camaro that just rocked the competition with a 6.38 @ 218 mph pass. Its 755 cid big-block
Crane Cams’ Auction Company Says Sale Not Done
LiquiTec Industries Inc., which has been engaged to liquidate the assets of Crane Cams Inc. of Daytona Beach, Fla., one of the largest manufacturers of camshafts and valve train components for the performance industry, says that the deal to sell the company to Scorpion Performance is in serious negotiations but not yet a done deal.
Rebuilding the Chrysler Hemi
Chrysler made the Hemi engine famous. They didn’t invent the hemispherical chamber, but they were the first to build an engine with a hemi chamber for an American car back in 1951. They originally called it the “Double Rocker Shaft V8,” but it soon became “the Hemi.” It made a lot more power than the
Aftermarket Icon, Ed Justice Sr., Dead at 87
Ed Justice, Sr., the last of three brothers who founded Justice Brothers, Inc. which would become a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of car care additives, lubricants and cleaners, has died. He was 87. Justice died August 30, 2008 of complications due to kidney failure in Arcadia, California, said son Ed Justice, Jr. With $2,500 profit
For JGR’s engine builder, it’s been really early to rise
"This was the worst offseason I personally have had in a long time,"Cronquist admitted. "Just because it was trying to get the pieces andthe parts and where they go and what they are, and a part number to gowith them … just so I can give to my guys [the JGR engine assemblers]what I need
Federal-Mogul
Federal-Mogul Corporation’s Fel-Pro® PermaTorqueMLS® multi-layer-steel performance head gaskets sealed the engines for nine of the top 10 finishers – including race-winner Ryan Newman of Penske Racing – at the 2008 Daytona 500. The winners of dozens of NASCAR Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck series races, Fel-Pro PermaTorqueMLS head gaskets are available for an extensive range
Pennzoil Unveils New
Pennzoil has embarked upon a new brand strategy that makes strong claims about the oil’s ability to help keep a vehicle’s engine clean. The company’s new brand initiative is built around the theme of “Feel the Clean” and will be supported by a new advertising campaign that made its debut with new television, print and