Radial Motion’s 3-Cylinder Compact Radial Engine
Radial Motion’s three-cylinder compact radial engine is a four-stroke gas engine in a 120° radial configuration. Lightweight and compact, the 2.0L and 2.1L engines deliver both performance and reliability with unique visual appeal and an emotive exhaust note. The engine is capable of withstanding high cylinder pressures, making it well suited for turbocharging and supercharging. Check it out!
Wiring Harness Tips & Tricks
We recently caught up with Jeremy Gibbons of Indy Wiring Services to discuss wiring looms and what engine builders need to make better harnesses for their customers.
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.
DEI Celebrates 25th Anniversary
DEI is celebrating 25 years of sales, service and support as an innovator of heat and sound control products. Founded in 1995 by performance industry veteran Dale Markley and his wife Nancy, DEI quickly earned a reputation in the Cleveland, OH area and beyond for its dynamic, pioneering solutions to combat power-robbing under-hood heat issues.
Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Heads to Indy
The First Half of the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge 2018 Dual Championship took place at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. It included 27 teams from coast to coast to battle to be one of the Top 4 teams to move on and compete in the Elite 8 playoffs for the 2018 National Championship at the PRI Show.
King Hosts Championship Race Engine Builder Round Table at PRI 2018
King Engine Bearings will sponsor a powerful technical seminar at the 2018 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, featuring four championship race engine builders: Scott Priebe – AMS Performance, Vince Griffin – RalliSpec, Mark Conte – Real Street Performance and Kevin Kempf – Speed Factory Racing.
Blue Collar? No, NEW Collar Jobs Redefining Labor Day
TechForce Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on championing students to and through their technical education and into careers as professional transportation technicians, has launched its Because I’m a Tech campaign (hashtag #becauseimatech) to coincide with Labor Day. The campaign is designed to educate teens and parents that there’s more than one road to success, that a technical education and career is
Norton Pneumatic Die Grinder
Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives, an abrasives manufacturer, has introduced its Norton Die Grinder, the latest addition to its new professional tool line. The Norton Pneumatic Die Grinder quickly and comfortably accomplishes a wide range of portable grinding applications.
Taking Over the World of Engine Building
What you should know if your business is going international Not many businesses are satisfied with simply maintaining a local clientele. Just as customers typically want bigger and bigger engines, engine shops are looking to grow their business reach outside their town, city or state. In some cases, engine shops reach an international clientele, making
Taking Over the World of Engine Building
Not many businesses are satisfied with simply maintaining a local clientele. Just as customers typically want bigger and bigger engines, engine shops are looking to grow their business reach outside their town, city or state. In some cases, engine shops reach an international clientele, making their engines and services available to the world. While there’s
Is the End in Sight for the Internal Combustion Engine?
My wife has a weekly subscription to a London-based magazine called The Economist. The magazine has been around since 1843 and exists to take part in “a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.”
Dayton, OH is a Hot Bed of Hot Shot Engine Builders
What do you almost immediately think of when the town of Dayton, OH is mentioned? Hey, that’s easy! It would have to be aviation and the home of the Wright Brothers Lifting that spindly flying machine into the air WAS certainly an accomplishment of huge proportions.
Snap-on Essentials for the Shop
Tools matter when it comes to getting the job done right, and Snap-on continues to be at the forefront of innovation, developing new solutions to ensure engine builders are ready for even the most challenging task.
Total Seal Piston Rings’ Joe Moriarty Sr. Passes Away
Joe Moriarty Sr., founder of Total Seal Piston Rings, lost his battle with heart disease and passed away June 1, 2016 at his home in Phoenix, Arizona. Joe was a prolific inventor, holding several patents on Piston Rings, including Total Seal’s Gapless and Diamond Finish rings.
Walbro Appoints Tony Brancato Vice President of its Aftermarket Division
Walbro LLC, a carburetor manufacturer and supplier of fuel injection, ignition, and fuel systems components, has announced the appointment of Tony Brancato as Vice President of its Aftermarket division. Brancato joins Walbro with more than 30 years of experience.
Dura-Bond Hires Andre Moser as General Sales Manager
Dura-Bond has announced the addition of Andre Moser as general sales manager. Andre will be instrumental in growing the rapidly expanding transmission segment of the business along with other core product lines.
Allison Power
In December, we discussed the use of Allison engines – originally designed for use in WWII fighter planes – in watercraft applications. Now, we’ll pick up the story of these versatile powerplants finding success on dry land.
The Sweeney Automotive and Tractor School
Emory Sweeney founded the Sweeney Automobile and Tractor School, in May of 1908 in Kansas City, MO with just five students enrolled. Started on a shoestring, the enrollment fees collected from the first five students were used to rent a building and buy teaching supplies for a month.
PRW Welcomes Debbie O’Connell as New Purchasing Agent
PRW Industries Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance engine components for hot rods and race cars, has announced that Debbie O’Connell has joined the PRW team as its new purchasing agent. Prior to working in the automotive aftermarket, she spent the last 8 1/2 years as the procurement supervisor for an FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) repair
Handling Stress Fractures
Salvaging Cracked or Flawed Engine Parts through Detection and Repairs Cracks are often blamed as the cause of a head failure. In many instances, the cracks are not the cause of the failure, but a symptom of another underlying problem such as overheating, detonation or incorrect installation (wrong torque on head bolts, dirty bolt threads,
