Rislone Celebrates 100 Years
Rislone has announced it is celebrating its 100th year in 2021. The brand’s flagship product, Rislone Engine Treatment, was one of the first automotive chemical additives when it debuted in 1921. Over the last century, Rislone has helped hundreds of millions of people around the world take care of their vehicles for maximum performance, fuel economy and durability.
Dry Sleeving Engines
As aluminum continues to be a preferred material for newer engine blocks, and as existing cast iron blocks continue to be driven for more and more miles and under tougher and tougher operating conditions, sleeves continue to be the saving grace.
Work Stock/Pro Street 6.7L Cummins Engine
In the Midwest, the Work Stock class is a very large, very serious class featuring 900-plus horsepower engines, so when a customer came to LinCo Diesel Performance for a new engine, the shop built this 6.7L Cummins with plenty of bells and whistles. It has plenty of horsepower too. Check it out!
Arizona Speedway Will Cease Operations
San Tan Ford’s Arizona Speedway and ET Motopark, the dirt race track and off-road facility based in San Tan Valley, AZ, will cease operations this April, according to an announcement by Owners Jonah Trussell and Steve Coleman. “The Arizona State Land Department has decided that the facility and noise it produces does not fit into
Forced Induction 427 LSX Engine
When Ramiro Ramirez of Fatboys Racing Engines reached out to us again about the details of a competition level, forced induction engine he was building for a Trans-Am WS6 chassis, we had to know more. Check out this turbocharged 427 cid LSX build!
406 cid Twin-Turbo LS Engine
“The idea with the car is to have it appear and sound like a clean Foxbody. That’s the reaction I’m going for. If I pull into a car meet, I want people to say, ‘Hey, look at that. That’s clean, man. It’s probably got a cam in it.’ Then, you pop the hood and people will say, ‘Oh $&#@.’” Find out why that’ll be an appropriate response for this 406 cid twin-turbo LS engine!
680 cid John Deere Pro Stock Engine
Built to realistically hit 4,500 horsepower or more, this 680 cubic inch John Deere Pro Stock engine is completely custom built by Riverside Engines. In fact, the only stock component is the block itself. Find out what goes into this diesel engine.
S&S-Based Evolution V-Twin Engine
The engine highlighted in this week’s Engine of the Week was built for a customer up around the Toronto, Canada area. The engine is a S&S-based Harley-Davidson Evolution V-Twin, and is going to be in a Fast Bracket Race drag bike.
6.7L Enforcer Engine
After pushing his triple turbo 6.8L Cummins engine to its limits and paying the price for it, Josh McCormack didn’t let the blown up engine of his dreams keep him from another engine build. This time he turned to D&J Precision Machine’s 6.7L-based Enforcer. Find out what went into the custom build.
Four-Valve Suzuki Racing Engine
Vance & Hines recently introduced its new four-valve Suzuki race engine, an 1,850cc motor with a new cylinder head design and 400 horsepower capability. For use in Pro Stock, Pro Mod and Pro Street motorcycle drag racing classes, the company says there’s much more to come.
Michael McDowell Captures Daytona 500 and First Cup Series Win
Michael McDowell, from Front Row Motorsports, has won his first Daytona 500 and NASCAR Cup Series race. It was a story book ending for McDowell, recording the Ford Mustang’s first Daytona 500 win and his first win in his 358th career start. McDowell is the eighth driver to get his first win at Daytona. “Congratulations to
Champion Brands’ 2021 Racing Contingency Program
The Champion 2021 Racing Contingency Program is an all-encompassing marketing program designed to link Champion Motor Oils directly to regional and national racers in many sanctioned racing events in North America. Champion’s new 2021 expanded contingency program supports race teams from dirt track to pavement, gas to diesel, and circle track to drag racing with contingency cash pay-out
ProCharged 400 cid LSX Engine
With a chassis built by Miller Race Cars for a drag racing application, an SDPC Raceshop customer recently got this ProCharged 400 cid LSX engine built, which runs on race gas and methanol. Find out what helps this engine make 1,600 horsepower!
Twin Turbo 5.9L Cummins Engine
In the early 2000s, as diesel performance was coming into its own, Gomer’s Diesel Inc. and US Diesel Parts was also making the transition to more diesel repair and performance work. It did so by cutting its teeth on a white 2004 Dodge with a 5.9L Cummins engine. Today, this truck makes 1,800 hp! Find out what went into the build.
450 cid Single Turbo LS Engine
After crashing his Chevy S-10 named Toxic during a No Prep race, Sergio ‘Flaco’ Gonzalez rebuilt the truck and its LS engine set up for radial drag racing and has been competing there ever since. You won’t believe what Toxic’s new 450 cid single-turbo LS engine is capable of.
J&D Performance Sprint Car Engine
In a $60,000 Sprint Car engine with more than 900 horsepower on tap, experiencing wide open throttle for 7-9 minutes at a time, every little detail counts! Find out what kind of attention to detail goes into J&D Performance Inc.’s Sprint Car engines.
LS Engine Swap Tips
The LS was almost purposely designed for engine swapping. Today, a fledgling industry is built around LS swapping and aftermarket parts vendors ready to support them.
Sleeved and Turbocharged 6.7L Cummins Engine
MB Diesel Performance recently had a customer come in looking to upgrade his 2009 Dodge 2500 and turn it into a streetable grudge truck with steel quarter panels, steel hood, steel everything with a rebuilt 6.7L Cummins. Find out what went into the build.
Turbocharged 460 All-Billet Wagler Duramax
Having dominated sled pulling for many years, Tony Rizzi and Full Pull Diesel Performance have turned their focus to drag racing recently. Using a 1937 Chevy pickup named Outcast, Tony has his sights set on building the first all-steel diesel to run in the 3s in the 1/8th-mile. Find out what went into Outcast’s 3,500-horsepower
Twin-Turbo 427 LSX Engine
Looking to increase horsepower and decrease 1/8th-mile times, this Evo VIII owner opted to lose the 4G63 and swap in a custom-built, twin-turbo 427 LSX engine. Find out what went into the build.
