UEM Pistons Names Nick D’Agostino as Director of Product Development
In his new role, D’Agositino will be managing UEM’s diverse piston offerings and the development of both cast and forged piston applications.
JE Pistons Partners with Parts Unlimited & Drag Specialties
Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties, two of the world’s largest distributors of aftermarket accessories in the powersports industry, will be stocking JE’s full-range of off-the-shelf piston offerings.
Coating For Performance
In today’s performance driven, engine building world, everyone wants to squeeze out another few horsepower, deliver more torque, create less friction, wear and heat, and ultimately, make the engine last longer. How do you all of that you ask? Parts coatings.
Crowning Glory – Coatings Make Great Pistons Even Better
Piston crown coating is a surprisingly affordable way to increase engine efficiency, horsepower and durability. It’s often said the internal combustion engines, which hold a special love/hate place in our heart, are basically air pumps, and while that’s a useful mental model when considering many aspects of how they operate, it’s more accurate to say
MAHLE Motorsport Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coating for PowerPak Pistons
MAHLE Motorsport now offers a proprietary thermal barrier coating application for any PowerPak performance forged piston – gas or diesel. This ceramic-based thermal application greatly reduces heat transfer for improved performance.
Performance Engine Tuning
Poorly tuned engines don’t make as much power, period. If the engine responds to something, keep giving it more until it responds negatively.
UEM ICON LS Series Pistons
United Engine & Machine has announced a new series of ICON LS Series Pistons. They are available now in three levels of higher performance and are offered as pistons with pin sets or piston, pin and ring kits.
Valley Performance and Machine Service’s 376 cid Mopar Engine
Building engines for customers is what pays the bills, but it’s not very often that engine builders get to go head-to-head for bragging rights outside of the racetrack.
Pistons & Rings Update
While piston materials and designs have evolved over the years to compensate for higher pressures and heat expansion, selecting a piston that is optimized for combustion chamber conditions can be challenging because there are so many variables to consider.
Street Performance Cylinder Heads Selection Guidelines
In simple terms, the cylinder head is just a casting that tops off the engine block, holds the valves and forms the combustion chambers. Working in combination with the camshaft(s), induction and exhaust systems, the head determines how the engine breathes, the engine’s power curve and personality. The “right” cylinder head will deliver peak power
JE Pistons Unveils First-Ever Masters of Motors Competition at SEMA 2018
The first-ever Masters of Motors award put on by JE Pistons with the help of motor-minded judges, recognized engine builders’ hard work, creativity and commitment to combustion on a national stage.
UEM Pistons Announces All-New Website
United Engine & Machine has announced the launch of its extensive new web site. UEM’s new site features a host of new options for finding the right high performance or OE replacement piston for a specific application.
JE Pistons Appoints Cindy Verkooij as General Manager
JE Pistons has announced that former CP-Carrillo veteran Cindy Verkooij has been named the brand’s new general manager. Verkooij is a 21-year veteran of the performance aftermarket industry.
Should I Reuse My Pistons or Order New Ones? How To Tell If Pistons Are Still Good
Freshening an engine has always been a game of careful disassembly and evaluating the components for wear followed by a series of judgment calls that balance the cost of new parts against further pushing the veterans. Evaluating pistons takes a practiced eye, but there are several checking points that any engine builder can use to
Total Seal HSS High Performance Diesel 2.0mm High Speed Top Rings
Total Seal has announced new 2.0mm Rectangular High Speed Steel (HSS) Top rings for Diesel aftermarket high performance pistons. Rectangular rings offer superior ring seal and decreased blow-by when compared to OE style Keystone rings.
Performance Oiling Systems
Regardless of what type of engine you are building, the oiling system must be capable of creating and maintaining adequate oil pressure and flow no matter what. Accelerating, cornering, hard braking or extreme RPMs should not cause even a momentary drop in oil pressure. It only takes a few seconds of oil starvation to spin
High Performance Heavy-Duty Engine Look at Diesels Through a Different Lens
Across much of the highway system of the U.S., heavy trucks race almost non-stop to their next destination. Actually, because of DOT regulations and self-enacted restrictions from nearly every fleet operation, those trucks are more likely to be driven safely and efficiently. On several race tracks across the United States, though, diesel tractors with C12
Skip White Performance 434 Small Block Chevy Engine
Skip White Performance is one of the biggest players in the industry pumping out an annual average of 900-1,000 engines each year. One of those engines, and one of the shop’s more popular models, is this 434 small block Chevy engine. Find out the details of what goes into this ‘All Out’ engine package.
UEM Subaru sti Hi Boost 2.5L Pistons
The new pistons are crafted from 2618 alloy and include Line2Line Abradable coating that “abrades” in for a perfect honed-in fit. Other features include type 3 hard anodized top ring groove with a Ultratherm thermal barrier coating on the crown.
Heavy-Duty Pistons
For heavy-duty applications, the answer for today’s diesel engine is the use of steel pistons. Steel pistons have been used for quite some time but they face a whole new set of challenges.
