A Future Engine Builder and His Volkswagen VR6 Build
Bas Willems is just 20 years old, but he’s already eyeing a future as an engine builder following automotive school and completing projects like this Volkswagen VR6 engine build.
Roush Yates Engines Wins MAHLE Engine Builders of the Year Award
Doug Yates of Roush Yates Engines received the MAHLE Engine Builder of the Year Award for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The award for the Monster Energy Cup Series was based on the outstanding performance of Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford.
Don’s Auto Named Vintage Engine Builder of the Year
Does it make good business sense to leave a lucrative career as an expert craftsman to take over an aging business serving cars and trucks built long before fuel injection was invented? If you’re Tony Pontillo, owner of Don’s Auto Parts & Machine Shop, it’s not only logical, it provides a great opportunity to give
Freedom Racing Engines Named Diesel Engine Builder of the Year
As so many of the best things do, a good-natured competition between brothers has developed into a successful growing business serving customers across the country. What started in a coal barn in “the middle of nowhere, IN” has grown in a short period of time into one of the most respected performance diesel engine building
Borowski Wins Race Engine Builder of the Year
How Ken and Joe McCaul Reinvigorated Rockdale, IL’s Borowski Race Engines When opportunity knocks, you answer the door. At least if you’re Ken and Joe McCaul you do, and you’re glad that you did. Joe and Ken are a father and son team who purchased Borowski Race Engines in Rockdale, IL, a suburb of Joliet,
How and Why Engine Builders Buy Engine Brands
The parts you put into your engines and keep on your shelves for resale are far more than just generic automotive components. You need them to be what you need, where you need, when you need. They’re not just plastic and metal inanimate objects – they’re your reputation. Maintaining that reputation for excellence means you
Happy Holidays From Engine Builder Magazine
Have a safe and happy holiday season from the Engine Builder team.
The 2018 Engine Builders of the Year Announced
The 2018 awards for Race, Diesel and Vintage Engine Builders of the Year were presented by Engine Builder magazine publisher/editor Doug Kaufman during a special winner’s reception Wednesday, December 5 at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Downtown Indianapolis.
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.
Engine Builders of the Year 2018 – Announcement 12/6/18
Engine Builder magazine will be introducing its Performance, Diesel and Vintage Engine Builders of the Year for 2018 in partnership with Fel-Pro, Speed Pro and Sealed Power brands on 12/6/2018 at the PRI Show in Indianapolis.
Software for Engine Builders and Shops
I’m at the perfect age: old enough to know better, but still young enough to try. That also means that my generation is old enough to remember the sound of a typewriter, rotary phones, factory carburetors, and we got in on the ground floor of the PC revolution. Nowadays, everyone has a smart phone in
What Engine Builders Build When Not Building Engines
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times – engine building is as much an art as a science. Sure, an amazing sound system, radical suspension and custom wheels are a nice addition to any vehicle, but where is the first place anyone looks at a car on display? Under the hood.
Enter Now for Engine Builder of the Year Consideration
As of May 1, 2018, engine builders, customers and fans have been able to nominate their favorite custom engine builder for one of the titles of Engine Builder of the Year. Together with our title sponsor Fel-Pro Performance Gaskets and several other iconic brands from Federal-Mogul Motorparts, we will announce the names of our Race,
Engine Builder Oil Survey
Oil is the lifeblood of any engine. As such, we want to know as much about it as possible, and that includes understanding how all you engine builders utilize it. Help us out by taking 2 minutes to answer these 8 questions, which will shape future editorial content for our print publication.
Engine Math for Engine Builders
Engine building is a numbers game. Whether you like math or not, you often have to use it when figuring things like engine displacement, airflow, compression ratios and valve lift. Knowing how to calculate these values and how to use the numbers to match pistons, cylinder heads, cams, carburetors and valve train components can help
EPA and the Engine Builder
The Environmental Protection Agency affects every aspect of our lives in one way or another. What we drive and how we enjoy our leisure activities are only part of its purview. The concern by many automotive industry insiders is that unchecked, unnecessary regulations will severely impact a strong economic sector.
Success On – and Off – the Track for Dayton, Ohio Engine Builder Bobby Jacks
It isn’t often that successful performance on the track and effective engine building skills come from the same individual. But for Ohio resident and Daytonian Bobby Jacks who, after many decades of experience, has proven that one can have considerable talent in both.
Engine Builder Job Fair
We realize that the toughest thing in any business is attracting and keeping quality employees. So with that said, Engine Builder magazine wants to help in any way we can. To start, if you’re one of those shops looking to hire, let us know!
Engine Builder Subscriber Pens Historical Aviation Novel
After three decades of research, followed by eight years of challenging writing, Model Aviation Hall Of Fame inductee and engine builder Dave Gierke has finished a two-volume, lightly dramatized biographical novel based on the brilliant, but unrecognized American aviation pioneer, Augustus Moore Herring. “To Caress the Air: Augustus Herring and the Dawn of Flight –
