Race Engine Challenge Crowns Greg Brown Dyno Champ
The inaugural American Iron 2-valve Shootout Race Engine Challenge, presented by VP Fuels and Lubricants, held October 2-6, 2018 in Charlotte, NC, featured 12 engine builders from across the United States putting their most creative builds against each other in a dyno racing competition. Following five days of competition, Greg Brown, Hammerhead Performance Engines, Snellville, GA, was
You Didn’t Need a V8
What to Know When Rebuilding Ford’s Powerful 3.5L Six-Cylinder Engine Platform Originally named TwinForce, Ford had a simple and specific directive with the development of its new engine family: “Build a low-emissions vehicle, with good fuel economy, that performs so well that the driver forgets they are driving a low-emissions vehicle with good fuel economy.”
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.
CAN Names Harry Miller Sales 2018 Rep of the Year
Harry Miller Sales has been named 2018 Sales Rep of the Year by the Custom Automotive Network, for its overall support for the custom aftermarket distribution system and conscientious dedication to the industry.
Engine Building Bloopers
I learned early when doing an engine for a customer, especially a partial job, with the end user finishing construction, the importance of knowing that person’s capabilities – or better put – incapabilities. Over my many years I have witnessed some amazing engine bloopers.
When You Can’t Buy It, Building It Expands Your Shop Capabilities.
We all get crazy ideas from time to time. Sometimes we see something and that sparks an idea. Other times we’ll have a need and, “necessity being the mother of invention,” we come up with an idea of how to build that special part or tool that would fix the problem. The majority of the
Little Victories – Big Bucks from Small Engines
Finding Performance Potential in 4 and 6 Cylinder Engines Let’s get something on the table right now – I’m a V8 guy. As you’ve read elsewhere in this issue, I tend to also chant the mantra, “There’s no replacement for displacement.” Bigger just seems better and badder. Perhaps you’re like me. But let’s take a
Class 8 Diesel Engines – Built for Speed, Too
Class 8 Diesels Make Great Race Trucks Too, Says Ohio Engine Builder When you think about diesel engine building profit potential you may consider the on-track activities of boosted turbo diesels like the 6.6L Duramax, the 5.9L Cummins or the 6.0L Power Stroke. Impressive engines, and it’s really no surprise to see sub-11 second runs
Lubrication Specialties Inc. Announces Brian Merz as Director of National Account Sales
Lubrication Specialties Inc. (LSI), manufacturer of Hot Shot’s Secret brand fuel and oil additives, has announced the addition of Brian Merz as the company’s Director of National Account Sales. Merz previously served as senior key account manager for Idemitsu Lubricants America in Cleveland.
Three Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Teams Qualify at Summit Piston Powered Autorama
The Hot Rodders of Tomorrow (HROT) Engine Challenge’s third event of the 2018 season was held at the Summit Piston Powered AutoRama in Cleveland on March 16 – 18. There eight teams from three states competed to qualify for the Dual National Championship held at the SEMA and PRI Show later this year.
Lincoln Electric Opens New Welding Technology & Training Center
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. held an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of its new Welding Technology & Training Center in Cleveland.
Junior Hot Rodders Engine Challenge Starts Second Season
The next event will be featured as part of the Hot Rodder of Tomorrow at the Piston Power show in Cleveland, OH March 16-18. Students will be able to demo and be trained on the single cylinder engine.
Building a Champion
We recently added three new members to the Engine Builders of the Year Hall of Fame during a reception prior to the 2017 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis.
335 Ford Engine is Still Alive
In the ‘80s I rebuilt a myriad of 335 Ford engines for daily use, mostly for farm pickup trucks. Most of those trucks had the 351M and the 400M that sported the 1˝ taller deck.
GMS Racing Engines’ S&S-Based Evolution V-Twin Voted 2017 Engine of the Year
We first met Gregg Dahl of GMS Racing Engines, located in Uniontown, PA, at the 2016 PRI Show. Fast forward a year to the 2017 PRI Show, and we met with Gregg again. This time we were awarding him for his engine, a S&S-Based Harley-Davidson Evolution V-Twin.
Engine Awards
When we launched the Performance Engine Builder of the Year competition in 2012, we looked at it as a chance to celebrate the unsung heroes of the racing world.
Core Sourcing Heads & Blocks
Cores are the heart and soul of the engine rebuilding business. If you don’t have a core, you don’t have an engine to rebuild. The challenge is getting the right cores that are in demand, and at a price that you and your customers can afford.
August 2017 Shop Solutions
At times I have had a main journal that just honed faster than the rest. Here’s my solution – maybe it will work for you as well. I cut some .001˝ shim stock and place it between the stone and journal and give it a few short strokes. The shim stock will stop the honing of that one journal and let the rest catch up.
Bragging Rights
My grandmother used to tell me, “It ain’t bragging if you can back it up.” In the competitive world of performance engine building, our readers prove every day how much they’re not bragging.
Victory March Continues, Ray Banyas Named 2016 Vintage Engine Builder of the Year
If you remember about a year ago in the pages of Engine Builder, we highlighted a shop in Cleveland called Victory Engines. The title of that story was ‘To the Victor Go the Spoils.’ Foreshadowing being what it is, Victory Engines’ owner Ray Banyas has again claimed a victory by being named the 2016 Vintage Engine Builder of the Year.
