2010 Performance Machining & Engine Parts Guide
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Michigan Racer Wins $20,000 Engine Pro Racing Engine
The engine, valued at $20,000, was assembled by Performance Engineering with parts and services supplied by Pro-Filer, Melling Performance, Hastings Racing, Oliver, Ferrea, Comp Cams, JE Pistons, Clevite, Fel-Pro, Milodon, R & R Wireloom and Pro Finishing. A Grass Lake, MI racer was the last man standing in a drawing for a new racing engine
EPWI Presents 2012 Vendor and Rep of the Year Awards
Engine & Performance Warehouse named the late Jerry Nunez of Innovative Marketing Services as the EPWI 2012 Representative of the Year. Federal-Mogul was named the EPWI 2012 Vendor of the Year. Engine & Performance Warehouse (EPWI) recently named its 2012 Vendor Of The Year and Representative Of The Year at an awards dinner held during EPWI’s
Major Engine Parts Companies Sponsor Classic Hot Rod Exhibit
Several major automotive parts manufacturers were on hand for the opening reception of a classic hot rod exhibit recently held at The Gilmore Car Museum in Michigan. One of the vehicles featured in the American Legends: Hot Rods and Customs exhibit is the three-window 1932 Ford that was pictured on the Beach Boys’ 1963 album, Little Deuce Coupe.
Engine Builder Shop Solutions: June 2013
Removing Stubborn Dowel Pins Do you ever have solid dowel pins that are worn or tapered, and the slap hammer slips off no matter how tight you make it? Add a dab of valve lapping compound to the dowel pin. It works wonders. Most of the time the pin slaps right out. Jeffrey Myers MAR
Destroking or Decompressing Pistons
The clearance inside the combustion chamber is reduced when the engine block surface or cylinder head surface has been resurfaced. The reduced combustion chamber clearance may allow the valves to come in contact with the head of the piston, resulting in an engine failure. The using of destroked pistons eliminates this possibility. Also in engines
Checking Compression Ring Gaps
Minimum gap tolerances must be observed in order to prevent the ring ends from butting together as the ring expands when the engine approaches operating temperature. It is recommended that you use a minimum gap of .0035? per inch of cylinder diameter. Example: 4? (bore) x .0035 = .014 minimum gap. Maximum ring gap is
Engine Builder Shop Solutions: March 2013
Safe Valve Spring Break-In Most engine builders are well aware of the fact that high performance valve springs should be compressed to coil bind through several cycles before being installed. The problem with this procedure is that it can be time consuming, costly and even dangerous. It is time consuming if each spring is compressed
2013 Engine Builder Tech Solutions Guide
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Piston Ring Set Composition Recommendations
There is some confusion in the industry as to what type ring set should be used. In this article, Hastings offer some suggestions to help the consumer make the proper decision for his particular application. The single most important factor to be considered in selecting the proper top compression ring face coating material is the
Piston Ring Installation in Smaller Bores
Piston rings have been reducedin diameter as cylinder bores have become smaller, with correspondingwidth and wall reductions. Compression rings 1.5 mm wide (.0575?) arebecoming more common than rings that are 2.0mm (.0775?) or wider. This reduction in the cross sectional size of the ring has caused thering to become somewhat more fragile with respect to
Performance Piston Rings
When you’re building a performance engine, what kind of piston rings should you use? Rings run the gamut from cast iron to ductile iron to steel, with various dimensions, edge profiles and wear coatings. There are a lot of choices available and a lot of questions to answer. Some piston sets come with rings while
Rick Morley of Michigan Wins $20,000 Race Engine from Engine Pro
Rick Morley of Allendale, MI had plenty of luck on his side when he won the $20,000 race engine at the Fifth Annual Engine Pro/Dart/Performance Engineering Engine Giveaway. Jim Sebright of Holland, MI was the runner-up. Sebright won an intake manifold courtesy of Profiler Performance. Kalamazoo driver Christine VanderSloot walked away with a six-switch panel
Engine & Performance Warehouse Names Vendor and Rep of the Year
Engine & Performance Warehouse (EPWI) named its 2011 Vendor of the Year and Representative of the Year at an awards dinner held Aug. 9 during EPWI’s annual summer conference in Vail, Colo. Engine & Performance Warehouse named Hastings Manufacturing Co. as EPWI’s 2011 Vendor of the Year. Bob Kollar, Hastings CEO, and Tom DeBlasis, vice
Manganese Phosphate Coating on Compression Rings
This black coating is on the ring for two important reasons. The coatingis manganese phosphate. The reason rings are coated is twofold (1) rustprevention and (2) oil retention for protection against scuffing in early engine operation. Rust prevention is necessary for the period of time the ring is in the set box sitting on a
King Names Flynn as New Sales Manager, Ruppert Named Product Manager
Flynn comes to King Engine Bearings from ACL Distribution, Inc. in Kentwood, Mich. where he was technical sales manager from 2004 to 2012. In his sales management career, he has worked for several companies who manufacture and distribute engine bearings, including Hastings and ACL. He earned a B.A. in management from the University of Illinois.
Engine Builder Shop Solutions: May 2012
Why Engine Valves Break The following are some of the most common reasons why engine valves break. This information is courtesy of Basso S.A., a manufacturer of engine valves for original equipment and aftermarket customers. Break between valve head and stem: Cause: Repeated stress to valve stem Contributing Factors: - Weak springs -
2012 High Performance Engine Parts & Surface Finish Tech Guide
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Engine Builder Shop Solutions: February 2012
The Perfect Pilot With the increasingly smaller valve stem diameters it is getting harder than ever to get an air-floated, self-centering, single point, multi-angle pilot aligned with the guide. Here is a pretty simple way of getting you almost dead-on every time and without bending or breaking your $80 to $100 solid carbide pilot.