DEI Names Steve Garrett New Art Director and Media Coordinator
Garrett, a professed bona fide “car guy” and performance enthusiast, has joined DEI to serve as a coordinator for all media and PR activities and to handle the company’s graphic design for collateral, print and online advertising, packaging and catalogs. A talented graphic design artist, he is the prior owner of Highline Advertising located in
Mallory Ignition Named Title Sponsor for IMCA Stock Car Regions
Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, Mallory will furnish a portion of the point fund to be paid to top 10 drivers in final 2012 standings for each region. All drivers in the division are required to display two Mallory decals on their race car to be eligible for point fund shares. The Mallory Northern Region includes
Building Ford Strokers Engines: Make Most of a Windsor Block
Nijssen, the Apple Valley, CA-based engine builder, operates strokerengine.com and builds domestic V8 engines for the U.S. and international (primarily Australian) enthusiast markets. He says he doesn’t try to push his desire onto the customer. “I don’t sell you what I like, but rather you and I figure out what you really need for power
Ohio Technical College Earns Fourth Consecutive Weatherhead 100 Award
The 2011 Weatherhead 100 Award recognizes the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio, based on the percentage of sales growth from 2006-2010. Ohio Technical College placed 46 out of 100 companies on the list. To be eligible for the award, companies also must have net sales over $1 million and have a minimum of
Web Directory: Building an Online Presence in Your Niche Engine Market
Since the mid-1990s the Internet has had a significant impact on culture and commerce. The Internet includes what we now know as e-mail, instant messaging, video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, socials networking, and online shopping sites. This is the massive scope of what makes up the Internet.
2011 Website Directory: Building an Online Presence in Your Niche Engine Market
Since the mid-1990s the Internet has had a significant impact onculture and commerce. The Internet includes what we now know as e-mail,instant messaging, video calls, and the World Wide Web with itsdiscussion forums, blogs, socials networking, and online shoppingsites. This is the massive scope of what makes up the Internet. In 1993 the Internet
Ohio Technical College Receives 2010 Weatherhead 100 Award
For the third consecutive year, Ohio Technical College – a premierprovider of specialized technical training in a wide variety oftransportation fields – has been awarded the Weatherhead 100 Award byCase Weatherhead School of Management and The Council of SmallerEnterprises (COSE). "We’re proud to have earned this honor three years in a row, and webelieve
Lincoln Electric Announces Fourth Quarter Motorsports Welding School Class Schedule
All five-day classes, held at Lincoln’s corporate headquarters inCleveland, are taught by expert instructors in fabrication and are 70percent hands on. Basic Materials Courses are offered Oct. 4-8, Nov. 8-12 and Nov. 29-Dec 3. Advanced Materials Courses are offered Oct.11-15, Nov.15-19 and Dec. 6-10. Courses include instructions on why and how to back purge titanium,inconel
Ohio Technical College Hosts Edelbrock Carburetor Challenge at Rolex Montery Motorsports Reunion
Ohio Technical College (OTC) has partnered with Edelbrock to host a Carburetor Challenge during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. During the challenge, 19 high school teams from San Andreas, Hollister, San Diego, Lodi, Visalia, Monterey, Seaside and Castroville, California, will tear
Prestolite Performance Acquires Quicktime Inc.
Prestolite Performance, a performance auto parts manufacturer of brands including Lakewood, Mr. Gasket, Hays, ACCEL, and Mallory has acquired the business of QuickTime, Inc., a leading manufacturer of lightweight bellhousings and racing accessories. “With the combination of QuickTime and Lakewood, Prestolite Performance offers the broadest line of bellhousing applications ranging from traditional formed steel
Stroker Motor Opportunities: Love the One You’re With
Let’s face it: there are only so many 340 Chryslers, Boss 302s, 427 medium risers and 440 Six-pack engines out there. Luckily, many combinations of less-familiar engine components are readily available and can rescue you from the cookie cutter mentality. A quick inspection of a few of the many forged piston manufacturers’ catalogs reveals a
Lincoln Electric Announces 2010 Motorsports Welding School Class Schedule
All five-day classes,held at Lincoln’s corporate headquarters in Cleveland, are taught by expert instructors in fabrication and are 70 percent hands on. Basic Materials Courses are offered on the following dates Feb. 8-12, Mar.8-12, April 19-23, May 10-14, June 14-18, July 26-30, Aug. 30-Sept 3,Sept. 20-24, Oct. 4-8, Nov. 8-12 and Nov. 29-Dec 3. Advanced
Smith Wins IMCA National Modified Championship
A division-best 28 feature wins and bonus points from three local track titles paved the way for Dylan Smith’s first national IMCA Modified championship. The Osceola, Neb., driver edged Garner’s Jeremy Mills by five points or the title. Mills won 25 features and was the only driver in the division with four track crowns to
Ohio Technical College Celebrates 40 Years of Automotive Training
Alot has changed in the world of automotive technology since 1969, withV8 muscle cars making way for high-tech hybrids and the days ofdo-it-yourself repairs being replaced by professional technicianservice. The same holds true for leading automotive school OhioTechnical College, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary as apremier provider of hands-on technical training. This milestone
SEMA, Ohio Businesses Meet for Education, Networking, Drag Racing
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) continues its important strategic direction to increase its outreach to members. In the past few years, the association has placed itself where SEMA members gather to hear what they have to say about their businesses and to learn how the association can make a difference, especially now, during a
Identifying Distributors on Ford 351 Engines
Engine Differences: Themost obvious external difference is the engine valve covers. The 351W(Windsor) valve covers are attached with 6 bolts, straight front torear, and narrow in width (similar to the 302 c.i. engine.)* The 351C (Cleveland) valve covers are attached with 8 bolts, flat with 2 different planes, and wider in width. The 351W engine
Work Truck Show 2009 Exhibit Space Selling Fast; Registration Opens in October
Exhibit space at TheWork Truck Show 2009 is nearly sold out, and many long-time exhibitorshave reserved much larger booths than in the past, according to theNational Truck Equipment Association (NTEA), which produces the annualcommercial truck and equipment event. The Work Truck Show 2009 is North America’s largest work truckevent. The Work Truck Show brings together
Race Engine Pistons and Rings
Cubic inches is the name of the game today. The performance piston market is being driven by bigger bore blocks and stroker crankshafts. A few years ago, a 540 cubic inch motor was a monster motor. Nowadays, some professional drag racers are running engines as large as 850 cubic inches, and 600-plus cubic inch big
How Wegner Automotive Reverse Engineers Cylinder Head Porting
Casey Wegner, head of the CNC department at Wegner Automotive, Markesan, WI, can still picture this scene from his childhood: His father Carl meticulously hand porting a cylinder head, which took several days to finish an entire set of ports for an eight-cylinder engine. Fast-forward 30 years: Casey Wegner has become an expert head porter,
Rocker Arm- Form & Function
For all the changes in the performance engine over the years, one constant remains – no matter what series they’re running, no matter what the payout, no matter if it’s just a couple of guys trying to outdo each other stoplight to stoplight, racers will often spend money they don’t have in search of the