Professional Secrets to Selecting Valve Springs
Valve springs play an essential role in controlling the breathing in internal combustion engines. The valves are mechanically opened by a camshaft, with the help of the valve lifters or tappets, and closed by the valve springs. But valve springs perform one of the most the critical functions: lifting the weight of the valve. Valve
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.
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
Building the World’s Fastest Indian
Burt Munro was born Herbert James Munro on March 25, 1899 in Edendale, New Zealand. From an early age Burt had a need for speed. It started with his father’s horses; he would ride each of them flat out, to see which one was the fastest. From horses, he graduated to motorcycles. His first motorcycle,
Vibrant V-Twins
Capitol Speed Shop keeps Harley-Davidson motorcycles running two cylinders at a time At just 23 years old, Marty Smestad became one of the youngest people ever to reach Harley-Davidson’s Master Technician level. He attended Motorcycle Mechanics Institute in Phoenix straight out of high school to focus on Harley and Honda engine work and that background allowed
438 cid Small Block Chevy Dirt Super-Late Model Engine
Cresap Automotive Machine is a well-diversified machine shop, and according to owner Dean Yatchyshyn, that means they’re not working on your run-of-the-mill 350 Chevys. Recently, the shop finished up an all-aluminum, dirt, super-late-model motor that’s sure to impress. Find out the details in our latest Engine of the Week.
MSHFA Announces Seven Inductees for 2019
A six-man list of racing pioneers, legends and modern-day champions joined “The First Lady of Motorsports” in a colorful and accomplished inductee class announced recently at Daytona International Speedway.
S & S Brings Know-How and Nostalgia to V-Twin Engines
As a maker of high-performance motorcycle engines, S&S can be linked to the industrial history of Wisconsin. However, the S&S story actually starts in Blue Island, IL, right after World War II. That’s when George J. Smith returned to his home in Blue Island and began tinkering with the engine on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Smith
Understanding the Basics of Your Business – Taxes
They say nothing in life is certain except for death and taxes. In most parts of the world, taxes are part of life and certainly part of running an engine building business. In the US, large expenses associated with running an engine building business are federal, state and local taxes.
AMSOIL Showcases New Products at SEMA
AMSOIL has launched 13 new products since SEMA 2016 and will be on display in the SEMA New Product Showcase and in the AMSOIL Booth #24859 located in Central Hall.
The SCAT Story
SCAT was born in 1962, created by Tom Lieb who ran an auto parts business out of his parents garage while still in college.
Search for Champ Automotive Filters On-The-Go with New App
Champion Laboratories, Inc., the company behind brand names in the automotive, fuel-dispensing and heavy-duty filtration industries, has introduced a new app for its brand of Champ filters that makes identifying the right filter technologies for cars, light-duty trucks, motorcycles and ATVs easy and convenient.
Making New and Improved Vintage Motorcycle Engines
Bruce G. Argetsinger of Branford, CT, is a tool and die maker who found a niche manufacturing racing engine parts for vintage Harley and Indian motorcycles. His motivation for manufacturing such items grew out of his own motorcycle-racing career and explains the trade name that Bruce uses – EnfieldRacing.com. He operates Enfield as a division
V-Twin Validation – How a Harley Discussion Changed an Engine Builder’s Fortunes
What we will be covering here is a general overview of the most common practices and procedures we use in servicing and rebuilding Harley-Davidson engines and things that are unique to V-twin.
Summit Racing Equipment I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama Opens This Weekend
Over one million square of show floor is now sold out to more than 1,000 custom cars, motorcycles, hot rods, boats, aircraft, antique tractors, monster trucks, military vehicles, and historical construction equipment that will be featured at the show March 17-19.
Twin 1940 Indian Sport Scout Series Motors
According to Jim Mosher of Indian Performance, it takes an average of seven years to break a record at Bonneville. Mosher’s twin Indian Sport Scout motors have set seven records in three years.
New Congress Means New Opportunity to Save Our Racecars
The RPM Act is off to a fast start in 2017. The bill has been reintroduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The RPM Act of 2017 protects Americans’ right to modify street cars and motorcycles into dedicated race vehicles.
Car Show Icon Mike ‘Blackie’ Gejeian Has Passed Away
Car show icon, five-time NASCAR dirt-track champion and hot-rod enthusiast Mike “Blackie” Gejeian passed away Friday, September 2, at the age of 90. In 1958, he started the Fresno Autorama—one of the largest custom auto shows in North America.
The SCAT Story
SCAT was born in 1962, created by Tom Lieb who ran an auto parts business out of his parents’ garage while still in college.
Prolong Engine Treatment
ATVs, motorcycles, lawn mowers and weed whackers have one thing in common – they aren’t usually fired up every day. That means engine oil isn’t lubricating these motors’ many vital parts. Prolong Super Lubricants Engine Treatment is designed to deliver ongoing protection for all two- or four-cycle engines.
