Equipment & Machine Maintenance
If you take care of your machines, they’ll take care of you.
Buying Machining Equipment
With the cost of some of these pieces of equipment equaling that of a house, it is crucial that engine builders and machine shop owners understand what options are available to them when looking to purchase new or used equipment.
Schooling On Tooling
Let’s face it, tooling costs money, and depending on which type of tooling we are talking about, in some cases, the tooling is at least valued at half the price of the machine.
1,000 HP Toyota Supra B58 Inline Six-Cylinder Engine
When Toyota announced the return of the Supra sports car nameplate to the model lineup, Papadakis Racing was one of the first to modify the Supra’s 2988cc B58 inline six-cylinder engine for racing, specifically for Formula DRIFT. Boasting 335 hp from the factory, find out how Stephan Papadakis tripled the power output!
Roots Blown 540 cid Big Block Chevy Engine
With a focus on early generation small block and big block Chevy builds, David Coté of Hilltoppers Speed Shop particularly enjoys building roots-blown big block Chevy street engines. Who can blame him? Just check out this roots blown 540 cid big block Chevy the shop recently built for a street rod.
Compound Turbo LB7 Duramax Engine
When it comes to Duramax engines, upping the ante has always been the name of the game for Wade Boyd of Diesel Day Dreams. After more than 15 years of progression, R&D and pushing the limits of the platform, Wade has once again raised the bar with his latest compound turbo LB7 Duramax engine aimed at 2,000 horsepower. Find out what went into the custom build!
Engine Performance Expo is Latest Online Event
Performance engine industry companies Rottler, Total Seal and Race Winning Brands have announced the formation of the Engine Performance Expo, an interactive, free, online educational event. The Engine Performance Expo will take place on January 7-9, 2021. “With the major trade shows being canceled this year due to the COVID-19 situation, we saw an information exchange
Triple Turbo 5.9L Cummins Engine
We’ve all dreamt about taking pieces and parts of our favorite vehicles to create one ultimate automobile. Jeffrey McHaddad is someone who literally did just that. He took his favorite aspects of certain vehicles to create The Divergent Chevy – a ’58 Chevy cab with a ’64 Chevy C10 bed and a triple turbo 5.9L Cummins under the hood. Find out what went into this incredible build.
Compound Turbo 6.4L Powerstroke Engine
Kody Garrison says the 6.4L Powerstroke is his favorite engine, and it must be, because this compound turbo 6.4L is the third 6.4L he has put in his 2008 F250. Find out what makes this build more special than the last two.
Honda’s B Series and K20, K24 and K20C1 Engines
A few of Honda’s engines stand out when it comes to building performance vehicles – the B series engines and its K20 and K24 engines.
Porsche Engine Market
The Porsche name has become synonymous with sports cars and racing heritage because that is what company founders Ferdinand Porsche and his son “Ferry” set out to build when they first set up shop in 1948.
Nissan Engines
The Nissan brand is associated with several enthusiast-friendly cars such as the Datsun 510 and 240Z, the Nissan 350Z, 240SX, and a host of Skylines, as well as the fabled GT-R.
Edelbrock Creates and Hires Product Manager for Forced Induction Products
Edelbrock has appointed David Page as its new Product Manager for Forced Induction Products. In his new position Page will coordinate the efforts of the Edelbrock team and its resources to grow the presence of the Edelbrock brand in the Forced Induction market. This will include casting a vision for the product line, helping identify opportunities for new
Women in Motorsports: Leah Pruett
All it takes is 3.6 seconds for Leah Pruett to cover the length of the drag strip at 335 mph. Her road to becoming an NHRA Top Fuel driver – a whole heck of lot longer than that.
Women in Motorsports: Cristy Lee
According to Cristy Lee, Garage Squad is as real as car TV gets. “What we’re doing on the show and what you see on TV, that’s exactly what we’re doing.”
Stage 2 6.4L Powerstroke
With a dead cylinder and damaged block, a recent Powerstroke Performance customer decided to go crazy on rebuilding his 6.4L Powerstroke, and those are always the best kind of customers. Find out what went into bringing this 6.4L back to life!
What is Saenz Performance?
Saenz products have helped win more than 100 championships worldwide, and with over 50 years of experience in manufacturing and 40 in the motorsports market, Saenz stands behind its products.
Supercharged LS9 Engine
Looking to upgrade an old C3 Corvette from its 350 Chevy engine, Dave’s Auto Center got to work building a supercharged LS9 engine capable of nearly 1,000 horsepower! Let’s see a Chevy 350 compete with that!
436 cid Small Block Dirt Late Model Ford Engine
Looking to one-up the old Roush Yates engine, Domhoff Racing Engines teamed up with MBE Cylinder Heads and CID to put brand new heads and an intake manifold on this 436 cid small block dirt late model Ford engine. Find out what else makes this a special build!
711 cid Twin-Turbo Hemi Jet Boat Engine
Mike Finnegan grew up riding around in the backseat of a jet boat, inches away from a 455 Olds engine. As a child, he thought his parents wanted to kill him. It’s tough to blame him! Going 150 mph in a 19-ft. boat is pretty insane. Mike Finnegan admits, that amount of speed in a boat on the water with no windshield, feels like you’re going to the moon. He fell in love with drag boat racing and recently built this 711 cid twin-turbo Hemi engine in a 19-ft. Peterson Place Craft. Find out what went into the build! Engine of the Week is sponsored by PennGrade Motor Oil and Elring – Das Original.
