Goodson Valve Concentricity Gauge
When it comes to building an engine, it’s essential that everything lines up correctly. In terms of valves and seats and guides, that means concentricity.
Shop Solutions October 2021
When installing a shorter connecting rod than a crankshaft was meant for, it is sometimes necessary to clearance the counterweights.
Debunking CNC Abrasive Finishing Tool Concerns
Machine shops are increasingly turning to abrasive finishing tools that can be easily integrated into CNC machine carousels or tool holding systems.
Motorcycle & Powersports Opportunities
Getting more motorcycle-based business is not at all difficult. Your automotive background will serve as an excellent base of knowledge, and demand is building for powersports engine machining as well as metric and European street bike work.
Shop Solutions January 2021
QUICK DRILL CLAMP A very handy drill press clamp set can be made in about 15 minutes from 1˝ angle iron, two carriage head bolts (they fit the t-slots), a couple valve guides for spacers, and two wing nuts. It has a wide operating range and is very quick and easy to adjust or remove
Restoration Work
Enter the restomod, a term we all know well. Whether you use the term or not, the fact is, the majority of modern restorations include some type of modification as an upgrade to modern vehicle systems.
Got Grease! Baking Soda Cuts Grease… and Time
Cleaning is being done every day and is an integral part of many businesses and their processes. One of the most commonly asked questions about using sodium bicarbonate (a.k.a. baking soda) as a blasting abrasive is simply: How does it work? Let’s start with: What is abrasive blasting? Abrasive blasting uses either pressurized air or
680 cid OTTPA Pro Stock John Deere
No Limit MFG’s facility has multiple CNC machines, fabrication equipment, multi-axis machines, cam grinding equipment, and engine building equipment that allows the shop to do work like this 3,000+ horsepower, 680 cid, OTTPA Pro Stock John Deere diesel engine, almost entirely in-house. Find out what went into this insane engine!
Company-by-Company Coronavirus Response: Update
Racing businesses and manufacturers have altered production, including making PPEs and medical supply components, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the latest updates on different industry companies’ responses to the pandemic. 3-Dimensional Services GroupLocated near Detroit in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Urgent Plastic Services, a branch of 3-Dimensional Services Group, has halted regular production to
Turbocharged 12-Valve Cummins
With one of the best Instagram handles we’ve ever seen, Tony Salokas (@isootmypants), came to Miller’s Machine Shop in 2018 to get a 12-valve Cummins rebuilt for his ’39 Chevy pickup rat rod project. See how the build turned out!
Lucas Oil Diesel Deep Clean Fuel Detergent and Particulate Filter Cleaner
Made with Lucas’ proprietary cleaning formula, Diesel Deep Clean removes up to 32 percent of harmful soot and other particulate matter before building up inside the particulate filters and making a vehicle inoperable.
Shop Solutions – October 2019
Industry Tips and Tricks
Automatically Speaking
It’s inevitable, and probably already common that your customers will ask you about rebuilding or building their automatic transmission. For some reason automatics can be intimidating, and most of us can probably cite more bad experiences than good when it comes to rebuilding, so what do you tell your customers when they ask about it?
All Systems Go!
I know the salt this year didn’t live up to the hype, but the hype and anticipation of racing is half the reason we do what we do. Here’s how I prep for a week out on the salt.
Coating For Performance
In today’s performance driven, engine building world, everyone wants to squeeze out another few horsepower, deliver more torque, create less friction, wear and heat, and ultimately, make the engine last longer. How do you all of that you ask? Parts coatings.
The Potential in Differential
Is growth part of your business strategy? It comes in a lot of different forms, but when it’s adding a new service offering or product for your customers, it can be nerve-racking at the very least. The additional investment in tools, equipment, training or people weighed against the unknown outcome leaves you holding all the risk, unless there is something that’s a perfect fit.
Shop Solutions – June 2019
Industry Tips and Tricks
Sodium Bicarbonate – A User-Friendly Blasting Abrasive
Sodium bicarbonate blasting or soda blasting, is a user-friendly process for the removal of grease, oil, burnt carbon and many other contaminates experienced in engine building. There are many different processes for cleaning parts and components before engines can be rebuilt, however they are not all equal.
Shop Solutions – May 2019
There’s nothing worse than having to fit a camshaft after installing new cam bearings, because they are too tight. I dial-bore gauge check all cam bores of the “known offenders.”
Fuel Injector Selection & Service
These days just about everything is computer controlled, and we mean EVERYTHING. But the only kind of electronics we’re interested in for this article is one of the oldest computer-controlled engine parts around – the humble fuel injector.
