Champion Honing Oil
Champion Professional-Grade Honing Oil is a robust high-performance honing and finishing fluid designed utilizing a select blend of base fluids and additives.
Equipment & Machine Maintenance
If you take care of your machines, they’ll take care of you.
Hone in on Honing
The key to honing is to get the rings to seal against the cylinder wall by making just enough valley depth.
CNC Machines Keep the $pindle Moving
CNC block machining centers and CNC cylinder hones are some of the most popular machines today. These machines can increase productivity in the shop significantly.
Sunnen SH-4000 Series Honing Machine
Sunnen’s new SH-4000 builds on the 21-year heritage of the successful EC and ML series machines.
Live Stream Tech Q&A
Join us for a Zoom meeting where you can ask Keith all your questions about honing, blow-by and of course, piston rings.
Boring & Honing in the Digital Age
Engine builders have as many preferences for the way they machine and build their engines as a baker does for making dough.
Line Hone Solutions
When It Comes To Line Honing, Creativity Can Help Maximize Mandrel Magic Sometimes the best solutions are to problems you didn’t even know you have. Luckily, in this industry there’s no shortage of opportunities to be creative and develop the next great thing. Every month in this magazine and online, Engine Builder showcases some of
Why Cutting Fluids Are Imperative to Machining
In order to produce the best performing engines with tight tolerances and finishes, CNC machines require cutting fluids to perform at the highest levels. You might think a fluid is a fluid is a fluid, but you’d be wrong.
Honing Aluminum Blocks
Manufacturers who produce “linerless” hypereutectic aluminum blocks today include Audi, BMW, Honda, Mercedes, Porsche, Volkswagen, Volvo, and Yamaha. Most late-model engines have aluminum blocks to save weight, including most of the familiar domestic V8s such as Chevy LS, Ford 4.6L modular and 5.0L Coyote, and Chrysler 5.7L and 6.1L Hemi. Yet these have iron sleeves.
Solutions to Common Cylinder Honing Problems
Cylinder bore quality plays a huge role in reducing friction and blowby for improved engine performance and durability. Better bore geometry also contributes to better sealing and more usable power. Below are some solutions to the most common honing problems. PROBLEM: Hone is not cutting • If stones are loading, you need to apply more
