Engine Tech / 170 posts found
How to Use a Degree Wheel
Join Jeff Smith, former editor of Hot Rod and Car Craft Magazines, as he shows us how to use a degree wheel.
505ci Mopar Stroker Top End Kit
Our 440 Chrysler stroker build was initiated to show the power potential of Trick Flow's PowerPort 270 aluminum cylinder heads...
Manley Expands Turbo Tuff® Tri-Beam Rod Offerings
Manley Performance has expanded the availability of its highly-acclaimed Turbo Tuff® Tri-Beam forged steel connecting rods for...
505-CID Mopar 440 Stroker
Step by step prepping and assembling the short block for a 505ci Mopar RB stroker engine for big strreet/strip power...
Digital Degree wheel
Digicam digital Degree Wheel makes degreeing a cam a snap with adapter socket sleeves for every domestic performance engine...
New Boostline Rods For GM Duramax & Cummins Diesels
New Boostline Rods For GM Duramax & Cummins Diesels offer maximum strength for boosted applications...
Aviaid Dry Sump Pan for Ford Coyote
Aviaid, the company that pioneered dry sump lubrication systems in motorsports, now offers a fabricated aluminum pan for 5.0L Ford Coyote engines (2011 to present).
1700 HP Procharged LSX Engine
A ProCharged 1700+ horsepower Scoggin-Dickey built LSX dragster engine for big money bracket racing in the Great American Bracket Race series.
A Pro Mod Hemi for the Street
An insider's look at Wally Elder's radical new engine for his equally wild 1969 Dodge Daytona Pro Street car. This baby is totally off the hook for a street car.
Milodon 440 Chrysler Main Cap Upgrade
Strengthening a 440 Mopar block is easy with Milodon's redesigned cross-bolted caps.
QMP Racing Shop Tour
For twenty years, QMP Racing has been providing high quality race engine building and machine shop services to the greater Los Angeles area and to remote customers across the nation and around the world...
495-cid Pontiac Powerhouse
Von Neal goes all-in with a Kauffman MR-1 iron block to accommodate a SCAT 4.5-inch forged stroker crank yielding 495 cubic inches for his 1965 Pontiac Tempest project...
New API Lubrication Standards Published
Working with the auto industry, oil marketers, additive companies and others, the American Petroleum Institute (API)...
Understanding Tribology
The tribologists at Total Seal use a tool called the Stribeck curve to engineer low friction piston rings. The Stribeck curve utilizes the formula Viscosity x Speed / Load to generate the lubricant film parameters.
Edelbrock Supercharger Kits for 2014-2020 GMC Yukon Denalis Deliver Top Performance
Edelbrock offers a, 150 horsepower, 50-State legal E-Force Yukon Denali...
Your Oil’s Best Friend – The Piston Ring
Have you ever wondered why automatic transmission fluid is “fill-for-life” and motor still has to be changed every 5,000 to 10,000 miles? The simple answer is contamination...
850 HP HELLCAT KILLER!
"We're calling it The Hellcat Killer", says Mike Petralia, owner and chief engine builder at Hardcore Horsepower & Dyno...
JESEL Reintroduces Premium Stud Rocker Systems
Jesel has built its brand of valvetrain innovation with shaft rocker systems there are some race sanctioning bodies that still prohibit shaft rocker conversions such as NHRA and IHRA Stock Eliminator classes. Despite their extreme sophistication in many respects, these “stockers” are still required to run stud rockers.
ARP’s Secret Fastener Technology Lab
ARP's test lab has quantified the potential for a 20% or more loss in clamping force with used nuts...
540ci All Motor Pump Gas Brute
The new AFR cylinder heads are the central component of this remarkable piece; a real world engine designed to deliver off the hook performance without expensive power adders and in the face of fluctuating fuel quality...
Blown Hi-Torque E85 Chevy Small Block
The key to power for this 628 HP 383ci blown street small block was the 177-cid Roots-style Weiand supercharger combined with E85 pump gas.
383 Chevy: Beyond the Crate!
Is the 383 Chevy the Most Popular Small Block Ever? That's easy to believe based on the number of rotating assemblies sold by Scat Enterprises. It's also noteworthy that the 383 originated from the performance community in the late seventies and became so popular that...
Understanding the Rod Length and Pin Height Connection
The relationship between connecting rod length, piston compression height and compression ratio is often misunderstood, largely due to the misuse of the term “compression”. In all honesty it probably shouldn’t be applied to piston terminology at all except as it relates to the shape of the piston crown surface....
Direct Injection Piston Damage? Check Your Oil
Low Speed Pre-Ignition or LSPI is a previously unrecognized combustion anomaly that leads to severe engine damage on late model turbocharged engines operating at low engine speeds and high loading. Driven Racing Oils...