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Choosing a Ring
In today’s ultra-competitive racing environment, every component in an engine is expected to play its part in increasing... more |
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Clearing Out Your Head
Racing is dirty business. Grit and grime, wear and tear, wreck and repair are all part of goin' racin'. All this mess has... more |
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Piston Tops
If you often build, rebuild, or are just plain curious about optimizing the power from your engine, this subject is... more |
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Road-Racing Transmissions - Gearing Up
Boxing is often called the sweet science of sports, but when it comes to road racing, the sweet science definitely becomes... more |
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Power Steering Pump - It Feels Good When You Stop - Saturday Night Build Up
Most people have heard the joke about the guy who beats his hand with a hammer. When asked why, he states that "it feels so... more |
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Car Cooling System Maintenance - Feature Tech
While lap times won't drop because your cooling system is operating at its peak,if it fails you, the cooling system can... more |
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Building a Better Engine - How To Beat The Heat In A Legends Motor - Feature Tech
Heat is the number-one killer of racing engines. It is especially deadly to an air-cooled Legends motor, but there are... more |
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How to Check Engine Timing - Timing Is Everything - Feature Tech
There can be a zillion reasons for poor engine performance, and one of those reasons could be as simple as the incorrect... more |
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Professional Engine Tips for Better Performance
Racers are always looking for ways to win, but to win you must first be competitive. Being competitive takes a lot of... more |
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Engine Tuning - Performance Trends - X-Files of Racing
What’s the goal? We scratched our heads in wonderment of where to start this series. With so many areas of a race car... more |
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Circle Track Race Car Parts - Fuel System Carburetion And Intake Manifold Components - Buyer's Guide
low Chevrolet Performance Parts Authorized Center offers an aluminum single-plane Bow Tie intake manifold that is 10 pounds... more |
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Auto Tech Race Car Cooling systems - Cooling Things Down - Feature Tech
Cooling systems for a racecar are always an important part of making and finishing the show. As the hot, dog days of summer... more |
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Race Car Engine Cylinder Head - Cylinder Head Flowathon - Feature Tech
Ask any engine builder which engine component can make or break horsepower production from an engine, and they'll tell you... more |
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Oiling and Fuel Peterson Fluid Systems - Quick Tech
The oiling system for your race engine, whether it's a wet- or dry-sump system, is almost always a custom assembly that... more |
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Valvetrain Spintron Endurance Cycle Testing - Spin To Win - Feature Tech
Rent-A-Spin As a tool this machine has become very important to many in the industry, both in the manufacturing sector and... more |
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Comp Cams, GM Performance Parts, McCreary Tire and Rubber Company - Saturday Night Buildup
The Saturday-Night Buildup car made a huge leap forward in performance at our most recent 11/42-mile, dirt-track oval race at... more |
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Flow Dynamics and Valvetrain Science - Valvetrain A To Z - Feature Tech
Special Section Flow Dynamics & Valvetrain Science The valvetrain on a pushrod, overhead valve race engine includes many... more |
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GM Crate Engine in Saturday Night Build up Car - Top 10s With A Crate Motor? - Saturday Night Build Up
They said we were crazy when we put a stock GM Performance crate engine in the Saturday Night Buildup car. Now they're... more |
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Manley Nextek Stainless Steel Exhaust Valve - Manley Nextek Valves
Of all the reasons for exhaust-valve failure, it is believed by many that extreme temperature is the greatest factor. For... more |
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Carburetor Tuning
Editor's Note: For beginning racers or those more experienced, carburetor jetting has been a black hole of mystery for... more |
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Sweating the Details
There's no doubt that a successful race-engine program requires enormous attention to detail. With so much at stake, you... more |
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Tips and Tricks for Crankshaft and Rod-Bearing Installation
There's no doubt that a successful race-engine program requires enormous attention to detail. With so much at stake, you... more |
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Learn From A Pro How To Install Piston Rings For Maximum Power Production
There are so many details in putting together a race engine that it's hard to cover the entire process and expect you to... more |
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Cylinder Head Porting - The Zen Of Flow
The grinder is in hand. The race-engine cylinder heads are laying in front of you. You're ready to make some power, right?... more |
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Head Porting - Nuts and Bolts
The grinder is in hand. The race-engine cylinder heads are laying in front of you. You're ready to make some power, right?... more |
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