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NASCAR Winston Cup Engine - Technology Transfer, Part III
From Street Stock to Winston Cup, the three most important areas for engine performance improvements are cylinder heads, valvetrains, and... more |
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XRP's Ultra-Light Racing Hoses
Even if you are racing in a class with minimum weight limits, the weight of individual components is always critical. The more pounds you... more |
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Performance Engine Building - Technology Transfer
Check out the second half of our detailed look at how exactly an engine functions and what effects certian parts have on its performance! more |
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Evaluating Specific Engine Performance Designs - Editor's Note
Check out this great advice that everyone should be aware of before they start the daunting task of building their own engine! more |
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N352 Heads & N351 Heads - Cast-Iron Confusion
Who needs soap operas when we’ve got racing? Mostly, the wild rumors, back-room dealings, and unsubstantiated gossip are confined to... more |
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NASCAR Winston Cup Engine - Technology Transfer, Part I
Editor’s Note: Months in planning, this multi-part series deals with fundamental areas of engine building used in Winston Cup that can... more |
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Crankshaft Tech - Let’s Torque About Crankshafts
Converting cylinder pressure into crankshaft torque, particularly since these pressures produce intermittent loads, involves a complex set... more |
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Maximizing Your Carburetor
How do you turn your out-of-the-box carburetor into a Street Stock performer so you can edge out the competition? Increasingly, racing... more |
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Carburetor Tuning - Deep Breathing
The problem with racing—at least from a promoter’s point of view—is racers have gotten good at it. The efficiency that smart... more |
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World Products Race Heads - World Beaters
Cylinder-head design can be a tough code to decipher. Port volumes, runner lengths, chamber and bowl designs, valve sizes and... more |
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Beating The Heat
An overheated racing engine can mean, among other things, an increased rate of failure. When you fail at racing, it means you don’t... more |
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Piston Ring Tech - Ringing Up New Power
For years piston rings were paid little attention by either racers or engine builders. They are small, fairly straightforward and on the... more |
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Advanced Piston Ring Configuration - Ringing Up New Power
Check out the huge advancements made in the design of piston rings used in some high end engine configurations! more |
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Advanced Part Warping and Distortion Prevention - Honed To Perfection
Check out Millennium Products Corporation's huge advancements in finding ways to compensate for the "effective" distortion that occurs... more |
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Chevy Small Block Engine - The Little Engine That Could
Check out what makes the Chevy small block engine one of the best and most well known engines ever produced! more |
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Race Car Performance Requirements - To Finish First, You Must First Finish
Check out some effective and easy tips to maintenance your engine for all the race car stresses that may arise. more |
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Cylinder Block Honing - Honed To Perfection
It is widely recognized that cast, machined metal parts tend to have “memory” created from internal stresses. In the presence of... more |
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Header Repair
Here’s the scenario: It’s early Monday evening. You are home from work and have finally decided it’s time to get back to... more |
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To Finish First, You Must First Finish ...
Having a durable engine that will run strong throughout the entire racing season is important to any racing driver for some very simple... more |
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Performance Parts Used Correctly - Track Tech
Check out how to properly take advantage of your parts by tuning your engine for optimal power results! more |
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Horsepower Tips From The Pros
Sure, working in a Winston Cup engine shop has its disadvantages: long hours, constant pressure to find horsepower, having to throw out... more |
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Less Weight, More Power
If you just put a newly rebuilt engine with extra horses in your race car, don’t let extra unneeded weight rob you of what you’ve... more |
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Oil Pans For Power
Pardon the pun, but oil pan technology is a slippery subject. It’s often both ignored by one camp and overvalued by another.... more |
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Intake Manifold Tech - Outtakes On Intakes, Part II
In the first installment we dealt with the essentials of “spec” intake manifolds. The story was intended to establish a level of... more |
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Monday Night Maintenance
I often get calls on Thursday or Friday morning from customers who changed their oil the night before and found debris in the filter. They... more |
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