King Engine Bearings will present “Race Engine Secrets: Bearing Clearance, Tolerances and Oils” during the upcoming technical seminars at two race industry trade shows. The seminars will be conducted by Ron Sledge, King’s new performance and technical manager.
Despite Joe Mondello’s recent passing, the crew at Mondello Tech Center in Crossville, Tenn., is committed to carrying on the legacy of their founder. Calvin Hill has been named general manager of the company’s high performance machine shop and brings with him a renewed dedication to building performance engines and their components.
The flattie, adorned with chrome plated headers from Red’s Headers. These pipes fit like a dream. I thought I’d provide an update with regard to both the Ford flathead build (which has already appeared as a 5-part series on precisionenginetech.com and in the latest issue of Hot Rod & Restoration magazine), as well as [...]
For 2011, I’ve decided to produce two new engine projects, each of which will provide handy and informative tips for our readers. Naturally, each build will be presented in our normal manner…as a multi-part series of technical articles. The new projects for this year include a Pontiac 455 and a “Budget LS” build.
Recently, I asked our readers for their opinions regarding our next engine build project. The response was overwhelming, ranging from late-model Ford 4.6 modular to a slew of “vintage” street-rod-popular muscle engines (Ford Y block, AMC bigblock, Mopar 360, 392 Hemi, 347 Ford stroker, Buick nailhead, etc.). It was actually somewhat surprising (and good news [...]
We’ve done a handful of project engines. What should we choose as the focal point of our next build? by Mike Mavrigian Ever since I asked our readers for their suggestions regarding our next engine build project, the response has been overwhelming. The suggestions have included a hi-po build of a Ford 4.6L [...]
(l to r) Scott Overlund, Engine Pro; Brent Walk, Dart Machinery; Nick Weed, Performance Engineering; Tom Stuyvesant, Engine Pro; Dave Lorentz, engine winner; Tom DeBlasis, Hastings Manufacturing; Paul Hauglie, Melling Engine Parts; Shane Turner , JE/SRP; Jeff Hutchinson, Pro Finish Powder Coating The winner of the Engine Pro $20,000 engine giveaway at US [...]
Each in-depth engine project build that I produce (for the printed issues of Precision Engine magazine and for this website) is intended to provide readers with a hands-on “road map” for building a specific engine. I’m not about to claim that each build is the “utlimate” by a long shot. My goal is to provide [...]
All that’s left is to install the velocity stacks, finish the spark plug wiring and to fabricate an adjustable mount for the alternator. by Mike Mavrigian, Editor OUR FORD FLATTIE Here’s an update on the ongoing build of our Ford Flathead 8BA. I’ve been holding off the start of the article series until the engine [...]
Our Flathead build is progressing. Once the heads have been relieved for piston clearance, I’ll start running the build series from the very start. The build began with a salvaged block that was found in an old corn silo in central Ohio. She’s come a long way since then. I’m still trying to schedule [...]
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