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 is 100% complete. [...]
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 a dyno [...]
EngineQuest® (EQ®), a leading supplier of stock and performance cylinder heads and engine components, has announced the winners of their 2009 PRI Show Cylinder Head and Prize Vault Giveaway promotion. The grand prize, a new set of cylinder heads, was awarded to Cathy Ewing of Ewing Auto Machine. The second and third place winners, Stan [...]
EngineQuest® (EQ®), a leading supplier of stock and performance cylinder heads and engine components, has renewed as the title sponsor of the IMCA Wild West Modified Tour for 2010. In addition, EQ continues as a general sponsor of IMCA racing. EQ is the exclusive supplier of the Spec Chevy 350 cylinder head in the IMCA [...]
A customer (and a buddy) recently brought his nostalgia-flavor Ford Thunderbolt clone (equiped with a vintage 427 FE) to my shop, complaining of high engine temperature issues, primarily at idle. The water temp at idle would routinely reach in the area of 210 to 220 degrees F., often continuing to gradually climb even higher. While [...]
After a successful first seminar Joe Mondello and SuperFlow have again
teamed up to share today’s most advanced cylinder head porting and
flowing techniques using the industry standard SF-1020 Flowbench. “The
Legend,” Joe Mondello designed the Posi-Flow® Combustion Chamber in
1961 and has accumulated wins in almost every major form of drag, circle
track, and off shore racing nationwide. “An [...]
MAHLE Clevite Inc. Awards MAHLE Engine Builder of the Year Recipients for NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series
Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 30, 2009 – MAHLE Clevite Inc. recently announced the MAHLE Engine Builder of the Year for the 2009 NASCAR® Nationwide® Series and NASCAR Camping World® Truck SeriesTM. The award is presented to the [...]
Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 7, 2009 – MAHLE Clevite Inc. recently announced Shane Parsnow of Hendrick Motorsports as the 2009 MAHLE Engine Builder of the Year for the NASCAR® Sprint® Cup Series.
By all accounts, the inaugural International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) was a rousing success.
The two-day IMIS trade show, which took place Dec. 2-3 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis, offered individuals and companies from all facets of the racing business the chance to interact, share ideas and products, build relationships and attend seminars [...]
I spent one day at the recent IMIS (International Motorsports Industry Show) in Indianapolis, and the verdict is a resounding “wow.”
The IMIS event involved three days in total at the Indianapolis Convention Center. Seminars were held Dec. 1, with the show itself on Dec. 2 and 3. Approximately 340 exhibitors filled the show’s inaugural event, [...]
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