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 Chambliss and Darryl Felps, both of Santel Motorsports, will receive EQ branded merchandise including an EQ decal, tee shirt, hat and pen.

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Goodson announces its release of Honing Stones & Silicon Compound. For honing High-Silicon Aluminum alloy blocks with ease. These stones will fit both the Sunnen® AN-112 and AN-815 and the Goodson HN-218 and HN-2118HD Portable Honing Mandrels. Use each stone set progressively until the final bore size is achieved. To create the final condition, coat the felt set and the honed cylinder surface with the Silicon Compound (AN-30) and lap the cylinders. After completion, the cylinder will have a dull matte finish and the piston and rings will ride on silicon instead of aluminum. Check out the complete instructions online at http://goodson.com/technical_support/instructions.php and look for AN-30. Or call toll free, 800-533-8010 for more information.

Goodson announces its release of Power Building Videos on DVD. The Rotating Assemblies, 2 DVD set includes highly detailed, easy to understand information on parts selection and more. The Engine Building 3 DVD set includes a stock Small Block Chevy and a mild performance Small Block Ford. See our website, www.goodson.com or call us toll free, 800-533-8010 for more information.

Goodson announces its release of the Diamond Valve Guide Flex-Hones®. Combines the flexibility of a Flex-Hone with the speed of a diamond. These 400 grit Flex-Hones® are made with highly friable resin bond diamond crystals for the more demanding finish requirements of hard materials. Applications include: Heat treated steel, High nickel stainless steel, Chromed or plated bores, MMX aluminum alloys, and Ceramic & Carbide. Other grits are also available by special order, call toll free 800-533-8010 for ordering details.

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 Northern and Southern Sport Mod Divisions as well as the Hobby Stock Division.

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Introduction of the new Gold Performance Engine Bearings gives KING Engine Bearings, Inc. three complete race bearing families to meet almost any performance engine-building challenge.

Gold Performance main and connecting rod bearings were first unveiled at the Performance Racing Industry Show, December 10-12, 2009.  They join KING’s existing Xtreme Performance and Pro Series as high performance bearings for street, strip, circle track racing and more.

“Each of these three bearing families is ‘best’,” explains Michael James, spokesman for KING Engine Bearings, Inc.  “Each design has its own strengths and specific uses, to help race engine builders do two things: solve problems with their existing performance bearings, and do more creative things with an engine that weren’t previously possible.”

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KING Engine Bearings, Inc. announces Gold Performance Engine Bearings – a dramatic new advance in race engine bearings that reportedly leapfrogs all previous bearing designs. According to King, these new bearings feature vastly improved fatigue strength that allows them to tolerate pressures far greater than any other performance bearing available today.

The new main and connecting rod bearings from KING feature a new and unique trimetal construction, including a proprietary particulate metal matrix composite non-Babbitt overlay with stunning new properties. While appearing in a typical gray/silver color out of the box, KING Gold Performance bearings polish to a beautiful golden luster after a short period of use, while maintaining their original tolerances and bearing clearances.

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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 not at a terminally fatal level, the concern was still there, especially because the engine still took a while to catch up and recover back to the 190 range. Naturally, we looked at all of the obvious areas, including air in the system, thermostat operation, radiator condition, fan, airflow, shroud, engine timing, etc. 

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One of the newest releases from HP Books is High Performance Fasteners & Plumbing, written by Mike Mavrigian. This 170-page book provides detailed, yet easy-to-read technical information on understanding all types of performance fasteners (bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, clamps, etc.) and performance plumbing for fuel, brake, oil and coolant hose, fittings, tubes, etc.

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Bekaert teams up with Xceldyne Technologies to develop the Cavidur^®HT exhaust valve coating 

Collaborating with customers is an important part of our business model. With technical support from Xceldyne Technologies, a leading manufacturer of titanium valves, we have developed Cavidur^®HT, a DLC exhaust valve coating for use in racing applications.

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