by Mike Mavrigian Build/assembly and all photos by author Our Lunati roller cam features 0.544″ valve lift at intake and 0.560″ at exhaust, with duration of 232 intake and 242 exhaust. Centerline is 108 intake and 116 exhaust. CAMSHAFT AND TIMING Dart thoughtfully provided anti-friction-coated cam bearings with their block. Each bearing is [...]
EngineQuest® (EQ®), a leading supplier of stock and performance cylinder heads and engine components, has unveiled its new 2010-2011 52-page catalog. The latest edition features several new products, including the company’s first performance aluminum head for small block Chevy applications. “Our new catalog goes along with our recent work to update our website,” said [...]
EngineQuest® (EQ®), a leading supplier of stock and performance cylinder heads and engine components, introduced two new cylinder heads during the 2009 AAPEX and SEMA Shows in Las Vegas. EQ announced its first performance aluminum cylinder head that will fit any small block Chevy engine and can help achieve up to 500 horsepower right out [...]
Wanna boost performance and practicality of the ol’ Rocket engines while maintaining full original bolt-on convenience? Ross Racing Engines of Niles, Ohio has released their new Lacy & Morse aluminum cylinder heads for the oh-so-loved 1949-64 Oldsmobile V8 applications, including 303, 324, 371 and 394 CID first-generation Rocket engines.
Defending champion Shannon Anderson of Atlantic, Iowa has captured the 2009 National Championship in the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) Hobby Stock division. Anderson, who competes using the EQ CH350I spec cylinder head, won an IMCA single division season record 43 feature races. He won 12 more races than runner-up B.J. Dauer of Marquette, Kan. [...]
E-Street cylinder heads are an all new line of Edelbrock heads designed for entry level (300hp to 400hp) street performance engines operating in the idle to 5,500 rpm range. Manufactured in the USA, these heads feature the quality and details of higher priced cylinder heads, starting with A356 aluminum castings that are heat treated to [...]
Hey, Germans just wanna have fun too. Jason Neugent of Brodix Cylinder Heads was kind enough to pass along this photo of of of their customers. The Cobra replica features a custom chassis and a Brodix aluminum 5″ bore space block and heads. The (can you say “big?”) 735 CID engine spits out a very [...]
WE BALANCE AND BEGIN ASSEMBLY text, photos and assembly by Mike Mavrigian Crankshaft balancing was next on the agenda. Since the Diamond pistons are already weight-matched by Diamond, and the Scat connecting rods are weight-matched at both small and big ends, we didn’t need to perform any weight corrections to those components (I [...]
FLATHEAD FEVER Edelbrock has released two new Flathead Ford cylinder heads. P/N 1116 is designed with a raised roof combustion chamber for 1949-53 8BA engines, CNC-machined 74 cc chamber volume (for reduced compression for supercharged applications or for those who wish to run low octane fuel in naturally aspirated engines). P/N 1126 was designed with [...]
Using my Goodson 1.8″ – 2.6″ valve spring height gauge, we set final spring installed height at 2.150″. The original valve guides protruded a tad too high for adequate retainer-to-guide-seal clearance. Using a 1/2″ guide cutter and an 11/32″ pilot, I cut the guides down by 0.147″. During intake manifold and gasket test fitting, I [...]
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