Getting to first place: Badge of the lone engine builder

Mar 27, 2013 | News | 0 comments

By Alfie Bilk: Hanover, Pennsylvania: When you first meet successful race engine builders you expect fastidiousness and if you don’t see it you suspect they’re concealing it. Charlie Garrett’s wife of 50 years says, “It’s just as well we had a daughter and not a son...

Gearz film crew descend upon Winder, Georgia

Mar 27, 2013 | News, Press Releases | 0 comments

Written by Moore Good Ink Stacey David, connoisseur of American V8 power and host of Speed Channel’s Gearz program, visited Jon Kaase Racing Engines recently. The film team had arrived in Winder, Georgia to record the assembly and dyno testing of Kaase’s new P-38...

Street Demon awarded patent on Goggle Valve

Mar 27, 2013 | News, Press Releases | 0 comments

Written by Moore Good Ink Earlier this month, on March 6, the patent office notified Demon that its application for a patent on the Street Demon’s Goggle valve had succeeded. Patent #D677755 The Goggle valve is a mechanically operated secondary throttle plate with a...

Beerhorst on boosted engines: the advantages of pressurized power

Mar 27, 2013 | News | 0 comments

Written by Moore Good Ink Last month, in the February News Brief, engine builder Norm Beerhorst of Ultra Tech Racing Engines, Mishawaka, Indiana, discussed the following: • The advantage of the pressurized engine—centrifugally supercharged or turbocharged • Heat and...

Courtney takes flight, survives 7.3Gs, accepts top Rookie honors

Mar 27, 2013 | News, Press Releases | 0 comments

Written by Moore Good Ink Between this year’s Gainesville and Phoenix NHRA national drag racing events, Funny Car driver Courtney Force participated in an hour-long flight with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels in an F18 jet. “I had met U.S. Navy service people at the drag...