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Ovality and other guarded racing piston shapes

May 15, 2015 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Tech How-To | 2 comments

By Titus Bloom: Gibtec, makers of custom billet competition pistons reveals… Below their ring lands, pistons are neither round nor do they have parallel sides. Instead they have a larger diameter towards the bottom, between the base of the piston and the piston...

Irrepressible Force thinks Big!

May 15, 2015 | News | 0 comments

Oh how they scoffed when John Force indicated he’d personally fund the running of some of his own team cars this year in the NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Of all the noises known to man, car racing is the most expensive and they were fearful he was getting...

Impressive diesel gains: 2.1lb weight-saving per cylinder

May 15, 2015 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Tech How-To | 0 comments

Irvine, CA: At CP-Carrillo, two hybrid combinations are in the final stages of testing. One is designated for the common rail 5.9 liter Cummins using a Duramax pin size and compression height with a rod length of 0.856in longer than stock. The other combo is developed...

Garlits’ quest for 200mph on batteries takes temporary jolt

May 15, 2015 | News | 1 comment

By Martha Maglone: Don Garlits’ quest for a 200mph quarter-mile record with a battery-powered twin-electric-motor dragster on April 17, 2015 at Bradenton, Florida failed. Though the Swamp Rat 37 recorded a speed of 176mph, it fell short of its earlier record run of...

Certified: California approves Motus MST/MSTR

May 15, 2015 | News | 0 comments

By Bertie Scott Brown – Birmingham, Alabama: Motus motorcycles are now street-legal in all 50 states. On April 30, 2015, Motus Motorcycles was issued an Executive Order by the California Environmental Agency’s Air Resources Board (CARB) certifying all 2015...

Ovality and other guarded racing piston shapes

Irrepressible Force thinks Big!

Impressive diesel gains: 2.1lb weight-saving per cylinder

Garlits’ quest for 200mph on batteries takes temporary jolt

Certified: California approves Motus MST/MSTR

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Ovality and other guarded racing piston shapes

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