To intercool or not to intercool?

by Susan Moore | Jun 24, 2017 | Induction, News, Racing Matters | 3 comments

But first an amusing, brief story involving a big-block Chevrolet, an intercooler, and freon. By Sam Logan “I’m no authority on intercoolers,” admits performance carburetor specialist Dale Cubic of CFM, “but I do recall a memorable moment five years ago that involved...

52mm Blow-off valve for all single and twin TorqStorm supercharger kits

by Susan Moore | Jun 21, 2017 | News | 4 comments

TorqStorm’s co-founder Chris Brooker when asked his response when inquirers refer to his particular centrifugal supercharger as a ProCharger, “I admire what they have done,” he admits. “They’ve dominated the market so extensively that their trade name sometimes...

Vic Edelbrock Junior: ambitious and irrepressible

by Susan Moore | Jun 19, 2017 | News | 0 comments

By Victor Moore   Vic Edelbrock Junior was the son and only child of the Edelbrock company founder Vic Edelbrock. He was a distinguished entrepreneur in the American performance and racing industry and died at eighty years of age reportedly from complications...

World Products all-new Merlin IV Block for Chevrolets

by Susan Moore | Jun 13, 2017 | News | 1 comment

World Products has completely redesigned and re-tooled their famed Merlin big-block to achieve new heights in performance and ease of use for engine builders and racers. Starting with all-new foundry tooling and machining fixtures, World has made improvements to...

Hammerhead Hemi peaks 928hp: 427ci SB Ford

by Susan Moore | Jun 9, 2017 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters | 19 comments

By Freddie Heaney: The sound of the dyno approaching 8,000rpm was almost ear splitting. It was the first Friday of June and sitting in an open wooden-framed space at Charlie Pepper’s engine shop in Auburn, near Atlanta, Greg Brown’s innovative Hemi heads on a Man O’...