Mistakes that weaken a supercharger’s performance

Aug 10, 2016 | Induction, News, Racing Matters, Tech How-To | 10 comments

Bertie S. Brown: TorqStorm Superchargers’s product manager, Chris Beardsley, has dealt with thousands of incoming queries in the first decade of the firm’s history. Here are five of the most common: 1) Compression ratios and intercoolers “The compression ratio...

Art Chrisman

Aug 7, 2016 | News | 0 comments

By Fergus Ogilvy:   Henry Arthur Chrisman died on July 12, 2016 at the age of 86. He was a driver, fabricator, race engine builder and pioneer in post World War II speed tests and drag racing. Based at Chrisman and Sons garage in Compton, California, and working...

Garlits on Nitromethane

Aug 4, 2016 | News | 0 comments

By Titus Bloom: “To my understanding,” says Don Garlits, “it was the Germans in the late 1930s that pioneered nitromethane. They empowered their 12-cylinder rear-engine race cars with it—presumably the Auto Unions. These cars were used on closed autobahns in speed...

California Hot Rod Reunion® at Bakersfield

Jul 28, 2016 | News | 0 comments

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the California Hot Rod Reunion® presented by Automobile Club of Southern California is a BIG deal since those folks 25-years ago just thought we were going to do it only once! The Reunion continues to be the venue to renew old...

Harmonic balancers: Free advice on selecting them

Jul 26, 2016 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters, Tech How-To | 2 comments

By Archie Bosman:  It’s easy to underestimate the cost of a deficient harmonic balancer. But they can have a profound effect on the fortunes of the able race engine—a natural enemy of crank and bearings. With the engine running, camshafts and crankshafts vibrate...