by Susan Moore | Jul 26, 2016 | Engine Builds, News, Racing Matters, Tech How-To |
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...
by Susan Moore | Jul 25, 2016 | News |
By Victor Moore: When Stirling Moss, the 1950’s Formula One sensation, was asked how he compared today’s F1 competition with motorcycle racing’s MotoGP, he said F1 is interesting, MotoGP is exciting. He’s right, for how can any form of racing excite when there’s the...
by Susan Moore | Jul 23, 2016 | News |
By Martha Maglone: Ninety-nine years ago, in Dearborn, Michigan, engineer Henry M. Leland and his son Wilfred established a car production company and called it Lincoln, paying homage to the former US President. The company produced its first automobile in 1917, the...
by Susan Moore | Jul 22, 2016 | News, Power Steering |
Making hot rods a pleasure to live with. By Ben Mozart: If you aspire to own or build a great hot rod, especially a street rod, never take the positioning of a steering column for granted. Variations in cockpit and seat dimensions, particularly seat height, as well as...
by Susan Moore | Jun 2, 2016 | News |
SBC power up to 750hp. By Bertie S. Brown: Does a heavier engine block harm the prospects of a race car? If you sought the support of savvy oval track engine builders about a 750hp block that has every admirable feature except one—it weighs 30lbs more than the...
by Susan Moore | Jun 2, 2016 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Racing Matters, Tech How-To |
By Sam Logan: In our racing world we tend to think of ourselves as the elite corps. But in pistons and more particularly piston ring design, it is not our racing brains that are the driving force but those of the Original Equipment Manufacturers. It would be a...
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