CP-Carrillo: X-style pistons for power-adder engines

by Susan Moore | Apr 9, 2015 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Tech How-To | 3 comments

Irvine, CA: CP-Carrillo is introducing a new X-Style series of pistons for power-adder engines. Available for Top Alcohol Hemi applications with plus or minus 4.467in bores and Hemi canted valve for Pro Mod with plus-or-minus 5.000in bores, these pistons include...

The curse of the round wire lock

by Susan Moore | Feb 5, 2015 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins | 6 comments

By Bertie Scott Brown, January 28, 2015   When a round wire lock, the spring-loaded device that retains the piston pin within the pin towers, comes out while the engine is racing, it releases a frenzy, a chain of events that most engine builders describe as...

Nitrous: the race tuner’s biggest challenge

by Susan Moore | Feb 5, 2015 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Tech How-To | 3 comments

By Fergus Ogilvy, February 4, 2015 Starting a competition piston company in the second decade of this century could be a bleak proposition. Finding new customers isn’t easy. Engine builders have a stubborn tendency to remain faithful to their existing suppliers,...

Hydraulic release bearings: operating with the correct gap.

by App Studios | Dec 7, 2014 | Clutches, News, Tech How-To | 0 comments

By Alfie Bilk, December 5, 2014 Unlike OEM clutch release bearing mechanisms that operate in constant contact with the clutch diaphragm fingers, high-performance aftermarket release bearings function only when the clutch pedal is depressed. Typically, these release...

Key changes in high-performance diesel pistons

by App Studios | Sep 11, 2014 | Pistons/Piston Pins, Press Releases, Tech How-To | 0 comments

Written by Alfie Bilk September 8, 2014 Mentor, Ohio: Wiseco, the eminent high-performance piston maker established in 1941, is launching a new range of diesel pistons for Dodge Cummins, GM Duramax and Ford Power Stroke engines. Using technology that should make a...

How a clever pump design saves 4 to 6hp

by App Studios | Aug 11, 2014 | Power Steering, Press Releases | 1 comment

Tumultuous change? Maybe not but KRC has uncovered significant power losses with unique new test equipment By Freddie Heaney, August 1, 2014, Photography Moore Good Ink Kennesaw, GA: Recently, Chant, the engineering authority in electronic-hydraulic control systems,...