Dart’s annual seminar at PRI: Friday Dec 13, 1-2pm, their 17th year
By Ben Mozart Moore Good Ink Dart Machinery has announced they’ll be occupying peninsula booth 2211 at this year’s PRI exhibition in Indianapolis, December 12-14, 2013. As anticipated they will also be holding their annual seminar in rooms 231 and 232—their 17th...
Dart’s new LS Next block in production:
Written by Moore Good Ink Earlier interview with Richard Maskin • 9.240in deck height • Cylinders extended by .375in (effective deck height 9.615in) • Stock & aftermarket LS components utilized • Available in standard 4.000in & 4.125in bore sizes (4.200in...
Emperor of Engine Masters Challenge: Kaase claims purse
By Ben Mozart, Photography by Moore Good Ink: It takes uncommon pluck to enter an engine performance contest—what happens if you finish 39th? Developing racing engines is a serious business. Your reputation, your record of success and your credentials are constantly...
Titus: World’s first aftermarket Cleveland engine in production
By Fergus Ogilvy Photos by Moore Good Ink A regular top finisher in the annual Engine Masters Challenge, Mark McKeown is a man with a prolific output of engine improvements in his résumé, not least the Ford Cleveland. But even with thirty years of Cleveland toil and...
The day the Hemi Cuda took flight
By Fergus Ogilvy: Photos courtesy of Jim White Almost fifty years ago, toward the end of the 1965 drag racing season, Chrysler and their Southern Californian Plymouth Dealers Association underwrote the costs of constructing and operating a blown nitro 426cu in...
Don Garlits:
How his severed foot led dragster design to its most defining moment By Sam Logan Don Garlits’ front-engine race car career ended at Lion’s Dragstrip in 1970. “His 2-speed transmission exploded and severed a portion of his right foot—from the middle of his foot to his...
Two new upgraded clutch assemblies for 2014 model ZL1 Camaro
By Sam Logan For smooth drivability, use organic disc series for up to 800hp For higher power, use metallic disc series (1,000 to 1,100hp) For racing purposes use metallic series for 750hp and over Columbia, SC: To transmit aftermarket power adder increases applied to...
ChumpCar endurance racing
By Martha Maglone. Images by Moore Good Ink. Dawsonville GA: This past weekend, November 2-3, forty-one ChumpCar teams arrived at the new two-mile AMP (Atlanta Motorsports Park) race track for fourteen hours of endurance racing: seven hours each day, 9am till 4pm. Not...
Little M 305: Dart introduces new engine block
By Ben Mozart Late last week Richard Maskin revealed that Dart Machinery is releasing a new engine block, the Little M 305. Refreshingly, this is a direct replacement for the now obsolete 5-liter power units so prevalent in Chevrolet cars and pickup trucks from the...
New shaft-mounted rockers emerge for Kaase P-51 big-block Ford
By Freddie Heaney Images from Moore Good Ink Last Friday, one week ago, Jon Kaase’s 4-valve 409cu in Mod motor triumphed in the Engine Master’s Challenge in Lima, Ohio. On Saturday, in Cleveland, Ohio, he visited his 91-year-old father who advised him that the college...
From F1fanatic.co.uk
The biggest technical controversy of last season (2006) was the banning of Renault’s ‘tuned mass damper’ suspension system. It put Renault’s championship defence in jeopardy and seriously questioned the impartiality of the FIA. Many in the paddock suggested the...
Ask the experts at this year's PRI trade show
An all-star panel of top race engine builders will share the stage for a special roundtable forum and Q&A on how to operate a successful race engine business at this year’s Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis, Indiana. Keith Dorton of Automotive...