How to Compare Weight Savings to Horsepower Gains Have you ever wondered what 10 or 20 extra horsepower might “feel” like in your car? Maybe you’ve wondered how removing 100lbs will affect your car in terms of how much horsepower…
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One of the things you will find if you have a oil pressure or temperature gauge is that regardless of the fact that oil is running through your engine and cooling it just like the coolant – it takes on…
This week we’re talking about low temperature thermostats, another item that nearly every tuning house sells and yet fail to really explain what they’re for. A few months back, we talked about high pressure radiator caps and what advantage they offered, this time…
Spoon, Mugen, TRD, and about two dozen other ‘big name’ companies all sell these “High Pressure” radiator caps. However, if you ask the average person what they actually do, you’ll be met with cricket chirps. Most imports use 1.1 kg/cm2…
By BRIAN WAGNER MAY 11, 2020 Connecting rods are probably one of the easiest parts to understand in an engine — they have to make sure the pistons are moving up and down when the crankshaft tells them to. Where things start…
By Chris Berg March 03, 2020 In high-performance driving, safety should be at the center of every decision made and action taken. If safety is not dictating each decision made on the track, it should be. That becomes even truer…
Lucas Oil Releases Safeguard Ethanol Fuel Conditioner By Chris McWilliams February 03, 2020 New from Lucas Oil – their Safeguard Ethanol Fuel Conditioner with Stabilizers. This conditioner was made to specifically address and correct issues that arise after using ethanol-based…
By Greg Acosta January 10, 2020 One of the basic tenants of hot-rodding is finding ways to add more power. One popular way of doing that is by adding displacement. To do that there are two dimensions in an engine’s…
By Jeff Smith January 14, 2020 The whole idea behind building an engine is to capture as much air and the proper ratio of fuel in the combustion space as possible, squeeze it, light it off, and use the combustion…
By Brian Wagner December 11, 2019 When you’re building an engine for a project there are limitless possibilities of parts and combinations you can use. If you’re jumping into the higher end of the horsepower pool you might be looking…