Category: Tech Corner

­  By Dave Localio Tech November 12, 2018   About the Author: Dave Localio is a long-time friend of ours and the owner/operator of Headgames Motorworks, a cylinder head specialist founded in New Jersey in 2001. Dave and his team…

August 20, 2018 / by Mike Magda Share An intense look at crankshaft stroke and its affect on mean piston speed, inertia, and controlling the massive, destructive forces at work inside an engine. Engine builders have long calculated the mean…

October 16, 2018 / by Jeff Smith Gamblers are a different breed. There’s a point where they seem to know when a bluff has gone too far, when it’s time to fold their hand and live to fight another day.…

By Brian Wagner July 09, 2019 There are numerous fables in the high-performance world on what you can or can’t do with various parts. One of the more common ones out there is that reusing MLS head gaskets is perfectly…

By Jennifer Szabo June 20, 2019 In the engine tuning world, detonation is defined as one of the following: combustion that causes engine damage; combustion that causes banging or pinging noises; or combustion that causes power loss, bucking, or kicking.…

By Brian Wagner June 13, 2019 Looking for ways to generate horsepower during an engine build goes beyond displacement and the size of the ports on a cylinder head. Ensuring that everything inside the engine is sealed up correctly will…

By Eric Labore June 06, 2019 When you are building an engine, and you are trying to get the most possible power out of it, you start looking into different areas of optimization. One area that can be optimized in…

By Jeff Smith June 11, 2019 This is not a story on trashing oxygen (O2) sensors even though the title might appear to make that implication. Instead, we thought we’d share some insight into how O2 sensors work and how they…

By Greg Acosta  When it comes to forced induction, even the most peripheral turbocharger enthusiast is familiar with the component in the system known as a blow-off valve (often abbreviated “BOV”). While that may be due in large part to…

By Josh Kirsh February 03, 2015 <img class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-914832″ src=”https://www.speednik.com/files/2015/01/wiring-story-lead-art-640×249.jpg” alt=”” width=”640″ height=”249″ />Wiring in any form is more than intimidating; it’s actually pretty scary. Unless you know what you’re doing and what you’re working with, it could prove…