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Category Archive: ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Will A Dual Plane Intake Work With Boost? How About A Blowthru Carb Setup?

Years and years ago we ran a dyno test on a small block Chevrolet with a dual plane intake and Holley carburetor to see just how bad distribution and air-fuel ratios were when you used nitrous on a...

4-Stroke, 4-cylinder, 3.2 Hp And It All Fits In The Palm Of Your Hand – Check Out The Toyan FS-V400

The Toyan Engine company is a name that we had never heard before until, well, today. That’s when we stumbled upon a large group of videos showing off various miniature engines. We did some...

Which Junkyard Small-Block Is Best? Ford vs Chevrolet vs Mopar… Who Will Reign Supreme And Who’s A Loser?

Since the 2nd engine was built, there have been folks saying one was better than the other. Manufacturers have been battling each other on the power front since the beginning and now they battle for...

How To Swap A Gen 3 HEMI Into An E-Body Mopar With Bolt In Parts!

There has never been a better time in history to be a Mopar freak. Seriously! There has never been a better selection of parts available to make building a Mopar a reality. And they are good parts....

Ever Wonder How They Grind Crankshafts? Watch This Video And See Just How It All Happens Using This Pontiac Crank As The Example

Watching engine parts get machined is always cool, but some of the machining operations are way cooler than others. Decking a block is pretty mundane, and so is boring and honing, even though there...

Piston Flipping For Power? What Kind Of Mopar Voodoo Is Going On Here?

Pistons are directional in most combinations, but apparently, there has been a common practice of installing them upside down and backward in some Mopar combinations for more power. Or at least that...

Finding The Limit: This Video Shows Turbocharger And Boost Level Testing To The Failure Point

When companies develop products or new systems, testing them on the dyno is really important. It’s important to test them at the level most people will use them and it is also important to test...

Boosted Beast of Burden: This 300ci Ford Inline Six Makes More Than 500 Force Fed Horsepower

A while back the guys at Engine Power got their mitts on a nearly dead 300ci Ford inline six. The thing made 88hp on the dyno as it sat when delivered and over the course of time though bolting on...

Video: Have Uncle Tony And Pals Made It To The Bottom Of Why Hydraulic Flat Tappet Lifters Suck Now?

It is one of the biggest and frankly frightening parts of budget engine building these days. The seemingly awful failure rate of hydraulic lifters after cam swaps or in fresh builds. It has...

Old School: Check Out This Steve Morris Built 372ci Small Block Chevy With A ProCharger and Carb! 1,100hp!

The small block Chevy isn’t dead. No, it’s no longer the most cutting edge or sexy engine platform to talk about but the little mouse motor still has a massive base of parts for it and...

How To Video: Building Custom Spark Plug Wires At Home Isn’t Hard, And Makes For A Super Clean Install

If you have a stock, meaning un-modified, car and need a new set of spark plug wires, there is absolutely nothing wrong with going down to your local parts store and buying a replacement set....

Can You Make Real Horsepower With Big Block Peanut Port Heads? Richard Holdener Shows Us How

Peanut port heads, a staple of the early to mid 1990’s big block Chevrolets, were never considered a performance cylinder head. They feature small oval ports that just don’t flow a lot of...

Dyno Video: Big Block Chevrolet VS Big Block Ford. Which Junkyard Big Block Reigns Supreme!

The Ford vs Chevrolet argument started the minute the two faced each other in competition the first time and it is a battle that will continue until cars no longer exist. I’m a die-hard...

Which Compression Ratio Is Best For A Power Adder Engine Combo? Is 8.5:1 The Way To Big Power Or Does 10:1 Work Even Better?

Big power combos under boost have always required lower compression ratios than a Naturally Aspirated combination, or at least that’s what we’ve been told. But is that true? Or is there...