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Engine Building Tips Part II: Block Prep, Head Studs, and Valve Lash
Last time around, we introduced you to our Dart University series with a few topics that get a lot of play on the Dart Heads customer service help lines – block oiling, setting valvetrain geometry,...
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Ultimate Guide to Budget BBC Cylinder Heads Under $2,000
In general terms, big engines make big power! It stands to reason that if you want earth shaking, ground pounding power, you probably want to build a big block engine. Power, however, comes at a...
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History Of The Small Block Chevrolet OHV Cylinder Head
A lot of people are always asking themselves what the meaning of life is. To us, life is all about evolving. Evolution is everywhere you look. It happens every day in fashion, movies, and music. Well...
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Hardcore Custom Engines: A Look At Dart’s Billet Blocks And Heads
Most of us count our horsepower by the hundreds. However if you’re a racer or engine builder who counts in the thousands, you’re not building with parts you bought out of a catalog. Engine builders...
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388 LSX Race Engine Part 3: Trick Flow/TEA Cylinder Heads
To recap the on-going engine buildup for our Project BlownZ being built for the NMCA/NMRA West 275 Drag Radial Class, the first two parts covered the short block assembly in detail (block prep and...
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TECH5: Edelbrock Explains Why Some Parts Are ‘HIP’
The Big Victor is one of more than 40 cylinder heads that can be ordered with the HIP process. Tech5 is a new feature where EngineLabs asks five tech questions to an industry leader. This week we go...
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TECH5: RFD’s Curtis Boggs Says Don’t Rely on Flow Numbers Alone
TECH5 is a regular feature where EngineLabs asks industry leaders five technical questions. This week’s guest Curtis Boggs of Race Flow Development. Boggs has been instrumental in developing cylinder...
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Granatelli Has BlownZ Covered with Super-Tall Billet LS Valve Covers
Interesting things happen when you combine ingenuity, good old hot-rodding, and a CNC mill just sitting there begging to turn blocks of billet into chips and artwork. A great case in point are the...
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Inside Edelbrock’s LS-R Race LSX Heads & Wilson LSX Carb Intake
The intense specialization in today’s premium engine building demands collaboration throughout the entire process. Crankshaft manufacturers need to know who’s casting the block and pumping the oil....
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Dart Builds The Ultimate Big Cube 440-Inch Small Block (Part 2)
If you have been following along at all (we know if you have or have not, kinda like Santa Claus), then you would know that we recently went through the process of building the bottom end of our 440...
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Video: We Dive Into the Technology of RHS’ LS Offerings
Building the ultimate engine requires a lot of work, but thanks to a number of offerings from companies like Racing Head Service (RHS), getting the initial setup for your monster LS engine is...
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Engine Build Part 2: Wrapping Up The RHS-Backed, 720HP LSX 502
When we decided to piece together our stroker mill we could have chosen the venerable 454ci big-block using a traditional 4-bolt main Gen IV foundation. This setup would have provided us with lots of...
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1,000 HP Low Compression Coyote Engine Build Part 2 – The Long Block
Last month we brought you the buildup of the shortblock on our Wild E. Coyote project – a 1,000-horsepower-capable base for the the soon-to-be-turbocharged hot rod we’ve been working with since 2011....
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Quick Ref: Small Block Chevy Cylinder Head Casting Numbers
Casting numbers on the Gen I cylinder heads are cast in the heads where the rocker arms and valve springs do their work. The GM small block was specifically designed as a compact sized engine to...
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1,000 HP LSX376-B15 Part 1: Building the Long Block at Chevy Perf.
It’s no secret that Chevy’s LS engines are good breathers, so when you force-feed one with a few pounds of boost, its output sprouts like Godzilla’s vegetable garden. Stock, production-vehicle engines...
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Granatelli Motor Sports Crafts Beautiful Billet Valve Covers
Some of us just have to look good while going fast. Thankfully, there are guys like JR Granatelli of Granatelli Motor Sports who share that passion. A quick look through his company’s website shows...
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Heads and Threads Gives Edelbrock Customers A Cool New Jacket
For most of the country winter is a time when project cars get tucked away in the garage for refreshing, updates, upgrades, or to start new builds. If you happen to be an enthusiast planning an engine...
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Understanding and Working With SuperFlow Flowbenches
An engine makes power by moving air and fuel into and out of it. The more of both it can move, and the faster it can do it, the more power the engine makes. In theory it’s pretty simple but in reality...
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Cylinder Head Repair: Fake or Real? You Be The Judge!
Here’s the original photo comparing the before and after work on a funny car cylinder head. Was the work fake or authentic? A few days ago, EngineLabs shared a before-and-after photo of damaged...
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TECH5: Dart’s Richard Maskin Discusses LS Engines & Head Design
TECH5 is a regular feature where EngineLabs asks industry leaders five technical questions. This week’s guest is Richard Maskin, former Pro Stock engine builder and founder of Dart Machinery....
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