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I am building a new 355ci Gen. 1 small block Chevy for my Buick Skylark that also has a Procharger supercharger. I’m upping everything inside with a forged crank, rods, […]

If you know anything about turbochargers, you know that their turbine impellers spin really, really, really fast. And that stratospheric RPM means that even the smallest bit of grit or […]

While plenty of gearheads understand the importance of bolt stretch in the context of connecting rod bolts, truth is, bolt stretch and fastener fatigue can impact other aspects of your […]

Born out of high performance race engines, coated bearings are finding their way into more and more mainstream applications nowadays—which is why we felt that this video from Mahle was […]

In last month’s Part One, we began our look at today’s piston technology. As mentioned in that article, the numbers of choices within the Summit Racing catalog are absolutely massive. […]

There are thousands of different pistons available from Summit Racing. They come from just about every piston manufacturer in the business and they fit every price range and almost every […]

For many years, nearly all automotive camshaft bearings were manufactured with a babbitt-metal lining. Babbitt metal is a soft metal comprised mostly of tin (86 percent for Ford Motor Co. […]

Whether we’re talking about your engine, axles, transmission, or anywhere else they’re found, bearings have a very, very, very important job. That job, for the purposes of this article, is […]

We asked the bearing brainiacs at Mahle for some tips on fitting engine bearings. The first thing they emphasized was the importance of getting an accurate measurement. “When measuring bearing […]