We’ve noticed a shortcut that some engine builders take that could cause severe engine damage. The hack is to adjust the torque setting for a pair of rod bolts in one rod to produce the required ...
When was the last time you overheard someone at the local track or gas station brag about a new set of bolts? You don't remember? It was probably never. Let's face facts: Bolts don't glimmer and shine ...
At 7,500 rpm, the pistons in your race engine reach either top-dead-center or bottom-dead-center and change directions 25 times per second. That means the piston goes from traveling at top piston ...
Thread the nut onto the bolt, hit it with 37 “ugga-duggas” and it’s all done, right? *insert buzzer here* Whoops! That’s a fail, and now you have a broken bolt. If you have been turning wrenches for a ...
Utah's Transcend Energy Group claims it has a relatively simple and cheap way to dramatically increase the torque output of combustion engines, simply by replacing the standard connecting rods with ...