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Camshaft Journal Sizes
Ben shares a look at a bunch of features to pay attention to on selecting cam journal sizes
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Crank and Cam Triggers
Why do we choose certain trigger patterns and sensor types for particular engine combinations?
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Crankcase Evacuation and why it matters!
Ben shows the ins and outs of trying to pull a vacuum inside the engine!
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Cylinder Head Setup
Some ideas for setting up your spring packages and cylinder heads more accurately!
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Engine Combination Math
Ben shares some easy math formulas to help cut through the “noise” in the marketplace and choose good engine combinations the first time!
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Fuel Distillation Temperature
Why the engine temperature you are running has such a big effect on your fuel choice!
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How and Why to measure piston Ring Grooves
Ben shows the tools and procedures for measuring the ultra-critical piston ring groove dimensions
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HP Tuners Vs Holley
We discuss tuning an OEM Re-Flash Style ECU versus a Stand Alone unit
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Injection Phase Angle
When is the right time to spray fuel from the injector during the engine cycle? Find out here!
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Intro to the Ford 7.3L Godzilla
Ben shares some first looks at the new Ford 7.3 Godzilla V8 engines in the shop!
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Intro to Valvesprings Part 1
Aaron White shares some insight on how to understand the design and setup of common valve springs and terminology
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Intro to Valvesprings Part 2
Aaron White shares some insight on how to understand the design and setup of common valve springs and terminology…part 2
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Lash Setting and Spring Maintenance
How to correctly set valve lash and check springs after a run
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Lesson# 1 Torque Ratio
In this video, we will go over some dyno sheet trends, and a mathematical approach to comparing engines of all sizes and induction styles on a fair and balanced scale. You’ll never look at your dyno sheets the same way again!
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Lesson# 2 (part 1 of 6) Understanding Displacement
Part 1 of a 6-part series for a mathematical approach to engines and airflow
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Lesson# 3 (part 2 of 6) Calculating Volume Flow
Part 2 of a 6-part series for a mathematical approach to engines and airflow
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Lesson# 4 (part 3 of 6) Volumetric Efficiency
Part 3 of a 6-part series for a mathematical approach to engines and airflow
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Lesson# 5 (part 4 of 6) Air Density-Mass Air Flow-BSAC
Part 4 of a 6-part series for a mathematical approach to engines and airflow
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Lesson# 6 (part 5 of 6) Calculating BSAC
Part 5 of a 6-part series for a mathematical approach to engines and airflow
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Lesson# 7 (part 6 of 6) Calculating Actual VE
Part 6 of a 6-part series for a mathematical approach to engines and airflow
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Lesson# 8 Dyno Math Tricks
Using Math to calculate dyno correction factors used on a dyno sheet
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Matching Induction Systems to the Engine
How can we know whether a particular set of heads or intake is suitable for a given engine? A little math will get you in the ballpark!
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Math Channels for Drag Race Data
Ben shares a couple math channels from the data gathered at the race track on Robbie Blankenship’s N/A 10.5 Small Block Ford Mustang
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Oil Analysis
We discuss how to get an oil sample report, and how to read and understand it…Presented by Lake Speed, Jr
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Oil Viscosity Index
Why the engine temperature you are running has such a big effect on your OIL!
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Piston Materials and TCE
Piston Materials and Thermal Coefficient of Expansion explained
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Pressure Ratio
Why you should be way more concerned about Pressure Ratio than “boost”
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Profit through Relationships
Ben takes us along on his morning walk to share some heart felt insights on relationship building for small businesses
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Race Fuel
Understanding how race fuels differ from pump gas and from each other is key to choosing the correct fuel for your application!
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Racing Lifters
Ben shows the ins and outs all the various racing lifters available to V8 racers
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Reducing Valve Mass
How to get the lightest and strongest valves possible
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Sorceress ProMod Engine
Inside Look at a legitimate 5000 HP Promod Valve Train!
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Tuning for Water Vapor
We discuss water vapor, water grains, humidity, and how it all affects your engine’s tuneup
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Understanding Oil
Lake Speed, Jr from Total Seal Piston Rings gives us a lesson on all the important stuff we want to know about lubrication!
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Understanding Piston Rings
Lake Speed, Jr from Total Seal Piston Rings gives us a lesson on all the important stuff we want to know about Piston Rings!
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Understanding Port Efficiency
Here is a way to understand what the flow numbers from a cylinder head really mean!
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Understanding the Cam Card
Let’s take a closer look at the terminologies, figures and events that presented on your cam card!
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Valvetrain Total System Stiffness
How you can evaluate your valve train system’s performance for little to no money!
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Variable Valve Timing
We discuss how VVT systems work and look at the components involved
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Vena Contracta
Vena Contracta is a little known phenomenon that controls how air flows through your cylinder heads!
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Why and How to Index Spark Plugs
Ben shows the ins and outs of indexing spark plugs.
