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Everything You Need to Know about ARP Hardware

Everything You Need to Know about ARP Hardware

Save this for later, we're breaking down everything you need to know about ARP hardware, from washer orientation to materials: Washer Alignment On ARP stud kits that include washers, you...

Everything You Need to Know about ARP Hardware

Save this for later, we're breaking down everything you need to know about ARP hardware, from washer orientation to materials: Washer Alignment On ARP stud kits that include washers, you...

Selecting Connecting Rods to Ensure the Success of your Performance Engine

Selecting Connecting Rods to Ensure the Success...

Connecting Rod Failure: Common Causes and How We Can Prevent Them Connecting Rods are a critical component in high performance combustion engines, there’s no denying it. Responsible for converting the...

Selecting Connecting Rods to Ensure the Success...

Connecting Rod Failure: Common Causes and How We Can Prevent Them Connecting Rods are a critical component in high performance combustion engines, there’s no denying it. Responsible for converting the...

Oil Pan Baffles

Oil Pan Baffles

This week, we're breaking down a favorite of road racers and owners of older BMW's that are prone to oil starvation: oil pan baffles. From the basics of what they...

Oil Pan Baffles

This week, we're breaking down a favorite of road racers and owners of older BMW's that are prone to oil starvation: oil pan baffles. From the basics of what they...

Determining Piston Ring End Gaps: A General Overview

Determining Piston Ring End Gaps: A General Ove...

Because different power adders such as nitrous or turbos, cooling methods like air or water-cooled systems, and various applications cause varying expansion rates, providing universally accurate ring end gap recommendations...

Determining Piston Ring End Gaps: A General Ove...

Because different power adders such as nitrous or turbos, cooling methods like air or water-cooled systems, and various applications cause varying expansion rates, providing universally accurate ring end gap recommendations...

How Stroking an Engine Works

How Stroker Kits Increase Horsepower

Installing a stroker kit in your high performance BMW engine will increase power output. You’ve heard others saying it time and time again and watch as stroker engines break world...

How Stroker Kits Increase Horsepower

Installing a stroker kit in your high performance BMW engine will increase power output. You’ve heard others saying it time and time again and watch as stroker engines break world...

The Importance of Re-Torquing Head Studs

The Importance of Re-Torquing Head Studs

Why is it important to re-torque cylinder head studs after the first heat cycle in a new engine, and why is it only necessary once? In this article, we break...

The Importance of Re-Torquing Head Studs

Why is it important to re-torque cylinder head studs after the first heat cycle in a new engine, and why is it only necessary once? In this article, we break...