by Greg Acosta | Aug 26, 2024 | 5000TL, 5000TLX, Bendpak, Car Jack, car lift, compact lift, garage, garage lift, jack stand, jackstand, lifting a car, QuickJack, Tools & Shop Equipment
If you want more height than a floor jack, but don't have the space for a full lift, there exists an inbetween option. The new TLX line from QuckJack add even more height than their previous designs.
by Greg Acosta | Aug 22, 2024 | break in, Coatings, dybo don, engine dyno, Lake Speed, macaskill, News, Peter Lee, Piston, piston ring, piston ring coatings, Shaver, shaver specialty, Southwest Research Institute
Once you've maximized your piston ring designs, you start looking for other paths of improvement, like piston ring coatings. Total Seal is diving into some serious science to improve piston ring coatings.
by Greg Acosta | Aug 20, 2024 | 3d printer, 3D printing, Autodesk, Binford, Craftsman, DieHard, Fusion 360, Gridfinity, Kevin MacLeod, Kobalt, ratchet, Snap-on, socket, socket organizer, toolbox, Tools & Shop Equipment, Zack Freedman
Around these parts, we customize everything, including the toolbox. We designed and printed organization for a 61- by 21-inch top drawer.
by Greg Acosta | Aug 13, 2024 | 7.3, ball hone, Brian Wolfe, dingleball, Evan Smith, godzilla, junkyard, junkyard godzilla, junkyard LS, News, REVan Evan, willis performance
Move over junkyard LS engine, it's time for the junkyard Godzilla engine to shine. Four grand gets you more than 600 horsepower; but wait, there's more!
by Greg Acosta | Jul 31, 2024 | 1010, 4140, 4340, chromoly, Engine, erson, Erson Cams, Jack McInnis, overhead valve engine, pushrod, pushrod diameter, pushrod end, tapered pushrod, Valvetrain, wall thickness
Picking the right pushrod parameters is a lot more complex than most people think. There are several variables on both sides of the equation that need to balance.
