by Greg Acosta | Jul 26, 2024 | 6.0, Cale, cam swap, Caprice, Caprice PPV, L77, Melling, News, oil pump, PPV, Reisinger, rocker arms, trunion kit
Melling's retired Caprice PPV 6.0-liter engine is in need of some pepping up. Luckily, Melling makes a ton of parts for it, and knows their way around an engine.
by Greg Acosta | Jul 20, 2024 | block girdle, Clevite, Engine, F1SE, Ford Thunderbird, main girdle, retro 5.0, SN95, split block, Systemax, tear down, Teardown, Tommy Keeter, vortech
Retro 5.0 made a lot more power than expected and didn't show any signs of distress. We wanted to be sure, so we took it apart to ba able to inspect deeper.
by Greg Acosta | Jul 16, 2024 | Amsoil, conventional oil, high mileage oil, Len Groom, News, Oil, synthetic, synthetic base oil, Synthetic oil, synthetic oil leak, Tribology
Even with all the information available to us, there still exist questions about synthetic oil versus conventional oil in our engines. AMSOIL addresses a few of the more commonly asked questions head on.
by Greg Acosta | Jul 9, 2024 | 8470, 8740, ARP, ARP 2000, arp2000, Bolt, Custom Age 625, Fasteners, grade 10.9, grade 12.9, Grade 8, grade 8.8, grade5, L19, News, Torque Test Channel, torque to yeild, torque to yield
We've talked about the different grades of head bolts and studs before, but this is seeing the differences in action! Actually seeing clamp load and the fastener failure point really drives home the point.
