As we’ve mentioned in other Sick Week interviews, there aren’t tons of import cars at the annual drag-and-drive event in Florida, so when we see something like RC Flint’s Honda S2000, we take notice. Upon further investigation, RC opted to forgo the 4-cylinder for a 414 cid L8T engine, and we got the full scoop on the combo, which got rebuilt in about 5 weeks following a fire under hood during Cleetus McFarland’s Christmas Tree Race. This L8T is our Engine of the Week!
One of the key things that makes an engine run at its best is clean air. Unfortunately, due to the nature of diesel engines and components like the EGR Cooler, clean air is sometimes hard to come by. In this episode of AMSOIL Garage, we discuss what you can do to help your engine perform
One of the key things that makes an engine run at its best is clean air. Unfortunately, due to the nature of diesel engines and components like the EGR Cooler, clean air is sometimes hard to come by. In this episode of AMSOIL Garage, we discuss what you can do to help your engine perform better despite dirty air.
There’s just something about a badass wagon that hits different, and Chuck Stefanski of Big 3 Racing definitely has a badass wagon. The drag-and-drive build was completed in time for Sick Week 2024 where we caught up with Chuck to get the details of the car’s wicked ProCharged 540 cid big block Chevy engine for
We first spoke to Derek and Rita Cho-Sam back in 2020 for our Engine of the Week series, and quickly came to realize that their shop, DRZA Auto, did some awesome work on Nissan cars and engines. While DRZA will take on other JDM work, the Nissan stuff is where Derek shines as a master
In this episode of AMSOIL Garage we discuss the EGR Cooler, an emissions device that reroutes exhaust gases back through the engine to be burned a second time. This device sounds like a good idea, but it can cause issues for your engine, and due to the environment the EGR Cooler is placed within, the
In the weeks leading up to Sick Week 2024, we caught glimpses of Leroy Edwards’ custom-built yellow hot rod. With its unique look, even for drag-and-drive, we knew we had to know more about this build and the ProCharged big block Chevy engine Leroy put in it. We got the details in this episode of
The Cummins engine is a powerhouse in the diesel world, but even the mighty Cummins can be improved upon. And who better to do it than Jeremy Wagler and Wagler Competition Products. The shop’s new Wagler CX billet engine is based on the 6.7L, but utilizes some different attributes for big power and performance.
Following a fire with his Honda S2000 in December 2023, RC Flint spent five weeks in a mad dash to get his turbocharged L8T engine and the car back together in time for Sick Week 2024. Even with the setback, the S2000 had lofty goals. Check it out!
Tim Krueger’s current pride and joy is a 2004 Dodge 2500, a truck with a turbocharged and nitrous-boosted 6.7L Cummins engine that has been fine-tuned at Tim’s shop, TK Truck Performance. Check it out!
Fast Forward Race Engines has been pushing the envelope on Ford’s Coyote engine for quite a while. We stopped in to visit the shop, which won our 2023 Engine of the Year honors, and got the details to FFRE’s bread and butter short block – a Gen 3 Stage 3 Ford Coyote. Check it out!
