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Closed-Deck Engine Block Conversions Want power at a low cost? Reliability will become your issue. Want it built for power and reliability? That’s going to hit your wallet harder… or is it? Enter the world of block conversions. By Justin Anning March 20, 2023   A Horsepower Love Story When it comes to Subaru engines, even […]

Choosing the Correct Block for Your LS Engine Build Whether you’re scouring junkyards, ordering cores, investigating factory options, looking at aftermarket cast iron or aluminum blocks, or spending big bucks on billet LS blocks, you’ve probably noticed it’s been harder to find exactly what you want for the foundation of your LS build than it […]

A Horsepower Love Story When it comes to Subaru engines, even given some inherent design flaws with respect to their weaknesses, they are still and always will remain legendary Japanese tuning platforms. These engines make easy power, are well-known and available, and are great options for a number of performance-oriented applications, but at a cost. […]

It’s not just the port work alone that creates spectacular cylinder head performance. The most critical areas of a cylinder head are those which pass the most air at the highest speed and for the longest duration. Your bowl area, the valve job, the throat diameter, and combustion chamber are all crucial parts.  By Greg […]

Precision is key when it comes to automotive parts; the complex designs of connecting rods, pistons and rings, blocks, cylinder heads, and other parts require super tight tolerances that are getting more and more difficult to be met by hand or with other machining processes outside of CNC.     By Evan Laux on Dec […]

As you ascend Mt. Everest, you reach an area called the death zone. Once you climb high enough, the margin of error becomes perilously thin. That death zone also applies to engines. As the horsepower per cubic inch and rpm increase, the margin of error decreases.    By Lake Speed, Jr.on Nov 17, 2022 Legendary […]

As shown in the figure, the crankshaft flywheel group is mainly composed of crankshaft, flywheel, torsional shock absorber, timing gear (or chain) and belt wheel, etc. First, the crankshaft Crankshaft is one of the most important parts in the engine, its function is to withstand the gas pressure from the piston connecting rod group into […]

As import cars’ performance on and off the track continued to grow, their factory wet sump systems simply couldn’t handle the performance and the development of dry sump systems for the popular imports was in high demand. But why a dry sump? By  Eric Garbe  on  Novrmber 16, 2022 Clean up in aisle nine! I […]

Find out what it takes to build a formidable marine engine.     By Engine Builder  on Sep 27, 2022 Being in the high-performance marine industry means here at Team Saris Performance Marine our most common engine builds involve the big block Chevy platform. We’re also one of Whipple Superchargers’ oldest marine dealers, so many […]