Engine Building Educational Links
Engine Building Educational Links
Thanks to grumpyvette from Chevy Talk for most of these links.
Categories
Example Builds - 350
Example Builds - 305
Example Builds - 383
Engine/Machine Shop Services
General
Block
Heads
Cams
Piston and Rings
Oil and Oil System
Intake
Exhaust
Crankshaft
Ignition
Miserly Mouse - 390hp on 87 octane and 355 CID
Edelbrock -
Building a Bowtie 420 HP Package
The Goodwrench 350 Quest - 8 part series - part
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Chevy Talk - 350 SBC with 882 heads
Chevy Mania dynos
Ryan's SBC engine
combos - 100+ combos
Camaro World - Project
Z28
Hot Rod Magazine builds a 400hp 305
RHS builds an
emissions-legal 290hp 305
325HP 305 Camaro Buildup
Lunati's 343 hp 305
Build-up
Edelbrock Chevy 383
CID Performer/RPM Power Package - 425HP and 437 torque
Chevy Mania - 383 stroker
Align honing
Looking for Leakers
(crack detection technology), Larry Carley
All about Engine
Balancing
Static balancing - engine
balancing for the DIY'er
Chevy Engine
Specifications
FUELISH TENDENCIES ...
How To Set Up Your Fuel System Correctly - lots of good diagrams here about
fuel system setup
RPM
Calculator
MPH Calculator
Torque vs. Horsepower
Another Torque vs.
Horsepower article
Compression Ratio Simulator
Speed-o-Motive Engine
Building Tips
How to stroke any engine
Block
Standard Abrasive
- Engine Block Preparation for the Do-It-Yourselfer
Heads
Do-it-yourself head porting
Standard Abrasives -
Do-it-yourself head porting
Porting For
Performance The Science of Horsepower, Larry Carley
The Science of
Horsepower: Porting & Matching Heads & Manifolds, Larry Carley
Porting & polishing the 305
Cylinder Heads
Dynamic Compression
Ratio
Hot Rod - Talking Heads - page
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Circle Track - Swirl Power - page
1
2
3
4
5
Hot Rod - Rebuilding Cylinder Heads
The Right Way
Degreeing a camshaft
Hotrodder.com - degreeing
a camshaft
Camshaft lob
phasing - nice diagrams
Speedcrafter - Camshafts - very informative and really nice diagrams
Lobe
Centreline Angles by David Vizard
Misunderstood Camshaft Ideas
Crane
Cams - Reasons and causes for cam failure
Flat to Roll
Crane Cams - adjusting
the valve train
Crane Cams
- degreeing a camshaft
Valve adjustment
procedure .. the correct way
Valve lash
adjustment procedures
Chevytalk -
Cam Selection by Mike Drew
Chevytalk - Cam
Theory 101
VALVETRAINS: Better
Materials & Design, Larry Carley
Rocker arm
geometry
Calculating overlap
Cam basics
Cam Truth by Buddy Rawls,
8/2000
Lunati
Camshaft Technical Information - really good information about cams in
general
Choosing Performance
Camshafts by Scooter Brothers
KB - Piston terminology
- really good picture/diagram here
KB - Hypereutectic -vs- Forged
Pistons
How do rings
works?
Piston Rings:
What should I get? by Paul Carter
Piston ring technology- sophistication or necessity
Lapping piston rings
Hastings Service Tips for Automotive Mechanics - piston rings - lots of good
stuff here
Piston ring
installation
Survival of the Fittest
Piston and Rings - nice diagrams here
Lunati
piston and ring technical information - more diagrams
Hastings -
checking compression ring gaps
Piston ring filer
Common misconceptions on oil
systems
Engine oil filter study
More Than You
Ever Wanted to Know About Motor Oil
Engine oils -
what you need to know
An
Excerpt from a SAE Oil Filter Test
High Volume Pumps, Advantages,
Myths & Fables
Engine Oiling Systems: Pressure vs.
Flow
Diagnosing Oil Pressure
Problems, Larry Carley
Intake Manifold
Comments
Port Area & Shape
Analysis
Airflow and the Internal
Combustion Engine - lecture in PDF
Crankshaft Deflection - The
Invisible Enemy
The Truth about
Torsional Vibration
Fluidampr - How It Works
Hot Rod - Do-it-yourself Crankshaft
Prep
Your Vehicle's
Ignition System and Timing Settings
Tuning With A Vacuum
Gauge ... And What It Tells You
What Exactly Is Ignition Timing?
HEI Tuning Secrets
Changing the
Advance Curve on HEI Distributors
