Episode 38 – Featured Engine Build: Short Block Engine Assembly (Part 2)
Picking up where they left off in episode 30, Lake Speed Jr and Jimmy Barton work through a few problems to finish the assembly of our boosted short block.
Episode 37 – Featured Engine Build: Pushrods, Distance to Coil Bind and System Stiffness
Lake & Joe are joined by Ben Strader & Billy Godbold to talk valvetrains, component upgrades, troubleshooting, and tips & tricks to boost engine performance.
Episode 36 – Mechanical Fuel Injection with Ron Shaver
In this episode Lake Speed Jr heads to So Cal to see Ron Shaver at Shaver Specialty Engines and get the lowdown on mechanical fuel injection
Episode 35 – Tech Feature: Motor Oil 101
Lake heads over to Driven Racing Oil HQ to see fellow Certified Lubrication Specialist Bill Alexander and drill into everything you need to know about motor oil
Episode 34 – Engine Builder Interview: Keith Dorton
In a joint episode with the Hidden Horsepower podcast, Joe Castello and Lake Speed Jr sit down for a conversation with racing legend Keith Dorton.
Episode 33 – Piston Measuring
Lake Speed Jr heads out to Southern California and QMP Racing to see Brad Lagman and get a demo of his amazing piston measuring center, the MC-1
Episode 32 – Advanced Tech Feature: Reverse Blueprinting
Lake heads west to Arizona to visit Ben Strader at EFI University and see how microscopic inspection can help find problems you can't see with the naked eye
Episode 31 – Engine Builder Interview: Mark Cronquist
Joe Castello and Lake Speed Jr sit down for a wide ranging, entertaining interview with Mark Cronquist, the legendary lead engine builder for Joe Gibbs Racing
Episode 30 – Short Block Assembly
Lake packs up the newly finished block and heads down to Roush Yates Racing Engines to see Jimmy Barton for assembly of the (soon-to-be boosted) short block
Episode 29 – Head Porting, Seats & Guides
The boys head to the Straub Technologies shop floor for a discussion and hands-on demo on how we get horsepower through CNC porting of the cylinder heads