Episode 47 – Cross Hatch Angle and Surface Finish
Lake is joined by Keith Jones for a lesson on two terms often confused but unrelated—Cross Hatch Angle and Surface Finish—and their role in performance engines
Episode 45 – Diesel Power: Cummins Diesel
Lake visits D&J Precision Machine's Drew Pumphrey to talk about how it is that they get so much performance and power from the Cummins diesel engine
Episode 44 – Preventing Cylinder Wall Surface Rust
Joe & Lake are joined by legendary NHRA engine builders Gary Stinnett and Steve Williams to talk about how they prevent surface rust on engine cylinder walls
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 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 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 28 – Tech 101: Selecting Fuels for Boost
Joe and Lake sit down with Ben Strader of EFI University and Freddy Turza of VP Racing Fuels to discuss how to pick the right fuel for boosting their engine
Episode 27 – Featured Engine Build: Heads & Valvetrain
Lake & the boys review their engine project build and the cylinder head and valvetrain options they think will help them boost this engine to 1,000HP