Revisiting episode 2 from January of 2021, Lake Speed Jr heads down to Cleveland, Georgia to see Jake Raby of Raby Enterprises and Flat 6 Innovations to talk about bore coatings and “ring seal soup”.
The guys dive into surface materials, coatings, finishes, and how it all comes together to make a piston move.
Being a Porsche guy, Jake shares with us his experiences with air-cooled cooled engines, and some of the innovative solutions he’s developed to fix those problem engines. He also details his recipe for “Ring Seal Soup,” and what he learned to do and not do along the way.
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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 43 – Engine Builder Interview: Billy Godbold
Hosts Joe Castello and Lake Speed Jr sit down with physicist and Camshaft Maestro, Billy Godbold, to talk about his science-based approach to parts engineering
Episode 42 – Featured Engine Build: Break-in
Ben and Lake load the LS engine on the dyno and go through the oil and fuel and diagnostic steps for proper break-in before trying for the full boosted 1,000 HP
Episode 41 – Featured Engine Build: EFI Installation
Lake Speed Jr and Ben Strader head out to EFI University in Arizona to do the EFI install on the LS engine before they load it up on the dyno for testing
Episode 40: Day 3 Closing Roundtable
Lake and Joe are joined by Keith Dorton, Ben Strader, Mike Mucha and Mark Cronquist for a freewheeling discussion about the industry and thoughts on the future
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