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 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
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
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