Engine Performance Expo Live! 2025
The Engine Performance Expo returns in 2025 as an in-person event live from Rottler Mfg HQ in Kent, Washington July 16-18, 2025! Space is limited, register now!
Expo 2024 – Episode 41: Closing Roundtable
Hosts Joe and Lake are joined by Randy Neal, Chris Straub, and Joe “Dominator” Woods for a discussion on the next generation of performance engine builders
Expo 2024 – Episode 39: How Much Power Can You Gain w/o Changing the Camshaft or Cylinder Heads?
How much power can you gain without changing camshafts or cylinder heads? Lake Speed Jr answers that with a 20-year-old Ford C3 engine from his dad’s garage.
Expo 2024 – Episode 38: Project Pontiac Update
Joe Castello & Lake Speed Jr join Jolie Woods (daughter of Joe “Dominator” Woods) for an update on Jolie's progress on the work on Castello's Pontiac block
Expo 2024 – Episode 37: Surface Finish After Break-In
In this episode we look at how much surface finish changes between a freshly honed block, after engine assembly and finally after its first break-in run.
Expo 2024 – Episode 35: Lifter Bore Indexing
We head down to the shop floor at CNC Blockworks where Embry Harrick and Ryan Thompson from Rottler Mfg walk through the hows and whys of lifter bore indexing
Expo 2024 – Episode 33: Camshafts Mods for Boost vs NA
For this episode we head back to EFI University for a class on using engine data to make camshaft mods for boosted engines versus naturally aspirated ones
Expo 2024 – Episode 32: Roundtable Discussion – Engine Design vs Engine Development
Our experts sit down to discuss the pros and cons of building an engine from scratch vs developing one based on the rules dictated by a sport’s governing body
Expo 2024 – Episode 31: How to Run a Machine Shop Today
Lake Speed Jr sits down with Straub Technologies’ owner, Chris Straub, to learn why automation is the key to a machine shop’s growth in today’s market.
Expo 2024 – Episode 29: Balancing with Jimmy Barton
Randy Neal takes us to Morrisville, North Carolina, home of Jimmy Barton’s Custom Performance Engines to take a deep dive into the do’s and don’ts of balancing.