More power. We all want it and there is usually more than one way to get it. Serious solutions will involve a “power adder” in the form of a supercharger, turbocharger or nitrous-oxide injection system. These power adders can add anywhere from 30-to-300-percent more power. For those looking for big […]
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Turbonetics TNX | Using Efficiency to Produce Reliable Power
THE FACT THAT NASCAR’S SUCCESS TRUMPS ALL OTHER forms of motorsports in the United States proves that the concept of performance from efficiency still hasn’t fully caught on. Even with its steel tube frame and purpose- built chassis, the behemoth of a NASCAR Sprint Cup car weighs in at over […]
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Boost vs. Compression: Benefits of High Boost Levels and High Compression Ratios
One-thousand horsepower, four-cylinder engines are today’s reality in import drag racing. This reality includes the leading-edge forced induction and engine-management technologies that make power production the easy part of building a racecar. Today’s performance engines are running at higher boost pressure levels and higher compression ratios than ever before. Understanding […]
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BorgWarner Releases Its S200SX-E and S300SX-E Turbochargers
GETTIN’ AIR THE OLD SAYING, “THERE’S NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT” HAS BEEN LOSING relevance as forced induction technologies improve. Taking steps to get even more out of forced induction, BorgWarner expanded its product line with the Airwerks SX-E series super core assemblies. BorgWarner developed these core assemblies to create more performance […]
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732 WHP Street-Legal R32 Skyline Gets Loose On U.S Shores
The original Godzilla, Nissan’s R32 Skyline GT-R, is steeped in motorsports history. It hails from a performance lineage and marks the beginning of a series of technologically-advanced successors that would each respectively advance to the pinnacle of street-car performance. When the R32 was released in Japan in 1989, it set […]
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