One of the greatest things about stock car racing is there is no magic involved. Some may say there is, but it's usually just the winners not wanting to divulge their secrets. No, when you get right ...

Everybody knows that the right way to build an engine is to use precision measuring tools to establish the proper internal engine clearances. The problem used to be that these tools were expensive ...

Measuring bearing clearances is one of those steps that all good engine builders take to establish a solid and reliable rotating assembly foundation. It can be tedious trying different bearings to put ...

Blueprinting has become an abused term. For those who build their own engines—or at least want to know how to check clearances like valve-to-piston on an existing engine—we will offer some techniques ...

M1 Star mechanical bore gages (MBG) are manual instruments for checking I.D., ovality, or taper of through bores, and blind and super-blind bores. They sport mechanical measurement-transmission ...