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Anyone in the Texas region of NASA has surely seen or heard about the infamous "Scratcher" Camaro owned and driven by Paul Costas.  Over the years this beast as racked up an amazing amount of wins and records and continues to do so currently.   So how did he do it?  For starters he is an accomplished driver and knows his car very well.  Another key, he has put together an incredible competent team to make the car what it is, and give him the ammo to set the records and wins on track.  "I consulted with Erik on the...

Final pieces before we hand it off to Louis and the crew at GSpeed for their drive assembly, sensors, and wiring harness. One of the things that Billy Godbold had tested with using the new conical single spring and Comp lobe design was the OE rocker and a new Comp design. Since the Comp rocker is still in development and not ready for sale, we went OE on the rockers. A large part of the goal of this first build is to choose proven components using a sensible budget, and with Billy's spintron testing, there was no worry on the...

Small update for today: If you are curious as to the retainer weight difference here is the original PAC Ti retainer for the dual spring compared to the Tool Steel one for the conical Comp springs. Pac Ti. retainer at 11 grams ea Comp Tool Steel retainer for conical springs For desired compression and quench we are using a 0.051 Cometic gasket set. Heads are held down with a shelf ARP head bolt kit. With the gaskets on, heads were checked for correct install height, shimmed as required and prepared to go on the engine. As sent dual springs with...

Moving forward. In sticking with our target of building a reliable big displacement road race engine while using currently available shelf parts without going to crazy on our budget. We are sticking with a hydraulic roller camshaft and OE rocker arms and using current on the market head. A lot of thought and planning had to be done when it came to the camshaft design. Unlike a drag engine that sees only seconds at WOT, this engine is going to see up to 40 mins at a time on track. Louis at GSpeed, Mr. Godbold at Comp Cams, and ourselves...

Cast, Forged, Billet, OE, aftermarket, stock stroke, stroker, de-stroked....when you think about it, the options for LS crankshafts are many and can sometimes be very confusing when building your next engine.  When we sit down with our customers we always want a good idea of what exactly they are trying to accomplish with the engine and what areas need to have more attention spent on detail work to make the end result more reliable.  As most of you know, the standard Chevy small block has not had a fully counter weighted crankshaft ever, even right up to the new Gen...