Our online special this weekend is $25 off of any Wilson Intake manifold. Whether it’s a thrasher intake for your Cummins Diesel, or a CNC Ported Big Block Chevy or Small Block Chevy intake. To take advantage of this deal, simply use “wilson” as the coupon code when you purchase one of these great manifolds. Every one of these intakes we have sold have had great results. If you are looking to upgrade your intake manifold, now is the time! Wilson Manifolds product page is here.
Offer valid from 4/16/2010-4/18/2010. Online orders only.
Performance leader adds new 15W50 lubricant designed specifically for use by professional engine builders during break-in of new and rebuilt engines With the current government regulations, today’s oils are missing many of the critical ingredients needed for engine protection. Engine builders and performance hobbyists are being forced to add extra protection additives in order to maintain engine safety and performance – but not anymore.
Engineers at COMP Cams® and Endure Performance Lubricants™ have expanded their line of automotive lubricants to include 15W50, as well as the original 10W30, weight oils. Both popular weights are ZDDP-fortified to provide maximum protection during initial break-in. Heavily tested and proven by the COMP Cams® R&D team, these advanced lubricants deliver maximum engine life. They do so by improving the surface mating of valve train components (especially flat tappets), rotating assembly, rod journals, piston rings, valve guides and other vital areas of the engine. The proprietary formulas of both the 15W50 and 10W30 oils include optimum amounts of critical additives ZDDP (Zinc & Phosphorus), Molybdenum, detergents and high grade base oil.
The mineral-based COMP Cams® Engine Break-In Oils are fully-formulated and require no additives or supplements. In addition, both popular weights are fully compatible with gasoline, methanol and high octane racing fuels.
We have added the entire line of PAC Beehive Springs to the site. PAC is a division of Peterson Spring , which has been manufacturing valve springs since 1914 Right here in the United States. Their quality is second to none, and we have great prices on them. Check out the beehive springs here. We have used many of these beehive springs on flat tappet and hydraulic roller engine combinations with great success.
This week’s online performance coupon is worth $100 off of our fully CNC Ported Edelbrock Head Packages for small block Mopar, including the Magnum heads as well as the regular Performer RPMs. When you order a set, enter the coupon “cncsbm” and recieve $100 off of your order. Please allow up to 2 weeks for shipment, as these heads are builtto order. The coupon is valid from Friday April 2nd to Sunday April 4. Check them out here: CNC Small Block Edelbrock heads Available online only.
Be sure to check back next week for another online coupon!
Due to our increased volume with our Brad Penn distributor, we are able to offer additional discounts on the famous “green oil”. We have had great success with all of their oils, but the break in oil is top notch. We highly recommend it for all flat tappet cam engines, and it’s non detergent formula helps quickly seat the rings on roller cam engines as well. Check out our Brad Penn products.
This weeks’ special is Bullet series pistons from CP. Type in the coupon code “bullet” when placing your order and recieve $25 off on a set of Bullet Pistons.
Offer valid online only. Sale from 12:01 AM Friday 3/26- 11:59 PM Sunday 3/28
Looking to unleash the power of your 5.7 HEMI? Let us help! We now offer CNC Ported 5.7 HEMI heads and Comp Cams XFI Hydraulic roller cams. We don’t believe in stage I, stage II, and stage III porting jobs. We only offer max effort heads with top quality components. Some vendors use stock valves and valve springs on their ported heads. Why screw around with stock and stock style parts, when you can have the best for similar money? These heads will work great on stroker combos, as well as stock displacement engines. Check out these features:
Fully CNC Ported intake and exhaust
Race valve job
One piece stainless valves 2.02/1.57
PAC Beehive springs
Titanium retainers
Machined keepers
Viton seals
5.7 HEMI Intake
Surface milled to ensure head gasket sealing
81CC Chambers
190CC Intake Ports
Core or core fee required. Please allow up to 2 weeks delivery.
We also offer Comp Cam’s line of camshafts and Cometic gaskets to complement these heads!
Diamond Pistons has introduced an ambitious new formula—a notable step forward in piston performance—the Diamond double-coat.
By combining hard-coat anodizing with a moly-skirt coating, Diamond’s double-coat pistons will benefit all engines but is particularly useful in power-adder applications.
Features:
• Provides a thermal barrier and increases both corrosion-resistance and wear-resistance
• Deters piston rings from micro welding themselves to the ring grooves and it creates an excellent adhesion surface
• Resists high cylinder temperatures and pressures and frees-up a little more power; baked-on molybdenum dry-film lubricant skirt coating adds an anti-friction anti-scuffing surface
• Increases machined clearances of about .002-inch on the piston diameter and also on the width and depth of the ring grooves to compensate for the additional build-up from the anodizing process
• Includes submerging in a detergent-acid bath, followed by two rinses before the anodizing process and three rinses after
• Adds five light coats of the moly dry-film lubricant and baked in an oven for an hour.
Diamond, who has been developing and testing their double-coat procedures for over two years, conducts all their coating processes inhouse.
The turn-around time for the Diamond double-coat process is about two days and the cost is $50 per piston. Single coatings, either anodizing or moly-skirt, are still available.
Most everyone would like to have a new roller cam for their engines, but let’s face it, we don’t all have that kind of cash. A hydraulic or mechanical flat tappet is still a good alternative and can give years of trouble free service. By now, most guys in the hobby have heard of the reduced zinc content in most motor oil. This isn’t really that big of a deal. There are several additives out there that work well, and quite a few oils developed for older cars with more zinc in them. Let’s talk about a couple of keys to success in getting your camshaft broken in and happy.
It is critical for the lifters to spin freely in their bores. I ship lifters in a box with individual sleeves on them to avoid any nicks during shipment, as do most of the good suppliers . The key to successful cam break in is all in the prep work. Before I wash a block for final assembly, I use an old lifter to make sure it moves freely in all of the bores. (Both up and down as well as rotation) I also scrub them liberally with a brush during cleaning. Make sure that you have enough clearance when assembling the heads both retainer to guide as well as coil bind on the spring. This is important. A bind anywhere in the valvetrain is certain to cause trouble. Also make sure to check piston to valve clearance. It is smart to remove inner springs on mechanical cams. Lots of people don’t, but its an easy thing to do to insure the long life of your cam.
Inspect the lifters to make sure they don’t have any nicks or surface imperfections. Apply lube liberally to the cam lobes and the bottoms of the lifters only. I like to use either Gibbs assembly grease or ARP moly paste. Use oil on the sides of the lifters and journals of the cam. I use Brad Penn break-in oil on all of my engines. Joe Gibbs has a similar product as does Comp Cams now. When starting the engine the first time, you want a quick, clean start up. Bring the engine up to 2000-2500 RPM immediately and vary it in that range for 20 minutes. If it gets hot, shut it down. Just don’t let it go back to idle. It is wise to use a carburator that you know works well. I am a big fan of changing the oil right away to get rid of any contaminants and assembly lubes that may be floating around in the engine. After that, change your oil regularly with a good, high zinc content oil like the Brad Penn, or a good quality oil with an additive.
Wiping a cam has very little to do with the profile itself. Just like a good paint job, it’s all in the details during the prep work.
these great manifolds. Every one of these intakes we have sold have had great results. If you are looking to upgrade your intake manifold, now is the time! Wilson Manifolds product page is here.
