If you have ever been racing down the straightaway at your local track and been blown away, you've probably had time to reflect on the things that you could have done better to go faster. Many times ...

Recently [Camden Bowen] took a swing at machining a two-stroke engine out of billet aluminium, following adventures in 3D printing such an engine, as well as building one out of parts largely sourced ...

From simple surface machining to installing new valve seats and performing 3- or 5-angle valve jobs, Race Tech’s engine department can handle it. Cylinder boring (of cast-iron cylinders), porting, ...

For years, there has been an almost mystical quality associated with the word "blueprinting." Visions of Grumpy Jenkins and Ed Pink are conjured up, along with clusters of guys in white coats with ...

A flexible hybrid machining system from Heller Machine Tools works on a diesel engine block at Detroit Diesel. Walk the floor of any automotive manufacturing facility and see several types of ...

Tundra forums are full of horror stories alleging catastrophic engine failures. Toyota has finally issued a mea culpa for a metric ton of trucks and Lexus LX 600 sport utility vehicles equipped with ...

Toyota's Tundra pickup truck and the Lexus division's LX 600 sport utility vehicle have been hit with a recall totaling 102,092 units in the United States of America. Turns out machining debris not ...

Ford Motor's flexible-manufacturing strategy pays off for its newly reopened Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1. The newly renovated Ford Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 builds the Duratec engine for the 2005 ...

The aerospace CNC machining sits at the heart of modern aviation and space exploration. Every component that leaves a machining facility must meet rigorous safety, performance, and regulatory ...