Part one of a four part series exploring two of Borowski Race Engines’ most popular powerhouses – a 2.9-liter Whipple supercharged engine along with a King Kong 4.0-liter Whipple blown example.
We’ll continue our look at brake system tech tips with this issue. Some of those tips are performance related, while others are maintenance related. In any case, all of them are important.
Recall we mentioned that brakes are one of those things that are out of sight and out of mind? Honestly, that can turn into a worst-case scenario. Brakes are important.
The funny thing about brakes is that you usually don’t worry much about them until you really need them.
With this segment, we’ll connect the dots right to the end.
In this segment we’ll cover the forces at work within a power plant and how they affect connecting rods.
On the outside, connecting rods look like incredibly simple components. In fact, there are so many of them available today that many appear identical. The truth is, they’re not.
Last issue, we began our look at coil springs – both conventional jobs and coil over examples. There’s a lot more to cover and we’ll complete the series with this segment.
Aside from shock absorbers, springs are one of the most important and often most misunderstood pieces on a car (race car or otherwise).
In our last issue, we began our look at mounting tires and balancing the wheel and tire combination. Now we’ll dig deeper into the balancing part of the equation with this segment.
