EngineLabs

EngineLabs is the top online destination for all things related to performance engine technology. We delve deeper than just the "hardware" that fuels this dynamic community, because engine technology involves much more than just new parts. At EngineLabs, we examine the strategies, reasoning, and creative approaches of those passionate about boosting horsepower. Our focus is on understanding the "whys" and "hows" of engine performance rather than just the "what" and "where."

National

English

Online/Digital

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#364982

United States

#114364

Vehicles/Makes and Models

#295

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

Running Ridiculous Compression In A Gas Engine

6 days ago | enginelabs.com | Greg Acosta

Look, understanding the ins and outs of the internal combustion engines is a great skill set to have. Here at EngineLabs, we use that understanding to explain advanced concepts, calculate all facets of an engine’s design, and know the limitations of an engine. But sometimes, it’s fun to throw all that to the wind and just watch someone actually do something that everyone knows is a bad idea, just to see what really happens. Garage 54 is well known for doing just that.
What Nikasil Is And How It’s Applied To Cylinder Bores

1 week ago | enginelabs.com | Jefferson Bryant

Originally developed by MAHLE in the late 1960s, Nikasil is the trademarked name for nickel silicon carbide electroplate coating. Originally designed for the Wankel rotary engine, Nikasil is used on aluminum engine cylinders to eliminate the need for sleeves. A Nikasil-coated cylinder wall is diamond-hard, allowing aluminum pistons to glide inside the aluminum cylinder with matching thermal expansion characteristics with superior heat conductivity.
12-Pack ‘O Pistons: Inside The New Ferrari 6.5-Liter V12 Engine

1 week ago | enginelabs.com | Jefferson Bryant

“Nice car, what’s the retail on one of those,” he asks from behind the wheel of his hopped-up Supra. “More than you can afford pal, Ferrari…” responds the driver of the F355 Spider. Whether it is a joke line from a movie or real life, the name Ferrari evokes the pinnacle of performance and panache. Ferrari’s latest venture into supercar horsepower is the Dodici Cilindri Spider, otherwise known as the 12 Cilindri Spider.
Jefferson Bryant, Author at EngineLabs

1 week ago | enginelabs.com | Jefferson Bryant

It is almost terrifying the breadth of Jefferson's technical abilities. A fabricator, master technician, engine builder, paint and body guy, dirt track racer, road course driver, or a glossy magazine reporter, Jefferson can do it all. Oh yeah, he's also a YouTube hero.
Turn Your Godzilla Engine Into A Monster With MAHLE POWERPAK Pistons

2 weeks ago | enginelabs.com | Brian Wagner

MAHLE Motorsport has released a new POWERPAK Piston Kit specifically designed for the Ford 7.3L Godzilla engine (Part Number 930266721). This new POWERPAK Piston Kit comes with forged pistons, rings, pins, and clips. MAHLE Motorsports has designed this piston kit to work with high-performance applications and much more. The pistons are forged from high-strength 2618 alloy and offer a 12:1 compression ratio.
New Video Series From Skunk2 Dives Into Engine Tech

2 weeks ago | enginelabs.com | Greg Acosta

If you’re a fan of EngineLabs, there’s a much-less-than-zero chance you like more than just domestic V8 power. You are in good company, as we love pretty much anything that turns hydrocarbons into horsepower, regardless of how many cylinders it has, or how much displacement.
N/A Pump-Gas 429-Cube Ford Small-Block Making 904HP

2 weeks ago | enginelabs.com | Greg Acosta

It’s no secret that here at EngineLabs, we love naturally aspirated engines. Nitrous is cool, and boost is awesome, but at the end of the day, being able to make big horsepower numbers with nothing more than the atmosphere the Earth gives you is the sign of a great engine build. So, when we saw this 429 cubic-inch, 351 Windsor-based engine built by ZSR Engines, making 2.1 horsepower per cubic inch on pump gas, pop up on our Facebook feed, we had to know more about it.
Engine Building Community Mourns Loss

2 weeks ago | enginelabs.com | Scott Parker

Legendary engine builder Ed Pink has passed away (source: HOT ROD), at the ripe age of 94 years old. The man made such an indelible impression on the engine-building community that he was inducted into the Engine Builder Hall of Fame in its first year. He was also inducted into the SEMA Hall of Fame in 2018. Two years ago we did a story on the last engine he ever built, which is worth a revisit for more information on Ed Pink.
How Automotive Hydrogen Combustion Continues To Evolve

2 weeks ago | enginelabs.com | Jefferson Bryant

Many of us in the world of performance engines believe that the real solution to the issues with internal combustion engine emissions is not EV (though EV serves a purpose), but rather the fuel used to power ICE engines. The concept of hydrogen combustion engines has been around for eons, but it was Mike Copeland at Arrington Performance who unveiled their hydrogen-combustion LS-powered Chevy Truck at SEMA in 2022. They have continued to build on this idea and have now even been racing the truck.
454 Evolution: Turning A 5.3-Liter LS Into A 454-Cube Monster

3 weeks ago | enginelabs.com | Greg Acosta

Junkyard 5.3-liter engines have always been popular. The iron-block variants are (or were, anyway) cheap and plentiful in junkyards, and you didn’t have to worry about the condition of the cylinders, because there was enough meat to go way more than .060-inch overbore. Gen-III and Gen-IV 5.3-iron blocks were easily punched out to the factory LS1 bore size of 3.898 inches — a whopping 0.118 inch larger than they cam from the factory.