Tweet The history of the ZL1 Back in 1969, 69 Camaros were produced under a special code name called the ZL-1. At the heart of the ZL-1’s DNA were drag racing aspirations. Designed by a Dick Harrell and targeting the NHRA super stock class the Camaro was fitted with a 7.0 litre all aluminum...
Tweet I’ve always been a fan of Yamaha motorcycles and Yamaha design. Yamaha, although they are a high performance motorcycle manufacturer, are notoriously known for designing beautiful bikes. This goes beyond simply putting a pretty body on a performance bike… Yamaha will actually go through the trouble of re-engineering a part (such as their...
Tweet Here are two interesting articles on updating your already supercharged ride: 1- This article looks at replacing the older generation 1.7L Kenne Bell twin-screw with a larger 2.1L charger. The articles goes inside the charger to show you the differences and similarities between the older and newer supercharger head units. The icing on...
Tweet I’m going to talk about my own car for a bit here… I’ve been in the performance scene for a long time and have helped a lot of people fix, repair and build up their cars from being a stock neglected and abused second hand car into being a gem of a dual...
Tweet This is the first in a series of ‘snapshots’ of a manufacturer’s superchargers that I plan on posting every so often. As you can see it’s written in simple English (in horsepower and boost) and is an easy way for people that don’t know how to read a compressor map to get a...
Tweet Power Truck Centrifugal superchargers are turbo like in design, centrifugally forcing air to compress by the use of single compressor impeller rotating at around 120,000 rpms. Unlike turbochargers which are driven by a turbine impeller in the exhaust stream (connected to the compressor impeller via a solid shaft that allows them...
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