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Hughes Engines Tech Center: A How-To for Hydraulic Lifters

Kent Will

September 22, 2023

The math behind solid lifter setup has always been pretty simple. By nature of the design, the only floating adjustment point is at the rocker arm. However, hydraulic tappets are a totally different animal, especially ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Fuel Pump Eccentric Essentials

Kent Will

September 1, 2023

Since the early 1980s, fuel systems have slowly transitioned from old-school, engine-mounted mechanical pumps to in-tank electric versions. The reasons are many, including cooling, noise suppression, and the overall improved reliability of an in-tank system. ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Six-Pack Porting Potential

Kent Will

May 11, 2023

Chrysler may have been one of the last to try out triple carburetors but, when they finally decided to take the plunge midway through the 1969 model year, they sure did it right. Those first ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: A Hemi-Powered History

Kent Will

May 2, 2023

Some great speed shops have graced the Mopar landscape over the last six decades, each with its own start and coming-of-age story. For Hughes Engines, that story started in earnest with a need for speed ...

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Hughes Engines Launches New Website

Kent Will

March 28, 2023

The Hughes Engines website is back and better than ever after a brief hiatus for a heavy-duty revamp. For years, the Mopar-making shop had stuck with what worked in a basic format to navigate their ...

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Gallery: Considerations When Changing PROFORM Parts Rocker Arms

Chris Holley

October 31, 2022

When Chrysler introduced its first overhead valve engine in the fall of 1950, the winds of improved engine efficiency started. Since then, racers and performance enthusiasts have stirred those winds into a tornado by working ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Whiplash’d Wagon

Kent Will

September 30, 2022

Among the most successful Hughes Engines products has to be their lineup of Whiplash camshafts. The number of positive customer testimonials both in writing and video prove that there’s something special in the alluring lope ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Sneaky Small Block ‘Cuda

Kent Will

August 10, 2022

Obviously not as outrageous as the billboards of the 1971 ‘Cuda, hockey stick stripes from 1970 models were a much more subtle suggestion of sinister tendencies under the hood. Nonetheless, they should never be overlooked. ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Valley Pan Vernacular

Kent Will

July 6, 2022

The big block Mopar’s valley pan remains one of this storied brand’s subtle quirks. While many other engine types used the intake manifold itself to seal off the lifter valley, Chrysler’s big blocks employed a ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Do Factory Manifolds Fit Edelbrock Heads?

Kent Will

May 10, 2022

Intake and exhaust manifolds might be the hardest part of any super dedicated sleeper build. After all, headers are pretty hard to hide with a fat set of tubes snaking their way around either side ...

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