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Features

Hughes Engines Tech Center: Stroker Big Block Eclipses 800 Horsepower

Kent Will

April 5, 2022

As long as you aren’t talking about fuel mileage, the old adage of “there’s no replacement for displacement” is a pretty solid foundation upon which to build an engine. John Ginnitti’s 540 cubic inch stroker ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Bracket Busting in a Big Block ...

Kent Will

March 23, 2022

Consistency is the name of the game in any kind of bracket racing, but being too slow to slip past the break-out every now and then is the wrong kind of reliable. In the no ...

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News

Hughes Engines Tech Center: Taming a Troublesome Magnum Throttle Body

Kent Will

February 3, 2022

Displacing the carburetor’s perch atop a great many intake manifolds, the injector-less throttle body was a necessary and natural progression in electronic fuel injection’s rise to power. As little more than a glorified butterfly valve, ...

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Features

Hughes Engines Tech Center: How a 360-Powered Demon Dips Into ...

Kent Will

December 29, 2021

The high-revving, small block A-body might’ve been one of Mopar’s greatest moments. If all you’ve ever piloted is a big block B-body, then the thrill of thrashing a 340 needs to be added to your ...

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Features

Hughes Engines Tech Center: Jet Boat Makes Waves With Magnum ...

Kent Will

November 8, 2021

Chrysler’s forays into non-vehicular powersports over the years have been interesting to say the least. The Sno-Runner was probably the most infamous of those experiments as a mono-blade snowmobile touted to be low cost, portable, ...

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Features

Hughes Engines Tech Center: A Solid Cam Smokes The Tires ...

Kent Will

October 11, 2021

Anybody can power-brake a burnout, but a dirty dump of the clutch and ensuing steering wheel struggle can separate the wheat from the chaff pretty quickly. Of course, engine, transmission, rear end, and driver all ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: 700HP Small Block Is Straight Up ...

Kent Will

September 9, 2021

Pushing redline in a small block Mopar is a feeling unlike that which any B or RB engine can provide. The short stroke’s ability to spin up at such an incredible rev rate is what ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: How Can A G3 Hemi Hammer ...

Kent Will

August 2, 2021

Hemi cylinder heads, both vintage and modern, have shown time and again that they’re able to support big power, especially in ported form. Couple them with the right combination of hi-po parts and it’s plenty ...

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Hughes Engines Tech Center: Dyno Testing A Stroked G3 Hemi

Kent Will

July 6, 2021

It used to take big cubic inches to make big power. In fact, at one point in time, one horsepower per cubic inch was considered high performance efficiency. That’s no longer the case with modern ...

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Features

Hughes Engines Tech Center: So, You Want To Build An ...

Kent Will

June 11, 2021

Building an engine is not something you want to do twice. Throwing the catalog at a build can sometimes be successful, but there are better ways to go about it, especially when you can tap ...

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