Making horsepower Making more horsepower can sometimes sound like a black art. The engine builder weaves his magic during the build, and out pops a hundred extra horses! But it isn’t. Making power is about science. Mostly physics, with a little bit of chemistry...

 It came from one of the rarest of grey imports from the early 1990s. There was not one locally available part. Yet we were able to fully rebuild and restore this engine back to its former glory. But it certainly wasn’t easy… The engine is a four cylinder Ford 2.3L...

This must be one of the most interesting (and unluckiest)engine failures we’ve seen in the workshop for a while… We recently received this 2012 Mazda R2 diesel engine into the workshop for a rebuild. It wouldn’t turn over and had obviously seized up. So we bolted it...

With this build we achieved 370 RWHP with just a mild cam, a top-quality tune and the existing headers and air intake mods already on the car. This a great example of how you can get a drivable and flexible performance package. Just by starting with a good quality...

We recently received into the workshop an F1AE0481D Iveco engine that lately resided in a Fiat Ducato van.  The engine was removed by the owner’s mechanic in Mittagong and sent to us for repair.  Advice from the mechanic was that the engine would turn over partway in...

  We recently received a 2004 Nissan Navara into the workshop. The customer was concerned about coolant consumption, as he was topping it up with about 100 ml of coolant per day. Other than a little smoke on start-up, the vehicle ran perfectly well. We tested the...