What:  There are two types of fuel injection.  Throttle-body (similar to carburetion) and port injection.   How:  Throttle-body injection places the injectors in the airstream introducing the fuel into the air as it passes through the venturi similar to the way that a carburetor does.  Port injection introduces the fuel into the airstream through ports in… Continue reading Electronic Fuel injection: Throttle-Body Injection/ Port-injection

Rotor Phasing is defined as the alignment between the rotor tip and the distributor cap terminal when the spark occurs.  This position can be very important to your engines performance.  If the alignment is incorrect, the spark will jump to the next closest terminal or another ground resulting in a misfire and loss of power.     … Continue reading Rotor Phasing: Article from: MSD Ignition

STANDARD FACTORY APPLICATIONS Using corresponding long water pump crankshaft and waterpump pulleys, the most common pulley arrangement for long water pump is to run a two groove water pump pulley, a three groove crank shaft pulley, and a two groove (V-8) power steering pump pulley. This pulley arrangement will be used in all Alan Grove long… Continue reading Big Block Chevy Long Water Pump: Article from Alan Grove Components

STANDARD FACTORY APPLICATIONSUsing corresponding long water pump crankshaft and water pump pulleys, the most common pulley arrangement for long water pump is to run a two groove water pump pulley, a three groove crankshaft pulley, and a two groove (V-8) power steering pump pulley. This pulley arrangement will be used in all Alan Grove long… Continue reading Belt Alignment Small Block Chevy: Article provided by Alan Grove Components

Pulleys RequiredUsing short water pump pulleys, the alternator belt will normally run  in the inner grooves of the water pump and crankshaft pulleys. While not as common, single groove crank and waterpump pulleys may also be used in alternator applications. Factory steel pulleys are available from Chevrolet or from us.Pulleys RequiredShort water pump power steering… Continue reading Small or Big Chevy Short Water Pump: Article provided by Alan Grove Components

A.C. Compressors:Our brackets are designed for the popular Sanden 508 AFTERMARKET compressor. These compressors are used by all of the specialty vehicle air conditioner companies. Most of these companies use our brackets as standard equipment with their air conditioning systems. The Sanden part numbers for the 508 compressors are: V-groove Freon 12-9285 V-groove Freon 134-4509… Continue reading Compressor and Power Steering Brackets: Article from Alan Grove Components

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RESOURCES: TOP TEN IGNITION QUESTIONS MSD’s Customer Support Department receives numbers of calls and e-mail everyday from racers and enthusiasts seeking recommendations or ways to tweak out another tenth of performance. To help you learn more about ignitions, they all got together and came up with this list of the top ten questions they receive. If… Continue reading Top 10 FAQ About Ignitions: Article by MDS Ignition

TRIGGERPICKUPS:  MAGNETIC  VS. OPTICAL There recently has been debate concerning trigger methods used in distributors. The two most common racing pickups used in distributors are a magnetic pickup and optical pickups.  Both pickups have been available for a number of years and in a variety of applications. The pickups perform the same job, triggering the ignition… Continue reading Ignition System – Trigger Pickups: Magnetic vs. Optical Article by MSD Igniton

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