“Greg Ventura, a Material Lifecycle Analyst for K&N air filters, has been drag racing for over 22 years. Having been born into a drag racing family, Greg practically grew up at the drag strip. Greg’s father, Al Ventura, was a well-known figure in the local Southern California drag racing scene. Sadly, Al Ventura lost his battle to cancer in 2012 and his son Greg continues to struggle with the loss. “My father was my best friend, and without his leadership and being the great example he was, I wouldn’t be racing today,” said Greg Ventura.”

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One of the many great things about the small-block Chevy is its versatility. Think about it for a minute: the same basic powerplant has been used to power everything from a heavy-hauling farm truck that rarely sees the high side of 30 mph to a production-bodied, land-speed record holder exceeding 300 miles per hour.

Tommy Keeter is in the business of building big-power custom engines, and his finished products are nothing short of intimidating. Tommy got his start young and has been professionally entrenched in racing and engine building for nearly two decades now…read more

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Tall-deck engines allow the displacement to reach for the stars, but a typical, tall-deck, big-inch combination is a 632ci motor with a 4.60-inch bore and a 4.75-inch stroke. Shafiroff offers a Big Dawg combo that makes 945 hp on pump gas with Brodix BB3x rectangle-port heads and a monster mechanical roller camshaft.

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BRODIX a company known for making serious power has two new cylinder heads to help you build the power plant of your dreams.

First on the list is the STS BR 7 BS 273 which is a durable replacement for the LS head.

Kenny Duttweiler of Duttweiler Performance is a legend in the world of forced-induction engines; his creations have set records and kicked ass all over the globe. Professional drifter Joon Maeng normally runs in the Formula DRIFT series with a sweet supercharged LS7 that runs one of Vortech‘s V-7 YSi superchargers out front – but his plans for 2015 are quite different.

Brodix brought its A-game to PRI this year, assembling a decent array of some of its finest new products. Among them was the recently launched BP BR 3 cylinder heads for LS engines, utilizing standard LS3 components like the valvetrain and intake manifold while enhancing performance with Brodix’s top-of-the-line machining capabilities.

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