Power Monster
5.7L GEN III HEMI® ENGINE The 5.7L Gen III HEMI® engine was introduced in 2003, but the fi rst engine in the production HEMI engine family was the 331-354-392 HEMI engine built in the 1950s. The second generation was produ ...
Powertrain
ONE FOR THE GENERATIONS – GEN III HEMI ENGINES
The Gen III HEMI® engine was introduced in 2003, has been in production through 2016, and is still going strong! By last year, there had been over 3 million new HEMI engines built and that number is growing larger every day! ...
VALVE TRAINING
THE JOB OF THE VALVETRAIN IS TO TRANSFER THE CAM LOBE’S MOVEMENT TO THE VALVE ITSELF . KEEPERS Keep the valve spring and retainer attached to the valve stem. RETAINERS Must work with the keepers being used (7-degree or ...
CAMSHAFT/FOLLOWER REPLACEMENT
Camshaft failure is a major repair for any type of engine design, whether it be overhead valve (OHV) or overhead cam (OHC). It doesn’t matter if the engine is a rear wheel drive (RWD) vehicle or one that is front wheel ...
MORE CUBIC INCHES
One of the oldest lines in the automotive performance field is – “there is no substitute for cubic inches.” In the early muscle car era, more cubic inches typically came as the result of an engine swap ̵ ...
STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Repair shops need to keep up and keep informed, especially when it comes to problems under the hood. It is a treacherous landscape for repair shop operators and it seems like a jungle sometimes. Automotive technologies are co ...
THREE STAGES. ONE LEGEND.
THE SCAT PACK PERFORMANCE UPGRADE KITS With a large number of late-model Challenger, Charger and Chrysler 300 vehicles turning up in the used car market, opportunities for 2011-and-newer 5.7L HEMI® engine LX/LC-platform perf ...
The Mopar Difference – Dyno-Might: Mopar Proves its Mettle .
Every automobile manufacturer tells the same story: that genuine original equipment parts have a long list of advantages over aftermarket or salvaged parts. That same advantage applies to authentic remanufactured parts and as ...
The Forgotten Valve Spring
Valve springs come in many sizes, styles and designs, but virtually all engines have them. They are usually very dependable and will generally last the life of the engine, but they can wear out and occasionally fail . NEED A ...
Dressed to the Nines
Knowledge You Need for Servicing 9-Speed Transmissions New for 2015 is the 948TE (Cherokee)/9HP48 (200) 9-speed automatic transmission. This new transmission is available in the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 as well as 2014 to cu ...
