The Power and Speed Podcast

Mike and Tom in studio.

Robert Young of Forced Performance called in to give us some much needed turbocharger tech.  Forced Performance started out in the late 90s in the custom Diamond Star turbo market.  Fast forwarding to today Forced has moved into the GTR and universal fit market.  Listen in for some information about bearing types, housing sizing, usage, and general applications of turbochargers.  Lots of questions cleared up...

Mike, Tom, Tad, and Dave in studio.

We have to thank Dave again for another great guest.  Dave is a great addition and always welcome when he has time.  

Tonight we have Pat Topolinski of Power Nation TV.  Pat has an amazing story from his beginnings all the way to Power Nation TV.  Listen in for his journey. 

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Mike, and Tad in studio

Tom was away, working on his house, or joined the circus...we just don't know for sure.  

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Mike, Tom, Tad, and Dave in studio.

We have to thank Dave again for another great guest.  We love having serious guests that can provide high level info on very technical subjects.

Darin Morgan, an expert in intake system design, calls in to dispel some myths and crush some cathedral shaped dreams.  

Darin has been researching and designing induction systems for over 33 years. Throughout his career, his cylinder heads and intakes h...

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio.

Greg Banish of Calibrated Success called in tonight to give some additional high level knowledge.  Greg is one of the guests that we can rely on for accurate information in almost any area of automotive systems.  Greg has not only worked for OEMs in the calibration area, he literally wrote the book on calibration.  His DVDs are fantastic and we highly recommend you check them out.  Pay attention to the...

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio.

Unless you have not been paying attention all of the US factory hotrods are now supercharged.  Hellcat/Demon, Corvette, and Mustangs have superchargers and that opens up a lot of potential not only in factory upgrades but aftermarket additions.

Mike Sitar of Magnuson Superchargers calls in to explain the current state of the supercharging market.  Years ago superchargers were the typical X-71 based c...

Mike, Tom, Tad, and Dave Localio in studio.

We have covered the internets and the misinformation on the web, but it is always worth covering again.  Dave has never sat in on one these discussions so it was good to hear his perspective.  People say and do the craziest stuff and you need to know when not to listen.

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Mike, Tom, Tad, and Dave Localio in studio

OK, we can all thank Dave Localio for getting us connected with tonight's guest.  We have talked to a ton of people in serious forms of racing, but this takes serious to a new level.

We realize we have listeners from all different areas of motorsports but this is one any performance minded person should be interested in.

Vince Tiaga, the lead powertrain engineer from GM's ...

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio

Tom said it best, dumpster fire.

So, we have no internet, no sound machine, the mixing board decided to on vacation, and we ended up streaming the show for the fans live with my cell phone.

Check out how the Power and Speed team overcomes adversity. 

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Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio

One of the best parts of doing this show is talking to people who have slid into this industry from less than obvious avenues.  Chris Delgado is one of those guys.  

Chris Delgado of Prospeed Autosports started tuning cars in 2000 and took a interesting route to get there.  Chris, a fan of hot pockets, sought out work in areas that interested him.  Translation, Chris is a motivated guy who learns how to...

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio

We think once or twice we brought up the cathedral port vs square port head thing.  There has always been a "debate" about what heads are better for what and why.  Tonight we have an expert that tested exactly this.  Ben Strader of EFI University has built two engines with each of the head styles.  The first engine, the cathedral port, has been installed in Ben's car and has made passes at the track.  L...

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio

We always welcome repeat guest, and Dave Localio of HeadGames is no exception.  He actually lives close by the "studio" and at some point is going to come back in.  Dave has a ton of real world experience in cylinder head work from everything from Vipers to 2JZ.  Listen in and he will be back again in studio soon.

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Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio

Tom returns with some tales from the UAE after being gone for what seems like 6 months.  Custom Show, serious dune machines, and clams are all covered.

Mike has gotten deeper into the welding and metalwork side in his quest for a turbocharged Tahoe.  He got some products from some companies you might be interested in.  He's quite picky so when he says something works, it works.

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Mike, Tom, Tad, and two friends of the show Anthony and Josh stopped in to check out the "studio"

For long time listeners Anthony called in about the self learning EFI in one of the very early show.  We told em to come in and years later he finally did.  Anthony is going to try to get to Drag Week this year and is getting parts together for a old school SBC.  Josh is a LS guy and working on his own deal right now.  We are going to ...

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio.

This days always happen.  We look around the room and say "whatdoyaogot"... nothing.  Sometimes these shows are good from the standpoint of just the guys being the guys.  (if ya heard the preshow stuff like "Build a Tad" referenced you could only imagine)

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Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio.

Lake speed has been around racing as long as any of us can remember.  Working with Gibbs Racing for many years has lead to the formation of Driven Racing Oils.  Oils have changed more than most people over the years and those changes have impacted the life of high stress components in the engines we work with.  Listen in for the changes that happened over the years in oils and why you should be using D...

Mike, Tom, Tad, and SS Jeff in Studio.

Jeff stopped by for the show and he has his SS going pretty good.  10.60 at 135ish.  That's pretty damn nice for a 4400LBS street car.

Greg Banish has been on several times before and always has loads of good information.  Greg has honest to god OEM level calibration experience and knows the "right" way to do everything from their perspective.  Imagine having all kinds of power and the manneri...

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio.

It's always nice to have return guests and it's even better when we can get some of the latest info people should know about.  

JC Beattie of ATI Performance joins us tonight for some additional transmission information.  All the power in the world won't get the job done if the car does not leave and gets down the track.  The engines of today can make so much power they require a trans that is built to...

Mike and Jeff in studio.

To borrow from todays racing lingo, this is what we would call a "No Prep" show.  (not that most of them are full of prep to begin with)

The show was cancelled because Tom got called away, but Jeff showed up so we turned on the mics.  I have always said they can't all be winners, but sometimes it's nice to just shoot the breeze.  

PJ from Canada called in (eh) to give some Rocky Mountain race week info.  We...