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manually cranking over an engine to determine its top dead center location

TDC: An Important Tuning Position That Should Not be Overlooked

It’s the classic rhetorical question: “How high is up?” Luckily, finding Top Dead Center (TDC) in an engine is far less taxing from a theoretical standpoint. TDC refers to the […]
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illustration demonstrating top dead center and timing advance/retard on an engine

Video 101: How to Find Top Dead Center

If you’re relatively new to engine work and have ever pulled, or need to pull, the distributor or damper from your engine, finding Top Dead Center on piston #1 becomes an […]
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Video: Understanding Engine Compression Ratio and Piston-to-Wall Clearance

Better understand compression ratio, how to calculate it, piston-to-wall clearance, how to adjust it depending on the power your engine produces, and more by watching this Summit Racing Quick Flicks […]
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