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Harley Drag Racing
The All Harley Drag Racing Association
Here at Burns Stainless we have been busy building mufflers and collectors and sending them out with straigh...
What Are You Building?
We recently met Sterling Cole owner and principal at GPR Autosport near Boston. His team has been building cars and competing professionally and in...
The Grand National Roadster Show Returns
After a year hiatus the Grandaddy of them All, The Grand National Roadster Show returns to the Fairplex in Pomona. Home of the NHRA Winternational...
Ridiculously Awesome Bagger Racing
Since 1903 the young upstart Harley-Davidson Motor Company has been focused on being the number one motorcycle company in performance, endurance an...
A Deep History Of Relentless Innovation In Orange County
Anaheim was the first American town founded in Orange County in 1857 which built a new community based on wine making. The area was subdivided, an ...
How Burns Stainless Saved Christmas
Have you had one of those projects where you are chasing ghosts trying to find what is robbing your ride of power? We hear this problem quite a bit...
How Important Are Merge Collectors in Performance Exhaust Systems?
The merge collectors at Burns Stainless are custom engineered for each application using their proprietary X-Design Parametric custom exhaust design computer program. Their Merge Collectors combine high flow and high velocity to increase and broaden an engine's torque curve all the way to the horsepower peak and beyond.
Three Ways To Get More Performance From Your Harley
When it comes to getting more performance from your Harley-Davidson, we first have to ask: “How do you plan to ride your bike?” Performance can mean better fuel economy, better braking, better handling, faster off the line and/or faster top end speed.
Sizing Headers Stop Doing That... Do This Instead!
“There’s a notion that, in order to get a lot of exhaust gas to flow out of a cylinder, the pipe needs to be large,” explained Vince Roman of Burns Stainless, Costa Mesa, California. “But we find that’s not really the case. It needs to be the correct size....”
Maserati Nettuno Stratified Charge Engine
Most recently, an email came across my screen about the new Maserati Nettuno engine inspired by the Honda CVCC engine of the early 70’s.
My introd...
Piping for Power: How to choose the best headers for your combination
Did you miss this article in the National Dragster? The article includes some great information on exhaust design for drag racing.
Maximizing exhaust flow is a key element in obtaining peak performance from any high-performance engine. Before you buy your next set of headers, collectors, and/or mufflers, you'll need to understand a lot of factors, and we're here to help.
Feel the burn - Strategies employed to maximize thermal efficiency
Here is a great article in Racecar Engineering on the use of gasoline direct injection (GDI) in racing applications. The article concentrates on the efficiency improvements in race engines using this technology. GDI places additional heat loading on the exhaust requiring proper design and material selection. As illustrated by the photo of this 2019 Audi DTM engine on the dyno.
