What is Oil Film Strength & Why It’s Important To Your Dirt Bike
Film strength. We’ve all heard of it at some point, but most of us aren’t exactly sure what it is, or what it does for our dirt bike engines. We know that it has something to do with oil, but that’s about it. In this article, I'll try to answer the previous questions and take a little bit of the mystery out of the curious little component of oil called oil film strength. The simple answer is that film strength is protection for...
Is Biodegradable Engine Oil Worth The Investment In The Long Run?
In this article, I'm going to give you a brief introduction of what biodegradable oil is, how they're being used in today's performance engines and give you some guidance on whether they're ultimately worth the investment. In today's environmentally conscious society biodegradable resources have become more popular than ever before. And one of the leading pioneers of the biodegradable market...
A Brief Introduction To Castor Motor Oil, One Of The Most Prolific Oils In...
Castor oil was once the undisputed king of motor oils. It proved to be a shining star in a sea of very poor quality crude oils, and was commonly used in not only combustion engines, but transmissions as well. But besides being popular motor oil, do you know much else about this oil that comes from a plant? In this article, we're going to get into castor oil to find out exactly what it is, how it came to...
What Does “Shot Peening” Do & How It Increases Strength In Metals
Shot peening is a process invented in the 1930s specifically for the purpose of increasing the fatigue strength of various metal components that encounter high levels of alternating stress on a regular basis (i.e. motorcycle engines and chains). In other words, it makes shot peened parts on your bike stronger and last for much longer than they normally would. Below you'll find a brief synopsis of shot peening...
