Ben Strader from EFI University joins Lake Speed Jr. and Joe Castello for a wide ranging conversation about combustion. Using new technology, the engine builder can better understand what works. Ben, Lake, and Joe discuss Ben's new school that gives engine builders the opportunity to use the latest technology in his Competition Racing engine class. This episode is loaded with information, There is a video version if you'd like to see some of the visuals.  https://www.youtube.com/@TotalSeal

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Gary Stinnett returns to Hidden Horsepower! Gary joins Lake Speed Jr. and Joe Castello in the Total Seal booth at the 2022 PRI Trade Show.  Gary discusses the story behind the launch of his new product FOGGIT and his latest drag racing engine builds in his home of Emporia, Kansas.

Gary Stinnett - E67 from the Total Seal booth at the 2022 PRI Trade Show 3/24/2023

Matt Hartford and Eddie Guarnaccia talk Pro Stock drag racing in NHRA's Camping World Series. Following a strong outing at the Arizona Nationals, Team Total Seal welcomes new sponsor GETTRX into the mix. Fellow Pro Stock crew chief Michael Hiner joins the show to recap his weekend in Arizona and the guys all look ahead to the NHRA Winternationals at the newly renamed In - N - Out Burger Dragstrip at Pomona.

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Antron Brown, 3X NHRA Top Fuel World Champion, joins Hidden Horsepower for a discussion about the Save Our Racecars movement in support of the RPM Act. Brown goes into detail about his appearance before the United States Congress as well as discussion about the technology involved in 11,00 horsepower nitro burning engines. AB is always a fun interview.

Antron Brown - E69 from the Total Seal booth at the 2022 PRI Trade Show 4/7/2023

Dan Timm of Advanced Engine Concepts joins Keith Jones and Joe Castello for a wide ranging conversation about his life as an engine builder and his constant quest for knowledge. Dan comes out of the box with a Smokey Yunick story.

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Total Seal's Matt Hartford joins Joe Castello for a preview of the 2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals. There will be two track side tech talks at the Big Go featuring the Total Seal braintrust of Lake Speed Jr., Keith Jones, and Rottler's Ed Kiebler. Matt and Joe recap the Pro Stock season where the Total Seal team sits 2nd in the NHRA Camping World Series points standings.From this point forward, every race is huge. Get ready for the biggest drag race on the planet with Hidden Horsepower.

NHRA U.S. Nationals Preview with Total Seal's Matt Hartford

PRI 2023 Part 1 features Greg Anderson, Larry Morgan, and Gaige Herrera. Greg is a 5X NHRA Pro Stock world champion and gives the details of the hunt for horsepower that is modern NHRA Pro Stock. Larry Morgan is fresh off his own championship season in Pro Modified with Frank Manzo and Mike Castellana. And, Gaige Herrera scored the best single season in NHRA history based on round wins riding for Vance and Hines. Everyone is in the PRI mode and you'll enjoy this episode.

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Darin Morgan has a rich history in engine building, from designing engines that race in the NHRA HEMI Challenge to working at Reher-Morrison, this life-long Pro Stock engine builder shares his journey on Hidden Horsepower.

Late night dyno tests, Pro Stock, and Lee Shepherd's desk, Darin Morgan talks Hidden Horsepower

Shaver Specialties Racing Engines is legendary for their success and
innovation in the world of Sprint car engine building. Head dyno operator Don MacAskill joins Joe Castello and Lake Speed Jr to talk about how he got into engine building and the R&D work done at Shaver Specialties.

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Mark Pawuk, Ben Strader, and Darin Morgan stop by the Total Seal booth at PRI 2024. Mark Pawuk is a first time world champion in the NHRA Flex Jet Factory Stock Showdown. Mark discusses his engine builder David Barton and his long road to become champion. Ben Strader tuned for world champion Greg Stanfield in NHRA Factory X, and has great stories from the season, and Darin Morgan puts the Sox and Martin HEMI Challenge world on notice with his latest build at BES.

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Keith Jones from Total Seal Piston Rings and host Joe Castello interview the world's most knowledgeable engine builders. Technology, tips, and information about how to tackle challenges when building high performance engines and finding that "Hidden Horsepower".

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