Enabling your Drivetrain to handle your “tuned” engine

Opening the carbon fiber hood of your ride, you gaze at all those engine mods you made, like the HKS fuel rail, the SARD fuel pressure regulator, the TODA cams and adjustable cam gears, the RC fuel injectors, and all the go-fast engine goodies that just goes on and on. However, come to think of it, can your engine’s drivetrain handle the additional power from all those mods? In most cases, we tend to concentrate all our efforts towards the engine alone and forget the other systems that must also be upgraded. Keep in mind that with newfound engine power comes a more aggressive driving attitude as well as hard launches and higher rpm’s. Now with that kind of abuse, something could get damaged and might give in without you knowing it, like your transmission, or differential. So before you start picking up shattered pieces of your drivetrain on the track or on the street, let’s look at some of the components that could use some upgrading. Continue reading →