Category: Idle Chatter

We need to study and learn from our results.

Originally published 12/15/2021. In this episode, the Hot Rod Farmer explains the unique tools that are employed during the development…

How do we balance accepting the new while keeping the old?

Originally published 12/8/2021. A long time Idle Chatter listener has had problems with using E-10 in small engines. The Hot…

This week I juxtapose how important the early life of an engine is against a bread ad from the 1960’s.

Originally published 11/17/2021. The lure of more power and fuel economy and no longer dealing with DEF and regeneration of…

You can’t learn if you don’t understand the terms.

Originally published 11/10/2021. The term high-performance is often misunderstood. In engineering parlance it is a design that is more efficient…

You can’t diagnose it if you do not understand it!

Originally published 11/3/2021. Almost everywhere you look on the farm or ranch you are interacting with the theory of fluid…