His job at Robert Yates was as a reliability specialist performing failure analysis on all of the team’s race engines. He had his own shop for while and also did 13 years working for Robert Yates Racing Engines. He has 27 seasons under his belt working at NASCAR engine shops. The first thing you need to know about Begle is he is a definitive expert on engines. We sat down and chatted with Dan Begle, Performance Sales Engineer at MAHLE Aftermarket, and he laid out for us why bearing choice in racing engines is so important. Most notably, the MAHLE team manufacture the Clevite engine bearings used by both NHRA and NASCAR teams, among others. MAHLE started out as a piston company back in the day (and they do still make pistons), but these days, the company is mainly known for its engine bearings. It’s important the bearing is constructed with the correct metal for the job. When horsepower numbers start increasing, the forces acting on the bearing start to increase as well. The folks at MAHLE think about them quite a bit, and for good reason. Engine bearings aren’t something we think about all the time.
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