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Bill from Moore Parts and John from Benton Performance are teaming up for this year’s EMPI Engine Battle World Cup Edition! 🔥
This Anaheim-based duo is ready to take on engine builders from around the world. With over 100 years of combined air-cooled VW experience, this team is definitely one to keep an eye on!
We wish Team Pants the best of luck as they prepare to battle some of the industry’s top builders. 🏁💪
The competition is just a few days away! June 16 marks the start of the action, and you won’t want to miss it.
Tune in live on EMPI’s Facebook and YouTube channels and catch all the excitement brought to your screens by Autolinea! 🎥🚀


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Our 70th Anniversary EMPI Vans are here! 😎😍

Designed by our in-house artist and Senior Graphic Designer, Ray Herrera, these limited-edition Vans celebrate 70 years of EMPI heritage and style.

Get yours TOMORROW June 12th at 9:00 AM PST exclusively at shop.empius.com

Don’t wait—quantities are extremely limited, and purchases are restricted to one pair per customer. Set your reminder now and add this exclusive release to your EMPI collection before they’re gone!

Meet your Engine Battle host—Bill from 🤩😎🔥 You all loved him last competition, so he’s BACK! Bill will be interviewing each competitor after every run and bringing you live updates throughout the event. 🎙️😎
Clear your schedule and tune in Tuesday, June 16 for the kickoff 👀 Make sure you’re following EMPI and Let’s Talk Dubs on all socials so you don’t miss a single update!

Jason and Frank are ready for the competition! 🔥

Check out beautiful Engine Battle Engine! 🤩🤩 Will it perform as impressively as it looks? We’re about to find out! 👀😤😎

The competition kicks off on June 16 and will be livestreamed on EMPI’s YouTube and Facebook channels. Don’t miss it! 🚀🏁

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The official energy drink of the 2026 EMPI Engine Battle is here! 😎🤩
We’re proud to have Sunoco as our official fuel supplier, with every engine in this year’s competition running on Sunoco EVO 10 Unleaded Race Fuel. ⛽️ 😤
A huge thank you to Sunoco for supporting this epic event. We can’t wait to see the competition unfold and find out who emerges victorious! 😎🏆

Meet Sylvain Brocarel from Slymotors in Châteaurenard, France! 😎🤩

Slymotors is a Volkswagen and Porsche Classic specialist, focusing on both Flat-Four and Flat-Six engines. With more than 35 years of engine-building experience!

In addition to engine building, Slymotors offers maintenance services, crankshaft balancing, drag racing development, and in-house dyno testing.

We’re proud to welcome Slymotors to the Engine Battle competition and wish them the very best of luck as they compete for the $20,000 grand prize and the coveted Engine Battle Crown! 👑 🤩😎

Don’t miss one minute of hot dyno action with Jack Sacchette running the show starting June 16-the event will be live streamed on EMPI’s YouTube and Facebook channels 😎


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We are only 2 weeks away from the 70th Anniversary EMPI Open House, and we would like to invite YOU to celebrate this milestone with us! 🤩😎

Join us for a day packed with activities, including facility tours, live music, food, garage sale, limited-edition anniversary merchandise, a huge car show, trophies, an arcade, a chassis dyno competition, an Engine Battle watch party, and much more. 🤩🤩

The EMPI Open House will take place at EMPI Headquarters in Anaheim, California, on June 20th from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. 🗓️📍

This is one event you won’t want to miss. Bring your friends and family and help us celebrate 70 years of EMPI! We’ll see you there! 😎🤩

In this corner, the pride of Rockford, Illinois…
its Adam to defend the crown he earned in 2024 at the inaugural EMPI Engine Battle! 🏆😎😤
We cant wait to see what he’s cooked up for the competition! Make sure and mark your calendar-the EMPI Engine Battle-World Cup Edition begins Tuesday June 16-don’t miss out! Thanks again to our sponsors AutoLinea JBugs.com, JP Group, AutoLinea, WOSP Performance and Sunoco Fuels 😎

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Rick from The Wright Gearbox is back to prove that he’s much more than just a builder of excellent VW and racing transaxles! He’s using his decades of air cooled experience to have another go at the $20,000 grand prize at the end of the EMPI Engine Battle-World Cup Edition! 😎💪🏼
Our friends at AutoLinea are sponsoring the EMPI Engine Battle livestream so you can catch every minute of hot dyno action on EMPI’s Facebook and YouTube-the battle begins Tuesday June 16 with the Championship round June 20th at the EMPI 70th Anniversary Open House 😎🤩

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