The Amsoil Engine Masters Challenge and Engine Masters newsstand publication will not be affected by the recent decision to fold Popular Hot Rodding, the event’s supporting magazine, into Hot Rod magazine.

“The competition and the print publication carry on as normal under the Hot Rod banner, with the same staff operating it,” confirms David Freiburger, senior VP for content strategy with Hot Rod’s new parent company, TEN. “HRM will also carry the engine buildups as PHR did. It will be a good thing for the sponsors and competitors to get a significantly larger media audience and good for Hot Rod to get the tech stories.”

PHR was one of numerous automotive enthusiast titles eliminated when Source Interlink Media was rebranded into TEN, which stands for The Enthusiast Network. The magazine had long sponsored the Engine Masters Challenge, an annual competition matching engine builders from around the country in a unique dyno test that compiles average torque and horsepower numbers over a specific rpm range. That number is multiplied by 1,000, then that total is divided by the engine’s displacement to arrive at the final result for comparison. Points may be deducted for specified rules infractions. The top five teams after the first round of competition then face off again for the championship.

This year’s competition will be held in October at the University of Northwestern Ohio. Last year’s winner, Jon Kaase Racing (shown at top), is one of 34 teams entered in the 2014 Challenge. Engines are limited to domestic V8 families and must be at least 400ci. Power adders are not permitted, compression ratio is limited to 11.5:1, and all engines run on VP HP101 fuel. This year, 15 teams will bring GM-based bullets to the show followed by 10 Ford teams, eight Chrysler teams, and one team will fly the AMC banner. Engine displacements range from 401ci up to 572ci.

Kaase won the competition with a Ford Mod motor using a unique 16-tube header design (see below). The 2012 winner, School of Automotive Machinists (shown above left), is also returning with an LSX-based entry.