A common question on this forum concerns where to find an engine shop that understands what restorers want and need. We hear about bad experiences from shops that routinely deck the numbers off a block, insist that vintage heads need valve seat inserts, and suggest unsuitable aftermarket cams and valve springs when quality OE spec Sealed Power components would provide the original characteristics the restorer wants. Well, now we have an opportunity to raise the profile of stock restoration engine building in world of engine building professionals.
Engine Builder Magazine is having an engine of the year contest, and the contestants are 9 over-the-top modified racing engines and one 63 Corvette engine built with full attention to finding all the right casting numbers and dated parts while saving a beat-up block and preserving its numbers.
I went to the website below and voted for the restoration engine. Anyone can vote; you don't have to subscribe to the magazine. I think shops may think more about the restoration business if a lot of us show our appreciation for this kind of engine work.
Go to: http://www.enginebuildermag.com/engine-year-contest/
The article in Engine Builder which describes the 63 Corvette project was commented upon in this forum a few months ago. Some of us were critical of the engine paint because it was much prettier than a factory job with thin paint and overspray. I spoke to the young man who did the work (yes, a young man who shares the interests of us Corvette geezers) and he certainly understands what is typical of factory production. He explained all that to his customer, but the customer wanted a correctly built but cosmetically better engine. I certainly understand that. So, let's put in a good word for well restored 300 hp engines in a world of 2000 hp turbo monsters.
Engine Builder Magazine is having an engine of the year contest, and the contestants are 9 over-the-top modified racing engines and one 63 Corvette engine built with full attention to finding all the right casting numbers and dated parts while saving a beat-up block and preserving its numbers.
I went to the website below and voted for the restoration engine. Anyone can vote; you don't have to subscribe to the magazine. I think shops may think more about the restoration business if a lot of us show our appreciation for this kind of engine work.
Go to: http://www.enginebuildermag.com/engine-year-contest/
The article in Engine Builder which describes the 63 Corvette project was commented upon in this forum a few months ago. Some of us were critical of the engine paint because it was much prettier than a factory job with thin paint and overspray. I spoke to the young man who did the work (yes, a young man who shares the interests of us Corvette geezers) and he certainly understands what is typical of factory production. He explained all that to his customer, but the customer wanted a correctly built but cosmetically better engine. I certainly understand that. So, let's put in a good word for well restored 300 hp engines in a world of 2000 hp turbo monsters.
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