Who is making 500"+ BBM Crates these days?

[CampbellsChunky]

I always had to build my own , never had the coin to pay someone I`d trust ~!!

Fair point.

Wonder if anyone does any Black Friday engine build deals

 

[70ChargerRT]

Fair point.

Wonder if anyone does any Black Friday engine build deals

Lol, are you serious?

 

[CampbellsChunky]

Lol, are you serious?

No. Of course not. But maybe on stroker kits or heads? Freight maybe.

 

[70ChargerRT]

No. Of course not. But maybe on stroker kits or heads? Freight maybe.

Anything helps!

 

[george haner]

Who all is making BBM Crate motors these days? Something 500"+.

I know BluePrint used to but now only has the 408.

Carolina Machine Engines just had a nasty hurricane roll thru and their phone says they are closed. Website is down as well.
Rebuilt Engines and Rebuilt Motors from CME

All American Engines has a few options..
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440 Source has kits and you send your engine in.

Anyone else out there?

Thanks in advance!

Tyler

Is Koffels Place in Walled Lake Michigan Still in business and building engines? Hope someone can answer this for me. thanks,GH

 

[Lefty71]

I thought both huron, oh and the michigan location were still open. You should be able to call them monday am and chat about your needs.

 

[RJRENTON]

No. Of course not. But maybe on stroker kits or heads? Freight maybe.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMMING soon.......have you been good all year?......if not, Santa may bring you a S.B. Chevy of Ford......
BOB RENTON

 

[rbkt65]

if you can wait until march, indy swap meet, you may be able to get a show price deal on an engine. chris and company are very good people. i have spent time with the. A LOT BETTER THAN RUSS EVER WAS.

 

[70ChargerRT]

if you can wait until march, indy swap meet, you may be able to get a show price deal on an engine. chris and company are very good people. i have spent time with the. A LOT BETTER THAN RUSS EVER WAS.

I called him the other day and man what super nice people. I couldn’t stand that prick Russ. That made my mind up on what I’m going to do for a short block. I’m dropping a block off of to him to all my machine work for it and going to buy a stroker assembly off of him also.

 

[CampbellsChunky]

Update to this thread. I have an engine builder here in Mariana Florida putting together a 500 based off a 1976 440 block.

Sounds like Carolina Machine is about to re open but was hurt bad from the hurricane. Still would be worth a shot giving them a chance to earn your business I would say.

 

[HawkRod]

One of the things to compare when looking at engines is the work done to the block itself. There can be a lot of time spent to make sure a block is right - align bore, ensuring the right size of main housings, making sure the block is square, making sure the bores are square, honing with a stress plate, making sure the honing is actually round and consistent all the way down the bore. In many cases honing can end up with a tapered bore if not done with care. These things take time (and $$$) to do, but make a difference in both power and longevity of a block you are putting some serious power into.

 

[george haner]

I thought both huron, oh and the michigan location were still open. You should be able to call them monday am and chat about your needs.

Thank you!

 

[Bobzilla]

Is Koffels Place in Walled Lake Michigan Still in business and building engines? Hope someone can answer this for me. thanks,GH

I see your location is in Iowa. The Walled Lake location has old equipment. Not that it's a bad thing, but that is a long drive from Iowa for basic old school machining. Are you planning a high end build or a basic build? If it's a high end build and you are willing to come to Michigan you could try Valley Performance in Ionia Michigan. He has modern equipment and processes.

I will add that I was using Best Machine but they have closed up shop. I will probably try to use Valley on the next one.