Engine Builder

Any recommendations on a good vintage FF engine rebuilding source? What are typical prices for a complete motor versus rebuild on existing motor?

Many Thanks!

-Doug

Give Rex Gunning a call. He has been building FF 1600 engines since 74. He is meticulous and reasonably priced. I would guess a complete motor could be had for $4000 to $4500 and a rebuild would run you $1500 depending on the amount of machine work required and parts replaced. Email me off line for his contact info if you are interested in talking with him.

We at Quicksilver would be happy to help you with that.We have been building FF engines for 30 years and I can put a package together to fit your budget call me anytime.


Erik Oseth
QSRE
301 698 9009

call Farley - it's all eye do

Charlie Williams - Williams Engines in Kansas.

Doug:

Curtis Farley (Farley Engines - Platte City, Missouri - 816-431-3550) rebuilds between 15 and 20 engines per year for us. Best choice we ever made - best price, best customer service.

Cindy Lindstrand
Lindstrand Motorsports, Inc.

How about Rollin Butler. Ask John Robinson III how Rollin's engines perform.

All the builders are getting most of there parts from Ivey. Call Susan and she will make you feel like family.1-503-255-1123

Happy wih the bullet Elite built me, with only a 2 week turn around... Steve has always picked up the phone when I called him...

I swear by MWE. They took my old Scholar nail when I emigrated to USA and turned it into a pretty quick motor (1.22's at Summit and 2.13's at the Glen long circuit in an ancient '69 Merlyn 11a on an iron head, points & Dunlop treads driven by a geezer well past his prime). Fair prices and lots of input - Ted Wentz is around most of the NE vintage race meetings and rushes around like an expectant father looking after his motors - from FF to F1. Will tailor an engine to your pocket - mine is not the highest horsepower they have built ( though probably the smallest out of pocket) but has masses of torque. With these guys you get a good deal - not some apprentice doing your motor while the senior guys work on the winners, and they care. Peter Marcovicci or Ted Wentz on Long Island at 631-467-9040.

By the way I woud have come and raced with the rest of you guys at club meetings but the SCCA (who were less than friendly when I arrived in the USA, refusing to honor an RAC INternational licence) tell me I have to weld all sorts of safety bars onto the old girl to make her safe (an oxymoron with old space frames). I have run her like she is for over 20 years and am not going to bastardize her for SCCA rules. But the bureaucracy and career building at SCCA is a whole other thread.

BB

Charley Williams 2701 West 47th, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66205 (913) 262-6300. Really nice people, who will take care of you. He will build what you want and keep you legal.


Mike