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Our last in county machine shop closed up a few years ago. Last set of heads that I had reworked I had to take them to Birmingham, 80 miles away. Don’t even know of a crank grinder in three connected counties. Luckily there is still a transmission builder about 30 miles away. But I suspect if it wasn’t for the drag car transmissions they build they probably couldn’t stay in business.I’ll never build another flat tappet cam engine unless the stock original cam and lifters are still good. Just too big a gamble on new parts. I junked a 289/302 core block recently because I knew I’d never build it with a flat tappet and it would be too expensive to convert to a roller. Sadly, most vintage engines are going to suffer the same fate. Unless you’re a big bucks collector, the old stuff will give way to the LS and Coyotes of the world…
Our last in county machine shop closed up a few years ago. Last set of heads that I had reworked I had to take them to Birmingham, 80 miles away. Don’t even know of a crank grinder in three connected counties. Luckily there is still a transmission builder about 30 miles away. But I suspect if it wasn’t for the drag car transmissions they build they probably couldn’t stay in business.
I’ll never build another flat tappet cam engine unless the stock original cam and lifters are still good. Just too big a gamble on new parts. I junked a 289/302 core block recently because I knew I’d never build it with a flat tappet and it would be too expensive to convert to a roller. Sadly, most vintage engines are going to suffer the same fate. Unless you’re a big bucks collector, the old stuff will give way to the LS and Coyotes of the world…
