Builders,
One of the most common questions I get is about the availability of 2,850cc kits. Good news, Im getting very close to having them on hand again.
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I have not been making them for several months while my attention was focused on manufacturing upgrades in the shop. I didn’t intend to let it go this long, but shortly I will be focusing large blocks of time to getting these kits back on the shelf, and keeping plenty in stock.
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Cleaning, boring, honing, painting and packaging these kits is best done in blocks of time. It is terribly inefficient to try to produce single sets or do the work when the shop is also producing other items, like complete engines. Now that I’m back on production focus, I can devote the attention and time to building a large run of the kits.
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Above, The door to the CNC room in my hangar. The boring bar lives in the same room with the CNC. It is clean, very well lit, and climate controlled, all importian in doing precision work and keeping the machines in good order. If you look at the picture, you can see twenty two sets of 2,850cc pistons in the picture. The tall red item inside the shop is the Van Norman 944S boring bar. It is a 1950s vintage machine, manufactured to a 1937 design……and it is stunningly accurate when you operate it correctly. When I bought my machine, it had zero use since it was completely overhauled. I was essentially starting out with a brand new unit.
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Above, crates of cylinders. I just bought this to supplement the supply I have. When you buy a 2,850cc kit, a politely ask builders to return their core cylinders to me. I don’t have a core charge system, but instead operate on the honor system that people ordering kits will send their old ones in. Not all of the ones sent in are useable, (Don’t send cylinders with broken fins, thanks) but as long as people put an effort in on this, the less cylinders I have to buy on the market, and the longer the kit price can stay down.
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Youtube Video on the kits, a good look at how they are made:
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The Catalog page on 2,850cc Kits. You will be able to place your order here when these are back in stock shortly:
William
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