Engine Builder

+1 on Opel. I doubt anyone knows more about building an engine than Ted.

Opel has built my last 2 Mopar engines. First was a 383 that was rebuilt when the previous owner had it. I needed to keep it because it was numbers matching to my 1965 Satellite convert. It ran but was a slug. Ted opened up, found everything was wrong including the truck pistons that were installed. He did everything to it and got it better than new. I have not had to do anything to the motor but change the oil and drive it like I stole it since.

Second motor is a 360 stroked to 408 going into a 69 Valiant post car. Told Ted what I was looking for (a 340) and he told me not to waste my time and do a stroker motor for the street. I got back a torque monster that should be a great driver....I'll know in a few months when I get the motor in the car.

In both cases I told Ted that I wanted to drop the motor in and go...no cam breaking in, no ring seating, so that meant dyno time. In my opinion it was money well spent. In addition to the dyno information I knew that I wasn't going to be the one to flat spot a cam or toast something.

I will be the first to say that Opel isn't the cheapest, but Ted has knowledge that I could never spend enough to obtain and his abilities are more than first rate. If you have any doubt as to his knowledge or abilities ask him about the technical issues he had to overcome when he built a big block cross ram motor that had a custom made (by him) fuel injection system hidden in the valley and mass air sensors in place of the carbs on the cross rams that still used stock air cleaners so it would look like a stock motor.....