You learn something new everyday. How long will an LA small block hold up at 550 horsepower

Just because someone is a machinist doesn't make them an engine builder. The engine shop that dynoed my engine didn't have a crank grinder or even a boring machine in the shop, yet he builds engines for everything from street cars, drag cars, dirt cars to tractor pullers. He owns and drives some very fast Mopar cars, street and race. He is an engine builder.


Most shops don’t have a crank grinder. It’s a money loser. As for boring some guys use the hone for that.

I never said a machinist is an engine builder. I thought I cleared that up.

Get over it. Just because someone calls themselves something doesn’t make it real.