I see "BPE" on the caps and side of the block. Blueprint engines?

 

Cast in Germany according to the item details...

 

Christ, can't we do anything here anymore???

 

Cast in Germany and machined to Semi Finished state here in the USA. Going to get a couple and put them in our CNC and probe them and check them out.

 

Someone tell them to make a BIG BLOCK version!!!!

 

BBC and SBF are coming next.

 

Looks like a Blueprint block. Same position of the logo above the timing chain and it has the BPE letters on the main caps. I haven't heard anything about the Blueprint blocks, I have never seen them sold separate from the Blueprint crate engines.

 

Both are customers of mine. BPE blocks have been very good in the past. As stated cast in Germany, machined to semi finish here in the USA. As with any aftermarket performance block, it will need machine work and installation of cam bearings and freeze plugs.

 

I feel the price point on the small blocks, for what you get is awasome. Max bore and still has .220-.240 wall is awesome.

It is Definately capable of handle power!

 

Summit Racing™ SPC Engine Blocks SUM-150201
I think the above block is the better block to get. You get the 400 SBC's bore size with the 350's main size so a 383 is a no-brainer and even bigger cubes are just an imagination (and your checkbook) away.

 

Did you mean a 372ci sbc as in a 3.48" stroke 350 crank in a block with 4.125" bore? Might be nice to make a 350ci with a 327 crank, so a 3.25" stroke in that block with the 4.125" bore. With spacers might be able to do a 3.00" 283 crank and build a 320ci just for giggles. Anyway just musing is all.

 

Shipping from Germany can't be cheap, gotta be close to a third of the total costs if not more!

 

Yeah, the cast in Germany part really surprised/disappointed me. I mean, way better than China, but why not here??

 

Members here either own company or work for a company. Doesn't matter what industry your in can't find workers and that is especially true in mill type work like foundries, stamping plants, machine shops, and such.

 

ABSOLUTELY TRUE! My younger son, machinist, welder, fabricator claims that bringing back manufacturing is a political circle jerk as THEY CANT EVEN FIND FOLKS WHO CAN STAND IN FRONT OF A CNC MILL AND CHANGE PARTS OUT!

Seriously. Much of our youth has their heads up very their lazy asses. And spatial skills are non-existant. My son Donny thinks i am "spatially competent". HA! I told him that among my peers in high school i was only "average" or even below average. Yet as compared to kids today, I was a mechanical genius. Seriously, its gotten that bad.


Smart phones arent good training for builders and creators. FOR SURE. And like Chris says, my immigrant dad, who was a competent machine operator and set up man @ DELCO, wanted us to " go to college to catch all of the American dream". " Be a doctor or a lawyer".

 

Do they even make a spacer bearing to go from a 2.650 main to 2.300?

 

Hell I'm out 6 months to get 1800 pcs of 6.0 Ford Rod bearings....Spacer bearings are such low volume...they don't care.

 

I put in a (basic) crate engine from Jegs, and a TCI transmission from Jegs a couple years ago. Both have gone up 30% since then.

 

Has anyone tried one of these yet?

 

Nicest block we have had on the 4axis Rottler F69A block machine.

 

Looks like the BBC block is available and in stock now and about $400 cheaper than Dart and actually in stock. Kudos to Summit!

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-150210

 

And it appears the be the German cast Blueprint block.

 

On a mustang board I'm on, there's been some discussion of the "summit" (BPE in reality) brand small block ford block. It has a few things that make it less desirable than a dart block, the one that springs to mind is that the main studs are 7/16" vs the 1/2" the dart block has. But, it's priced within $150 or so of a dart block. That's a hard no from me and many others, apparently. Maybe they'll get right on the price. I'm glad to see that the chevy version is priced a significant amount below the dart offering, they may actually sell some.

 

The Summit blocks have been the closest to factory spec than any other aftermarket block we have had on the Rottler F69A. When you have to bore a brand new block .060" just to get the the bore geometry to factor spec.

 

REally? That is freaking crazy....talk about reducing the life of a new block.