My engine died... not from an IMS failure

[Jake Raby]

$2,000 is what I thought Jake would give for a core, just like those guys, especially one that didn't actually blow.

I bought 60 cores in 5 months last year; because of that I am heavy on cores for everything except very late engines, and M97.21 cores. We just don't need it.

We only need cores if someone has a failed engine. We don't shelve engines and we build the customers engine. This isn't a core exchange/ mass production initiative, so a core doesn't mean much to us.

This year I have given huge incentives for elective builds, and its worked to change our program a bit. Last year we only saw 3 elective builds; this year we have already seen 6. I am tired of dealing with blown up stuff where the core is wasted.

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

I bought 60 cores in 5 months last year; because of that I am heavy on cores for everything except very late engines, and M97.21 cores. We just don't need it.

We only need cores if someone has a failed engine. We don't shelve engines and we build the customers engine. This isn't a core exchange/ mass production initiative, so a core doesn't mean much to us.

This year I have given huge incentives for elective builds, and its worked to change our program a bit. Last year we only saw 3 elective builds; this year we have already seen 6. I am tired of dealing with blown up stuff where the core is wasted.

You told me in one of my thread you could take my engine and turn it into a 4.0 with over 400 HP. I assumed (my mistake) you would want these cores that were not blown. The engine mod you told me would surely command a handsome price tag for you. I also thought you said you had a back log of people waiting for your engines.

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by KRAM36

You told me in one of my thread you could take my engine and turn it into a 4.0 with over 400 HP. I assumed (my mistake) you would want these cores that were not blown. The engine mod you told me would surely command a handsome price tag for you. I also thought you said you had a back log of people waiting for your engines.

My current delivery time is April of 2016, so yes, I have a healthy backlog. Core engines are something that we only need when we deal with an engine that has failed; because we always reconstruct the customers engine. We do not do core swap ours, thats for the mass production guys; here we custom build.

My necessity for cores has decreased this year, as I am giving big incentives for elective big bore builds, and trying to fill the schedule with engines that have not failed. I am being very selective with failure build acceptance these days, since most of the time the engine is a total loss and that complicates everything. I hate variables, with elective builds we don't have any, with failures, there are no constants and its all variable.

In times past I have bought cores just to keep them away from circulation, and out of the hands of those who have tried to start an engine program. Today, those people, and their work, has taken many of them out of the equation with a self inflicted wound, so the cores are not as valuable to me as they once were.

[Pdwight]

I cannot imagine that in my little car......but I sure would love to try it and see how it would fit.

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

I cannot imagine that in my little car......but I sure would love to try it and see how it would fit.

With my little 3.2 pushing me to well, really fast on the on ramp I can't imagine what 4.0 would do.