Engine Building

Here at Craig Beck Racing, our engine workshops were purposely built to be the perfect environment to work on the best engines. Craig Beck is an experienced engineer specialising in race engines. His Specialities include building Lotus Twin Cams, Ford BDA/BDG and Ford X-flow.

Craig Beck Racing undertakes the following work in the engine workshops.

ENGINE REBUILDS

This service is offered whenever the customer feels it is required, after a season of racing or after a specified mileage.

ENGINE CHECK OVER

An engine check-over take place as the customer’s request – in this we would perform a compression test and leak down test. When these have taken place then the next steps (if any) would be discussed with the customer. This can take place in the car or with just the engine.

NEW COMPLETE ENGINES

With new engines builds we can build our specialist engines to your specification, whether that be road, rally or race.

SUPERFLOW ENGINE DYNO

Our in house SuperFlow R  Dyno measures the power and torque an engine can produce. our Dyno is able to accurately measure up to 1000bhp 10,000+ rpm.

All built engines are tested and tuned on the dyno before delivery to optimise timing and fueling.

IDEA OF HOW WE WORK

Starting with the machining of the block which includes the following processes …

• Chemical Cleaning / Ultrasonic
• Line Boring
• Cylinder Boring
• Honing
• Surface Grinding
• Vibration Cleaning of all Engine Components

Replacement parts used …

• Main Bearings
• Big End Bearings
• Small End Bushes
• Timing Gear / Spockets
• Timing Chain
• Pistons
• Ring Set
• Big Ends Bolts
• Chain Tensioner
• Complete gasket set

The parts replaced in the cylinder head include …

• Stainless Steel Valves
• Steel Followers
• Competition Springs
• Bronze Guides
• Head Studs

Many of these processes are only carried out if the engine requires it.