01/15/2022
During our days of scheduled maintenance and car repair, we look forward to our one or two long term projects that brings us a lot of challenges and joys.
"Chomping at the bit" the Juicy Lucy story. We started the Lucy build 12 years ago, a complete build stripped to bare metal, restored and fabricated for our client to take part in some of California's vintage car rallies. Two years ago, his BMW S38 engine failed, a oddity that a windage tray broke in the oil sump which diminished oil pressure, basically the motor was scrap. The motor which is the street version that hailed from the E34 Chassis BMW 91-95 M5, this is a motor that was raced extensively in the 70's, and held track records in Europe that stood for 22 years. Our client commissioned a race replica rebuild by VAC Motor Sports and Philly, Pennsylvania. This is a $30,000 engine that is fitted with a forged stroker crank shaft, arrow connecting rod, custom made forged pistons with a prescribed compression ratio suitable for California 91 Octane pump gas. It has a bench flowed cylinder head, special cams and hardware which should insure some tasty dyno numbers. We are on the last steps before completing the project, we are currently waiting for line board oversized throttle bodies from VAC, along with a custom made aircraft quality wiring harness and a Motec induction and ignition systems. We are so excited for our client and look forward to a summer of him rallying in California's foothills. Next project up!
