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Our Story
JOURNEYS START
As it became clear there was space in the market for a new supplier, we decided to move to bespoke production and invested in new mill-turn machinery and crankshaft grinders. Most of our toolroom contacts support all the processes we need, and our long involvement with historic engines stretching back to the 1980s brought the necessary technical knowledge.
The beginning of the crankshaft adventure came with the ongoing support of several Ford/Mini conversions raced around the world. We decided to make the next crank ourselves after waiting 32 weeks for an order. It was used in the rebuild of this Richardson BDH Maguire Mini.
The next was the long stroke crank for this 1.5 litre Mini Cooper S hill climb car, followed by this Honda K20 made for a development engine built by HPE automotive. This used a super low friction coating researched and specified
by us.
WHERE NEXT?
2024 and our journey showed us that competitive manufacture from the UK was impossible in all but a few cases, so we have partnered up with manufacturers globally who can make to our crank and conrod designs with excellent levels of quality. Several suppliers mean we can specify a suitable solution from 1 to 5 to 20’s all in reasonable lead times and backed by full lab analysis.
