I'm told Chuck Millen from Best Machine opened a new shop, its called 426 Motorsports. Any truth to this?

IYKYK............

Ok, so where is this new shop located?

Have to laugh at all the secrecy with the best machine group.

Yeah, i dont get it. I'm told there is a facebook page. Not much there.

Fixed it

Guessing it's one of those instances where he doesn't want work from the general public but still wants to build motors. The secrecy is dumbfounding though.

Well, there's working on what you want to do vs. answering the phone & fielding questions...
I can understand it being kind of an insider deal.

That right there about sums it up. It is no longer Best Machine and Pete is gone. IYKYK

I know plenty of guys like that. Pick and chose what they want to do and who they want to do it for. Cuts out the drama.

I have to agree with this statement . Gary

The general public can be exhausting for a small shop. Somebodyin the business once told me they deal with a lot of "ask-holes" and window shoppers that like to talk more than listen. You can't blame a guy for going underground.

My engine builder politely asked me "don't send anyone over here that is cheap or stupid" lol

I do that

I can certainly understand that! The general public is generally a PITA!

All the above. 90% of car people can't afford to build a Hemi.

I had a customer who knew absolutely zero about building an engine for a non matching numbers 440. I tore the engine down, inspected everything, got all the part numbers and prices. Got with my local machine shop and got an estimate on cleaning, boring, cam bearings, valve job on heads and decking block and heads slightly. Price agreed for parts and machine work was around $1500.. While engine block and heads were at machine shop after I dropped them off, said customer calls up the machine shop and says don't worry about the washing, valve job or either decking. Machine shop guy calls me and said he wasn't happy about any of it.So I called my customer and ask him what was up and he said he could take care of those items himself. So I paid my machine shop guy for what time he had in it, picked all it up and sat it in front of my garage door. Called the customer and told him to come get his parts. Told him I wouldn't work on it and he didn't owe me anything. . He absolutely cried, his wife called me every bad word in the book, it wasn't worth it. I can work on GOOD customers stuff. Birdtracker

This is why i will not build or sell engines to/for people. Running your own business sounds like a real pain in the azz.

Drag racing is a dying sport similar to private aviation
I do everything I can to support local Mopar drag racers by doing what I do on motor building to help keep our local tracks open for me to be able to race on

I do hot rod repair to stay busy and finance my racing. Been doing side work close to 50 years. I could count the bad customers I've had on one hand without using all 5 fingers.
Doug

I agree and i dont mind helping my friends, but selling built engines to strangers is not for me.