Smeding Performance Engines...?

[aarvig]

Does anyone have any experience working with these folks? They have a great deal on a 347 with a Dart Block, ARP heads, Quickfuel Carb and great looking internals for just shy of 10K. It looks like a great motor. I am wondering if they do good quality work and provide good quality customer service?

[Todd Buttrick]

Looks like the 427 @ 460HP is same price? Did I read that correctly? 3 year unlimited mileage is hard to beat.

[aarvig]

Yeah, it seems like they have pretty good prices...wondering if they have good quality and service to go with them?

[Kafka_Esquire]

Brian Smith's Book "How to Build Cobra Kit Cars" describes Smeding very favorably (has one of the lowest warranty-return ratios in the industry" ... "reliable, proven, high-performance engines"). Provided Smith with a 351W 427 that produced 555 HP and 557 TQ.

[edwardb]

Google Smeding Performance Engines review and you will get the usual mix of praise and avoid at all cost. I too remember the write-up from Brian Smith's book. That was a high end Dart aluminum 351 block, and the description and pictures from the build looked pretty impressive. The price for the referenced 347 is decent. Wish they would cite a few more brands for the parts they use, but looks to be a solid build. They don't have any details on their website about their warranty. I sure would want to know more before deciding that's a real advantage. Some say 1 year, some 2, some 3, one statement says 1 year is standard and up to 3 can be purchased, and nowhere does it was what's included, what conditions, etc. I did a similar short block build from Fordstrokers, although Jim used a little more aggressive cam, I used an Air Gap vs. the Victor intake, and a 750 carb vs. the 650. In the end, about the same money and I had to do the final assembly. It hasn't been dynoed, but estimates are a little more HP and torque than what's listed for the Smeding version. It runs great. Dart 347 or 363 is a great choice for these builds IMO.

[Mustang Man]

We have a Smeding 427W in our build and VERY happy with it. Dart block AFR heads, great internals like H-beam rods. Built to last and dyno tested. Mike Forte here can probably swing a similar deal too...

Mark

[HookedonFord]

Ordered the 427W recently and they were outstanding to work with and dyno sheet looks great, have not fired it up yet, hoping to around Christmas break. So far, I could not be happier with it. Jim