BluePrint Engines was based in 1982 by Norris Marshall, who on the time was hand-building engines for his Nebraska neighbors and native racers. His firm now employs dozens of individuals and carries 270 engines and engine-transmission pairings for Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler company autos. BluePrint’s website doesn’t checklist any engines to be used in autos made outdoors the United States, though it has loads of LS collection engines, which will be swapped into vehicles of all types with the proper preparation. BluePrint is headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska, the place it maintains a 210,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility.
Its most reasonably priced engine at $4,649 is a whole lengthy block 341-horsepower, 350-cubic-inch V8 to be used in Chevy autos, and its most costly catalog entry is an 872-horsepower supercharged 426-cubic-inch Hemi V8 for Chrysler autos paired with a General Motors 4L80E four-speed automated transmission. That setup sells for $38,399. Shipping prices range in line with measurement and weight, however think about at the least a couple of hundred {dollars} for full assemblies.
BluePrint balances and dyno exams each engine earlier than transport, and its 30-month, 50,000-mile guarantee on lengthy block engines applies whether or not you put in your engine your self or have an expert store do it. Short and naked blocks are lined by the identical 12-month elements guarantee as guide transmissions, and automated gearboxes get 30-month protection. Cylinder heads and marine engines have a one-year guarantee.
