chip-powell

I just got a call from the guy rebuilding my engine and there is going to be another delay of about a week. He is still waiting on a good set of lifters. He has received 2 shipments so far, from the OEM shop that he gets his Olds parts from, but they both had defects and had to be returned. He should get a new set tomorrow. fingers crossed.

On the plus side, he says that there is a nationwide shortage of parts for small block chevys. He has a dozen small blocks at his shop right now that he can't get parts to complete the projects, but Olds engine parts are more available.

The wait is killing me. I want to be cruising. The only thing that's keeping me from going bonkers is the fact it was 25 degrees yesterday here in Maryland. That's a little nippy to drop the top and drive.

Tedd Thompson

It's not just American made, I'm still waiting for an instrument cluster for a BMW that's on back order till the end of April, if I'm lucky.....Tedd

chopolds

Sadly, it's true. I waited over 6 months for some Olds engine parts, and my buddy, who is having an SBC built, just got a cam that he ordered over a year ago! And no one had ARP SBC head bolts in stock for many months.

olds 307 and 403

Wow, who would have guessed with the Billion sbc parts available there ever would be a shortage. Especially with so many going the LS route instead. Yeah, I just received the last of my parts from Cutlassefi a couple of weeks back, ordered months ago. I tried to get SBO bearings up here through the machine shop, there were none anywhere in multiple brands. The machine shop itself was nearly a year wait! I am definitely going with a different shop next time, everything was painful with them.