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Every veteran racer or seasoned mechanic remembers their first engine build. Building an engine for the first time is a long, rewarding process that can significantly enhance your car's performance on the road and can spur the development of a life-long hobby. However, it's critical to the success of your engine build that you review your service manual to ensure you're set up with all the necessary tools and parts before you start spending time and money on your project.
As a longtime expert in engine building, we at Regis Manufacturing have put together this car engine building basic guide to point you in the right direction as you begin your engine build. Review the information below to get prepared for your engine build, and browse our online store for any tools or engine building parts you need along the way! We're with you through your whole build, just as we have been for engine builders across America since . Happy building!
So, you're interested in getting into engine building? Good for you! Car engine building has been a hobby and a profession for practically as long as cars started mass-produced in the early 20th century. Whether you're a street or amateur racer looking to take your car to the next level or simply an auto enthusiast looking to gain more hands-on knowledge and appreciation of your vehicles, engine building can be a truly rewarding experience &#; if you know how to operate in the workshop.
Engine building can be expensive if you go in without a firm idea of what you're doing. Individual parts may not be expensive, but with all the components within a single car engine, your costs can add up quickly if you start buying parts and working without a plan in place and a goal in mind. We've compiled this Engine Building Basics guide to help get you started on the path towards your first engine build. Review the elements of the engine building timeline, check out our tips for how to save money and make your engine build go smoothly, and check out our online store for quick access to all the tools and parts you'll need along the way!
Before diving into your first engine build or even buying anything, you should take some time to plan out your work and determine the scope of your project and, ultimately, the goals you're hoping to accomplish with your engine build. How powerful and souped-up do you want to go? Can you go with your engine build? If your build is for racing purposes, when do you need to have your engine ready? There are several questions whose answers will guide your engine build and purchasing decisions, including:
Budget:
How much can you realistically afford to spend on your engine build? Take a look around the Regis Manufacturing site to get a general idea of what to expect to spend on the parts you want, then factor in the cost for either hiring a local machine shop, or the cost of renting the necessary large tools and garage space (if you don&#;t have them) for hoisting and lowering your engine into your car for assembly once its upgrades have been completed. Don&#;t forget the cost of the engine itself if you&#;re buying one!Function:
What is the primary intended use(s) of your engine build? Are you building a high-performance engine with the goal of improving your results on the race track? Are you trying to increase your engine&#;s horsepower to beef up your muscle car? Simply trying to achieve a healthier, longer-lasting engine for your car? Determining your goals for your engine build are critical, as different types of engines need different parts and internal adjustments to perform to their maximum capability. High-performance engines used in racing, for instance, need to be adjusted to generate maximum compression for a fast start.Necessities:
Do you have the necessary space, time, and infrastructure to complete your engine build? You&#;d be surprised, but some first-time engine builders will excitedly rush into a project before realizing they don&#;t have the garage space or large tools necessary to complete an engine build and hoist the block in and out of their vehicle. For those in racing, you must also consider if you have enough time to complete a quality engine build. You should have plenty of time to build in the offseason, but if you&#;re trying to build an engine on the fly in the midst of racing season, you&#;re going to have to act quickly and decisively, and hope that any technicians or machine shops can squeeze you into their schedules.Support:
Do you know any experienced mechanics or racing professionals that can help guide you through your project? We highly recommend seeking out the help of a trusted friend or experienced professional when completing your first engine build. Engine builds aren&#;t especially difficult when you know what you&#;re doing, but engine assembly requires specific torquing and adjustment of various components within your engine, and an experienced engine builder is invaluable for learning how to assemble and inspect things the right way so you don&#;t make mistakes you end up having to fix later. Experienced engine builders can also advise your pre-build planning.Once you&#;ve established your goals and budget for your engine build project, it&#;s time to get started! Any good build begins with acquiring the parts and arranging any special service needed to complete the work. For your first engine build, we highly recommend hiring a machine shop in addition to selecting your parts. Read more below to find out why.
First of all, let's talk about engines. Are you modifying your car's existing engine, or are you buying a new one? If you're buying a new or used engine to rebuild and install in your car, you'll want to do thorough research to assure you're getting a valuable asset. You'll want to secure plenty of information about any engine you're considering buying, including:
From there, review the service manual for your engine or the engine you bought to get an idea of the parts you&#;ll need to acquire to build your engine. If you&#;re making specific modifications to your engine, you can consult with an experienced friend to get an idea of the parts you&#;ll need.
Call your engine's manufacturer! Most engine manufacturers maintain technical support lines for the very reason of helping engine builders, and they'll have the most specific and verifiable information on your engine. Even veteran engine builders are known to consult with manufacturers directly to ensure they get precise details correct with their engine builds. Be sure to tell them your intended uses for the engine and, if racing, where and what you plan to race, and how fast you want to go.
How To Choose A Machine Shop (And Why They&#;re Essential For A Successful Build)
When you're ready to begin your engine build and have all your parts in place, drop off your engine for machine service at a trusted machine shop. We highly recommend hiring a machine shop to complete the more technical elements of your engine build, as they have the expertise and, most importantly, the equipment to handle the more challenging aspects of your engine build reliably. It's another expense, but do you have the equipment or budget to acquire the high-tech equipment needed to complete highly precise tasks, such as micro-polishing your crankshaft or honing the engine block? Unless you have friends or family with their own machine shop, the chances are that you could use the help of a machine shop.
Most budget-minded engine builders work with a machine shop to complete their builds, though finding a quality one can take some time. We recommend searching online for machine shops in your general area that specialize in racing engines, and choosing quality over proximity &#; meaning that you shouldn&#;t be hesitant to drive a couple hours to a reputable machine shop if there are no good local shops. Keep in mind, too, that machine shops that specialize in stock engine rebuilds generally don&#;t have the latest and greatest in technology, or the bug budgets necessary to keep the industry&#;s finest machinists around. In short, you&#;ll get what you pay for when you hire a machine shop, but good machine shop service is invaluable &#; it&#;s worth the investment.
When hiring a machine shop and delivering your engine and all necessary parts, be sure to be thorough in explaining what work you want done to the machinist. Inform them just what it is you want out of your engine when it comes to performance and quality.
If you&#;re building an engine for use in a racing vehicle, be sure to plan your engine build timeline accordingly. You&#;ll want to get your engine and all the necessary parts and goodies to the machine shop well before the engine assembly phase is set to begin. Racing specialty machine shops are generally busiest in spring &#; plan accordingly, and expect the work on your engine to take a month, or longer if you do take it in during peak season in March.
While your engine is getting serviced at the machine shop, you can use the time to complete any other work your car may need, such as filter replacements or updating your tires, and prepare for the assembly process by reviewing the engine assembly process and procedures. We&#;ve outlined the basic steps below, but for a more in-depth look, consider picking up an engine building reference book, such as Engine Blueprinting by Rick Voegelin or Power Secrets by Smokey Yunick. These books dive deep into detail on all the aspects of engine building, from the conventional engine building procedures to the extra steps taken by veteran engine builders and racing specialists. They&#;re an invaluable asset for any aspiring engine builder.
Tools You&#;ll Need
Clean everything twice. You&#;d be surprised, but most engine builders spend more time cleaning and degreasing their engine block and all of its components than they do actually bolting everything together. Be incredibly diligent about cleaning your engine block before starting assembly &#; even the slightest bit of dirt or grease could throw off the delicate system you&#;ve worked so hard to improve through your engine build.
To properly clean your engine block, you can wash it using hot, soapy water, then vigorously blowing it dry to remove all moisture. Be sure to blow out all the bolt holes, too, using compressed air.
Before torquing anything, consult your engine&#;s manual to get the proper torque specs for your engine. Over-torquing the components of your engine can ruin it, and pairing proper torque specs with a few drops of oil on your fasteners will ensure proper torque.
Use your micrometers to determine what size of rod and crank bearings you should be using. Your crank&#;s journals shouldn&#;t ride directly on your engine block&#;s main bearings or rod bearings! Instead, you should shoot for a fine, two-a gap. Check your engine&#;s manual to determine how large the gap should be.
And there you have it, you&#;ve completed your first engine build! To keep your garage fully stocked and to stay equipped for future builds or modifications your engine could need check out our online store! Regis Manufacturing has been producing top-quality engine building parts and tools since the days of hot rods and T-Birds, and we&#;re proud to have built a reputation as one of the most trusted names in engine building for multiple generations.
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Decision engines, sometimes referred to as decision trees, are software platforms that automate business rules or business decisions &#; helping you streamline business processes that require decision-making without having to think about it. A decision engine automates these business decisions based on your business needs and the particular criteria the platform&#;s owner sets out, saving you from manual work and centralizing the decision-making process.
What does a decision engine need to run? Besides the set of rules (logic), otherwise known as the decisioning workflow, decision engines need data. Lots and lots of data. By accessing and integrating data from multiple sources and applying these &#;rules&#; according to your criteria, voila &#; you can automate decision-making. In the finance world in particular, decision engines are often used to help you make decisions on who to lend to and helps determine which sort of products you can offer your customers.
Automated decision engines can also enable personalized pricing and offers (i.e. finance terms and interest rates), all of which are customizable to your unique needs. Some popular examples in the world of fintech/financial services include: consumer lending, loan origination, credit card approvals, auto financing, point of sale lending like buy now, pay later (BNPL), lending to SMEs, insurance policy approvals, upsell/cross-sell offers, champion/challenger strategies, audits, collections and more.
Decision engines can help inform various types of business decisions &#; on everything from basic day-to-day operations to more high-level, strategic business decisions.
So how does a decision engine actually work? And how do decision engines function in a business? While it&#;s up to each individual organization (and all of the individual business rules within) how they want their business decisions to be executed, there are some basic steps that remain true across the board.
As we&#;ve shown, there are a large variety of ways that decision engines can help inform business processes. But how exactly does it do that? In the case of financial services, think of all the manual decisions that require human intervention. If an individual needs a car loan, for example, how does a lender determine if that individual is creditworthy or not? And if they are, what interest rate or repayment terms should they be offered? Having an automated decision engine can streamline the application, approval, and funding process to ensure an efficient, superior customer experience.
In the auto financing example, applications can move from manual, paper-heavy forms, and hours of sitting in a dealership to simplified, online applications. An individual can easily fill out an application and provide ID, which then allows a decision engine to move that person quickly and easily through the decisioning workflow along a series of pre-determined steps, according to the initial criteria.
In this case, that criteria could start with analyzing data for identity verification (is this person really who they say they are? How old are they? Do they have a valid driver&#;s license?), then move through to various factors that determine creditworthiness. Does this person have an income that is above our threshold? What is their credit score? How much debt does this person already have, and what is their debt-to-income ratio? Do they have previous loan defaults on their record?
As the decision engine automatically accesses and analyzes all the data required according to the business rules, it moves that application through the workflow based on the answers. Driver&#;s license? Check, on to the next step! Old enough to own a car? You betcha. Have a job? Yep, move along! But then comes a doozy of a credit score and a record of numerous loans having gone to collections. The buck stops here and the decision engine (as per the initial &#;instructions&#; when setting out the original workflow) stops the application and determines that this individual is NOT a risk this lender wants to take.
Of course, not all situations are as black and white as that example, but the beauty of automating business processes with a decision engine is that you can streamline and improve efficiency for many situations and types of applicants, while focusing that most precious resource, humans, on the more complex cases that require manual intervention.
Despite all the wonderful ways that business processes can be improved using decision strategies, there can be no automating decision execution without extensive data and data aggregation. Data, preferably varied and from a wide range of data sources (including historical data), is critical to the decision-making process.
All financial services organizations use data to make informed decisions across the customer lifecycle &#; but having to manually access and integrate data sources is nothing short of a nightmare. Data consumption has evolved, right alongside the decision engines that data feeds into. It&#;s impossible to make accurate decisions based on business needs without the right data that aligns with the particular criteria set out. Think back to the examples previously discussed &#; where do you get information on loan payments, credit policies, credit scores, income to debt ratio, age verification, etc.? It&#;s all about your customer data sources.
These days, more and more lenders are increasingly looking to a wider range of data sources, including alternative data like rental payments, social media interactions, website info, travel data and more, to ensure:
All this data must be accessed, analyzed, and actioned appropriately to help ensure more accurate, automated decisions that provide value to a business. As The Financial Brand said, &#;Data, by itself, is not a valuable asset. It&#;s what you do with it that counts.&#; Having a variety of data available on-demand is essential for enhancing your automated decisioning. Third-party data providers, connected through a centralized platform or marketplace with a single API, can make this data consumption effortless, giving you the ability to access and integrate numerous data sources in minutes. Use that data to test your decisioning workflows, and then iterate and adapt with ease.
The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is growing. AI in financial services is seen as a $450 billion opportunity. But how can you use AI most effectively in your decision engines? Using AI/ML to power your decisioning process enables:
McKinsey pointed out that &#;The continuing advances in big data, digital, and analytics are creating fresh opportunities for banks to improve the credit-decisioning models that underpin their lending processes&#; the banks (and fintech companies) that have put new models in place have already increased revenue, reduced credit-loss rates, and made significant efficiency gains thanks to more precise and automated decisioning.&#;
It may seem daunting to try to implement AI into your decisioning processes, but you don&#;t necessarily need data scientists on your team to make AI impactful. With a technology platform that incorporates both data sources and advanced machine learning into your decision engine, you can make use of advanced decisioning &#; and get all those benefits listed above.
AI allows you to do things that may be challenging for traditional decision engines, including enabling more approvals for unbanked consumers, adapting to rapidly changing market trends and consumer demands without sacrificing the customer experience, and finding relationships in your data (see? Data is king!) that may be otherwise unseeable. If you do happen to be lucky enough to have data scientists in-house and need to figure out a way to utilize all their expertise in your decision engine or business applications, look for a technology partner that can easily migrate existing models into a user-friendly platform.
While we&#;re talking about data integrations, automated workflows, data scientists, machine learning&#; why go to all this trouble? There is immense value in using decision engines in financial services instead of manually trying to make complex decisions around your business processes. Some of the benefits include:
Also read: The Essential Guide to Credit Underwriting
Customer experience is more critical than ever. In an age of having everything available on demand (tv shows, rides, food delivery, workouts), your consumers expect speed. On top of that, they value customization. We want Netflix to know exactly what kind of show we&#;re up for next or appreciate when our Facebook feed is filled with ads that resonate. According to PwC, 80% of consumers rank speed as a key buying factor, and Salesforce says that 76% of consumers expect customized offers. Who has time for that if you&#;re busy making all your business decisions manually?
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