Auburn Engine Rebuilding

Just to close the loop on this, the car has been sold to a local collector who has his own machine shop and crew, with lots of experience on '20s-'30s engines. They've unstuck the engine, milled the head and ordered a new head gasket -- the old one showed evidence of water leaking into three cylinders. They'll have to see whether the engine requires further work. My guess is it will need rings and cylinder cleanup. Pistons and valves were clearly replaced in a prior rebuild.

Talk to Frank Cek in Ohio. he has done a half a dozen for me. He might be booked six months out; there is a reason for that.

Off the shelf supercharged crankshafts are being made by someone - ask around

My last set of pistons were Arias - should not be an issue - DO NOT MONKEY WITH COMPRESSION OR .... AND JUST GET OFF THE SHELF.

Sorry, though I doubt you can get an engine done for less than the 14K - 15K with anyone specialized and a general rebuilder will be a chunk of change too. And, even more if block casting issues - which are common.

I've heard similar stories. The go-to piston now seems to be Arias. My current Auburn S/C is running them.

Two years ago I bought a standard set of 810 Cord pistons fromEGGE.
They turned out to be super high compression pistons as the gudgeon pin holes had been drilled 1/4" too low. The machine operator took the wrong reference point. No apologies busines as usual send them back and a new set will be sent out. Second set had loose gugeons. No apologies business as usual send them back we can supply oversize gudgeon pins.
EGGE's quality control is non existant.
Keep in mind I live in Australia and the engine rebuild program disappeared.

Pistons were hard to get way before COVID.
CORDiallyMike

Spoke to one rebuilder and they indicated (sight unseen, of course) that it would be expensive, and I asked what that meant, and they said $15,000. Another wild-guessed $14,000. However I was also told that there are long delays in getting new pistons made because the companies that do this are running short-staffed due to COVID, and to expect 8-12 months for a rebuild. My own supercharged engine was rebuilt about 5 years ago and was over $20,000 but the camshaft was worn out and it had to be welded up and re-profiled (but it turned out well).

Just curious, because I will be needing an engine rebuild soon as well for a '35 Auburn 8 non-supercharged, what is the ballpark cost for the rebuild?

There are plenty of people around. Perhaps Mark Clayton as he always has a couple cars in his shop. And perhaps Frank Cek. As to the 6-8 month backlog - the answer will be yes, that is the wait time. I had one done here: ronsmachineshop.com/Home.html

A local friend here in Houston has a non-supercharged '35 851 Auburn that needs an engine rebuild. Who is currently (still) rebuilding engines? I checked with a well-known shop up north and they have a 6-8 month backlog. Feel free to email me at [email protected] with recommendations. I had some obvious contacts from when I restored my car in the '90s, but time has marched on since then and some are no longer around. Thanks.