Philadelphia Racing Engines

Philadelphia Racing Engines is Philadelphia's premier engine builder. PRE's main focus is building

PRE's main focus is building one-off high horsepower race motors, but works on everything from balancing crankshafts to resurfacing heads and everything in between.

06/07/2024

Come out and see us at Goodguys at Dover speedway!

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas!

11/23/2023

Happy thanksgiving to all!

11/09/2023

Congratulations to Zack wolf on winning Cecil country Pro-Dial track championship with P.R.E. Power!

09/11/2023
Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 08/30/2023
Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 08/30/2023

We want to congratulate both Madeline and Tyler on their most recent wins! Madeline won the Division 1 Junior Dragster Championship using one of PRE's engines and Tyler had a feature win at Orange County Speedway using PRE upgrades. Best of luck to both of these dragsters in their future endeavors!

03/29/2023

Weather is getting nice and we are stocked up on VP and Sunoco racing fuels. Stop in and pick some up.

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 12/09/2022

Here’s are big announcement!

12/07/2022

We are set up at PRI. Stop by both 2133 and see us.
Announcement tomorrow on new endeavor for PRE-PRP!

11/07/2022

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beloved founder Julius Schonberger. May he rest in peace.

08/03/2022

We will be at Atco Dragway Friday-Sunday, if you need any race fuel or oils you can order ahead and we will make sure we have it with us! Give us a call to put your order in.
215-969-3550

07/07/2022

Plenty of Sunoco fuel in stock ready to get burned at the race track!

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 07/07/2022

We are stocked up on maxima lubricants! Swing on by for some real quality performance racing oil!

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 06/14/2022

FE Ford 428 with dual throttle body Holley EFI on the engine dyno

06/03/2022

Swing by and pick up some Maxima Racing Oil SC1 high gloss coating to get those anodized parts looking brand new again

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 06/03/2022

GM L33 Aluminum 5.3 LS V8 engine built by Philadelphia Racing Engines for street, race, all around high performance use $6800
80 pounds lighter than a cast iron block LS engine!
Stock crankshaft machined .010 main bearings, .010 rod bearings, 24x reluctor
243 Casting Cylinder heads machined with 2.0 intake valves, 1.55 exhaust valves, 64.45cc chambers
Pistons: Diamond forged, 11592R1
Bore 3.780", Stroke 3.622", Rod 6.098"
Compression distance: 1.331"
400 grams
-2.0cc valve reliefs
10.2 compression
3D milling on piston crowns
Offset pins for quiet operation
1.0mm x 1.2mm x 2.8mm ring package
Side gas ports for better ring seal
Top ring down dimension: .250"
Premium 8620 .945 x 2.500 .185 wall wrist pins
Moly skirt coating for friction loss and skirt wear protection
Valve pocket depth: 0.176" intake and .103" exhaust
Piston to Valve Clearance: Intake Clearance: .150, Exhaust Clearance: .200
Piston rings
Diamond Top -.0405 Sec.- .0475 Oil - .1120
Piston ring end gap: Top .015, 2nd: .022, Oil - standard tension
Camshaft
Bullet Racing Hydraulic Roller
CLS 273/281-12HL
Duration at .050: 223 / 231
Lobe Lift: .361 / .363
Valve Lift: .614 / .617
Lobe Separation: 112
Camshaft degree: 109
Valve Springs: Pac 120 pounds on valve seat
Timing chain: Rollmaster single roller
Head gasket: Victor MLS
Bearings:
Main – MS2199p .010 #1-.0018, #2-.002, #3-.002, #4-.0018, #5-.0022
Rods- CB663p .010 #1-.002, #2-.002, #3-.0025, #4-.0022, #5-.0022, #6-.0025, #7.0025, #8-.0025

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 06/02/2022

Complete 6.1 short block Hemi freshly rebuild. Brand new everything with all upgraded parts. Wisco pistons, Manley rods, Total Seal rings, Comp Cams cam, and the list goes on. For more info please contact us. $6500

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 05/19/2022

We are a Maxima Racing Oils dealer, stop by to pick up some high performance racing oils today!

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 04/25/2022

Congratulations Lucky’s race cars making it into the finals at Atco Dragway over the weekend! We love to see PRE equipped cars going rounds 💪🏻

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 04/21/2022

We saved this Land Rover head from a trip to the scrap yard 😎 we fix the “un fixable”

Photos from Philadelphia Racing Engines's post 03/21/2022

We are stocked up on Sunoco and VP racing fuels, give us a call or stop by we are here mon-fri until 5pm

12/10/2021

We will be having an autograph signing at 2:00.
Jay and Richard Schonberger will be there

12/10/2021

PRI brought to you by Philadelphia Racing Engines

12/08/2021

We are all setup at Pri 2001! Stop by booth #2135 and say hi.

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428 Ford FE on the dyno making some power 💪🏻 #dyno #horsepower #ford #enginedyno #philadelphiaracingengines
PRI brought to you by Philadelphia Racing Engines
A throwback to 2005 thanks to Carey Cable Jr. #tbt #ThrowbackThursday
Brain Lohnes stopped by Philadelphia Racing Engines to learn more about what we do and what engines we have worked on.  ...
Flycutting top of piston
Balancing a Crankshaft
10,000 RPM pull on a competition Eliminator ODD Fire V6. Naturally aspirated 730 Hp
Chevy 265
Mopar 360
#1 Qualifying Run

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268 Geiger Road
Philadelphia, PA
19115

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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