Egge Machine & Speed Shop - Since 1915

Another lost art Egge specializes in is re-babbit rod and main bearings. These cauldrons contain molten aircraft grade nickel babbit that is poured and then machined to size.

Here's a nickel babbit rod bearing after Egge has machined it to size. Notice the intricate oiling grooves (passages) have been restored to original spec. Nickel babbit main bearings must be line bored before the crankshaft can be laid.

Egge manufactures replacement stainless steel intake and exhaust valves for rare and obsolete engine applications. Thanks to modern developments in valve design, slight horsepower increases can be obtained just by installing Egge stainless steel valves.

Here's Bob Egge in front of the Hansvedt EDM, where electrical discharge machining is used to create whatever configuration is needed on Egge stainless steel valve stems to retain valve keepers (locks) collars, and springs.

Our last stop was where Ernie Silvers showed us row after row of Egge piston sets on the shelves and ready to ship anywhere in the world for just about any engine ever made. This includes Y-block Ford, stovebolt Chevy, early high-performance Corvette, nailhead Buick, GMC/Pontiac, Chrysler Hemi, and even vintage Harley-Davidson.