Okrasa engine builder recommendations

[Ted2]

Good morning Gang,

I'l looking for recommendations for an engine builder in the Eastern part of the US.

Thanks,
Ted

[Glenn]

Why on the east coast?

Joe Ruiz is the most well know, but he's on the west coast.

http://www.okrasa.com/

His feedback: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=455759&view=next
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[*Darren]

X2 If you are going to the expense of having one built a few hundred more
for shipping should not be a concern. Joe has several threads on builds in the vintage speed forum. His builds are down right beautiful.

[56Island]

X3 on Joe, while I didn’t have him build an Okrasa for my oval he did rebuild my stock 36hp and I could not be happier. Shipping is super reasonable too.
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[Wiggy]

[RareAir]

[Ted2]

Thanks for the input.

[txoval]

Joe is definitely one of the best and do not let the prices scare you.

Building a 36HP engine is simply more expensive than building a late model engine due to parts availability and prices.

I enjoyed building my Okrasa/Performance 36HP engine, but it wasn't cheap...I could have easily built a 2 liter late model for less

Okrasa heads alone are $1200 and that's without any clean up.

If you want a period correct Okrasa engine, I'd go to Joe. If you want a 36hp engine with more performance, call Matthew Kenney at Aircooledresearch.com

Unfortunately both are on the western side of the country

[56samba]

What's about Jeff Price?
Don't have personal experience with him, but he's very helpful and also builds some great engines.
If I remember correctly, he lives in Colorado, closer to the East Coast

[D. Haviland]