Master Mechanics: Ed Pink Racing Engines
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- From drag racing to circle track to IndyCar to endurance sports cars and prototypes, Ed Pink has earned his reputation as a master engine builder many times over. Combining his prodigious talents with an impressive work ethic and attention to detail, Pink distinguished himself as someone who could not only adapt to new challenges, but thrive each time. He is no longer running the show at the company that bears his name, but it’s in capable and familiar hands.
Join us this week as we talk with the president, general manager, and longtime Ed Pink Racing Engines team member Frank Honsowetz as he takes us on a tour through the company’s history and the mindset that has kept it at the forefront of the craft for more than 60 years.
Honsowetz says there is no secret ingredient, but rather a mindset of hard work instilled by Ed Pink from the very beginning. The team at Ed Pink Racing Engines benefits from the deep experience that many of the more senior engineers bring to the table, and though many of the leaders today were around in the early days under Ed Pink, they are passing their knowledge and techniques down to the younger generation.
The work is also a blend of new and old, with Ed Pink Racing Engines combining decades of accumulated on-the-job skills with modern technology. There are collections of out-of-production parts alongside cutting edge manufacturing processes, restorations of everything from Offenhauser inline-fours to Porsche flat-twelves, and behind it all is the original philosophy of Ed Pink.
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Excellent and inspiring. Please do more like this one.
Waw, all my respect to these folks, this is probably what the best-specialized combustion engine Shops will look like in 50 years when electric vehicles are commonplace and there are few people who know how to work on a good old school petrol or diesel engine.
Electric cars are cringe. It'll be a sad day when they become as commonplace as a Civic today.
"There's never been a Chevrolet LS engine in this building. Anybody can do that"... Those are the true words of a legendary California engine building company that thinks outside-the-box, because they've seen-it-all.
I’ve been in automotive for all most 35 years and these guys got it right, I would volunteer my my time just to experience it, amazing
These guys must love what they do...
most of them look like they could've retired a while ago.
If I were younger... I'd love to apprentice under this company.
I’m 20 & believe me I wish I could rn
And you never worked a day in your life
Amazing stuff. I work for a print shop that started in 1911 with the same mentality, that’s why we are still open and why I work there.
Beautiful. And this is why nobody will ever, EVER, get excited by electric vehicles.
Ed Pink Racing Engines, where priceless machinery goes to be performance prepped & rebuilt. One of americas finest specialists by far and a very very special place.
I had no idea Edd Pink had expanded from drag racing☹️(Iam a child of the 70's)
It's brilliant that they have spread their expertise across a wide variety of engines.👍
I've had an extensive career in executive management and I would love to hang up my hat and be a trainee with these chaps :)
Porsche 962 has to be one of the crowning achievements of Ed Pink racing engines. The story is unreal
Thanks for continuing to produce videos of the caliber we came to expect from Petrolicious!
Awesome engines and enjoying the video. Can’t believe I’m the first comment for once. :)
Congrats. You thought about this first. Maybe one day we can own one. Unless you already have one.
What Frank kept repeating; knowledge, work ethic, experience, pride, these are the things the current generations are missing alot of. They have that, "I need it now" or "I deserve it" mentality. Instead of learning and earning it. Skills are learned over time, honed through exercise, perfected through mastery. This is what differentiates earning a living and a job at a fast food joint. These people are not in it for the money, they are in it for the love of building something.
I thought I recognized the name, then I realized he literally wrote the book on Datsun L series engines. I even went and looked at my copy to check!
Absolutely stunning company. I like your ethics, attention to detail, focus, dedication... All that leads to superior products. Well done 👍🏻
I truly admire you guys for keeping these engines and cars alive, putting in the extreme amount of detail and precision to breathe life back into these carbs and intakes. This sort of work is a specialty, and I hope you can extend this knowledge onto any of the younger generation willing to pick up the trade.
True understanding and a tendency to strive for perfection is such a beautiful mixture
Love it, the dedication and passion, not just building engines for money but personally taking a pride in each one.
Great to see a Cammer (Pontiac OHC 6 ) getting rebuilt!, Not many shops know the in's and out's of this little high reviving OHC.
30 years ago I apprenticed myself at 18 years old for 18 months or so to a race engine builder who built Cammers in the 60's with Les Ritchey - Cliff Brien - his name is on 1/4 panel of Gas Rhonda's 65 AFX Cammer Stang...
He would tell racers I will call you when the engine is ready... If they called he would say, you get one warning... you can come pick it up exactly as it sits if you call me again.
My dream is to one day own a Porsche that I can get my engine built by these guys. So awesome! Love that American manufacturing excellence!
What a pleasure to see so many people with gray hairs working in the shop.
Great piece!! Much more interesting format and subject than the Quattro piece.
Everything about this is perfection!
When the general manager/president state "there is no cellphones, because our worker is so passionate with their job", you know he's the one who put the law for no cellphone in the building.
such purity, strength and focus, so rare today
Just to know they build the engines for Singer is the only thing I need to know. Those engines are art.
Anybody else notice the bottle of Marvel Mystery Oil and the engine Dyno room? I love that stuff great for lubricating and cleaning.
Ahhh finally 😍, the way I know Petrolicious! So inspiring.
It's a pleasure and honor to see pure craftsmanship!
Great company and people. I would love to hear more from that engine in the 911 in the intro 👍🏼
Excelent video!!! true pasion for engines...
Without a doubt Petrolicious may be the number 1 automotive channel in youtube because of it's unique format to showcase the passion of petrolheads matched by very artistic video footages. So please Petrolicious don't be another common Top Gear channel. Enough of subjective opinions of presenters test driving cars we dream of.
Great video! Plus the last comment made, really put a smile on my face.
Dream factory. I would love to work there, but I would never be competent enough to meet their requirements. I would need another two lifetimes to reach that level.
This is an excellent video and I would hope for more like this. Thank you Petrolicious.
They all are also humans.
They do human things.
Why You think You can do it?
How many lifes they had to learn?
@@jareknowak8712 I am 80 years old.
I have rebuilt a number of engines.
I know my limitations.
I don't know how many lifetimes they had.
Fantastic!!
Nice departure from your norm
Close friend worked there. It’s no wonder he’s in high demand $$. Wish more people strived for greatness 😎👍🏆🏁
Artist at work!
the channel will make me crazyyyyyy ( i love it )
EXCELLENCE. Will bring you success in any venture you pursue.
Great story, as usual. Thank you
will there be a vid of that black Porsche, God it's a beauty 😍
Yes, Petrolicious posted the video months ago ua-cam.com/video/AxEzJ-jjFb0/v-deo.html
There’s never been an LS engine in this building” pure mopar guy gold.
You can never do enough videos the various Singer Porsches.
What I wouldn't give to work there!
I retire what I said in one of the previous videos. They seem to be committed to keep petrolicious as good as it was
Some ballsy statements here and there but I'm willing to believe them. Singer Porsches are renowned for their exquisite engines and that says something about Pink's legacy and what those guys can achieve.
Inspiring. Thanks for the content.
Work on stuff that scares the heck out of guys that think they're professional engine builders.. That's the best line! Gotta be great working on stuff for people with $$$.
Dear petrolicious, please make a video with a maserati granturismo, the sound of that car + your cinematography will make it the best video you'll ever have
"There's never been a Chevy LS in this building"
Prominently shows a Gen 1 Small Block Chevy throughout the video........but that's different.
Completely
LS is a good engine but you dont need a master mechanic to rebuild it everyone with average mechanic knowledge can do it that is a point here.
This guy sounds just like the character ‘Noah Vosen’ from the Bourne Ultimatum.
Lol..never seen an LS! Awesome! Craftsmanship
I want to work there!
mechanical works of art!
This is Petrolicious ! Not more, not any less.
This was great 👍
Absolutely fantastic.
Fantastic video. Huge !
Brilliant. Well done.
Sad to see his iconic shop being torn down
There must be a line of young guys looking to work at this shop. Let's hope a few of them get hired, so the veteran employees' vast knowledge will be passed on.
Inspiring you need to do more videos
anyone can build an LS ...exactly
SoCal automotive legends.
Just beautiful!
1:58 what track is that?
This video made me happy
Ed Pink:you won't see guys with their cell phones out on their desks
Also Ed Pink: 7:10
you know it's a work shop, when there's a calendar girl pinned up on the wall.
Mind bending 😍
any cryo work ?
That’s my dream job.
A manufacturing floor as it should be. No robotics. Lots of CNC. I spotted an old Bridgeport.
Very cool!
✊🏾❤️✊🏾
beautiful
Yep. Like that.
this is a dream
While there's value in doing the same process to LS motors EPRE gets many more $ working on the rare goods. They don't have that stock of old unobtainium just to gather dust in the back room. Millionaires have fast LS's, billionaires have concurs 917s
Fix the audio!!!
✌️
A hemi is a hemi right🥸?
So not a place to bring my 5.3 iron block to get a Ebay turbo installed.
Wow
This is definitely a dying breed
neato
First good Petrolicious after Petrolicious.
Hate how Singer demolish old Porsche 911
The last judgment about LS builders really tells you everything you need to know. It’s a shame to not respect the skills others also possess.
But that's the thing... It takes less skill to build a LS engine vs a cosworth Dfv......... But the Yanky Ls community walk and talk as if their Pual Rosche.....
@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo i think that even LS can be done two ways: good and excellent.
Btw, im not an LS owner.
Its not that serious. Everything doesn't mean full disrespect. He was talking about the RARITY of those motors. Factually, unequivocally LSs are not rare by any stretch of anyones wildest imagination.
@@jackolson8775
World is not only America.
In Europe there are more Porshes than LS engines, LS are more exotic than Porsches.
@@jareknowak8712 I didn't take the time to look up those stats, but I think you are wrong there, too. It doesn't matter because he wasn't talking about even Porsche motors ( even then, that would include only 1 motor design of the several they offer) we are talking about 1 of 5 , 1 of 20 maybe , rare, race motors. Apples and hand grenades, not the same thing , ya know?
How many people here want to pay to work there?
Just wanted yall to know that there was a two minutes worth of unskippable ads before this video causing me not to watch it haha
Experience and expertise is great but most the employees look in their 60s and 70s. Where is the future of this company?
Thats a good question. Probably chasing down a worthless degree, complaining about how expensive their degree was, trying to find a career while working a dead end job, all the while blaming the government for the position they have put themselves in, all for an education that was wasted in classes like feminist marxism/ why the western world is bad/ how to oppress others while complaining about how oppressed you are
@@SgtSeth And doing all of it with their face buried in their f@&$*#% cell phone.
what happens when electric cars take over? (just asking for a friend Elon)
you know the 911 is the only true sport car.
WTF IS WITH THE MUSIC ! ...GET RID !..WE WANT HEAR YOU NOT MUSIC ! .
Dude hates cellphones and has a monitor from 1990 on his desk.
The first thing he wanted to tell you about his shop was that there's no cellphones.
He never said he hated cell phones. He merely pointed out that his employees understand work is work, play is play. The two dont mix when dealing with $100k+ engines.
@0:18 Do you know how distracting it is to be in a strip club with a heavy freight passing by doing 70 and having a car do a dynamic run???
Hey OLD DUDES! You need to pick out an APPRENTICE! Don't just be a grumpy ol'man. Hunt for intelligence
I'm guessing they get applications all the time, but openings are few and far between.....they probably won't even consider anyone without 20yrs experience at a high level of work.
You're probably rt. It's one of those jobs, you can only get-in if you "know someone important".
@@gordythecreator Maybe not...if you're a youngster and are interested in them...then write to them and ask what you need to do to work for them...there's no harm in trying and they seem like decent guys who might help/advise you. :)
This guy sucks. The first thing he wanted to tell you about his shop was that there's no cellphones, he then disrespected other engine builders for being the exact same as him. He stated that most of his men are older who worked on these vintage engines when they were new. Newsflash, that's the exact same scenario as the demographic you disparaged. They are also specializing in their generations technology.