Turn Key Engines
Turnkey engines are a specialty at PDP. You know you are in good hands with 36 years of engine building and machining experience. All of our engines are built to order, we will build you exactly what you need, you will never get a generic off-the-shelf engine from PDP.
Before ordering a Turnkey engine, We will ask many questions as to how you use your car, your expectations from the engine, and with our knowledge, design you the best engine for your needs. Quality is our biggest concern at PDP. We use the best quality parts in the industry hand-picked by Pat Downs.
PDP builds turnkey street car engines ranging from 1600cc up to 2387cc. For racing applications, we can build turnkey engines as big as 3000cc. Every engine is dynamically balanced and dyno tuned on our custom Stuska dyno. You will get a horsepower and torque document on every PDP turnkey engine.
Pat Downs has a proven engine building and racing history. Take advantage of this knowledge and give us a call for the best built, best performing, best quality engine in the VW industry.
2332cc
180 HP at 5900 rpm
178 ft lbs torque at 5200 rpm
9-1 compression
Features:
- 84mm crankshaft with 2” Chevy/Buick rod journals
- 94mm Mahle pistons
- 5.500 chromoly H beam connecting rods
- 40×35.5 044 Panchito heads with dual springs and titanium retainers, PDP 5 angle valve job
- Steve Long Racing camshaft
- 2.25 ratio rocker arms
- Manton .058 wall chromoly push rods
- Stainless steel push rod tubes
- 12.5lb chromoly lightweight flywheel
- Stage-1 Kennedy pressure plate
- Sil Modesti breather box
- Dual 48 IDF Weber carburetors
- 1-5/8 A-1 Sidewinder exhaust
Engine was built for Ron Zito.
2332cc
387 horsepower at 8400 rpm
292 ft lbs torque at 7200 rpm
Features:
- Crankshaft- Marine 84mm
- Pistons and Cylinders- CP custom billet pistons with Pauter Machine modular cylinders
- Engine Block- Pauter Machine
- Connecting rods- Pauter Machine
- Cylinder heads- Autocraft, machined and ported by PDP
- Rocker arms- T&D machine
- Flywheel- aluminum
- Clutch- J&E
- Induction- 61mm throttle bodies, Fuel Tech EFI
- Exhaust- Custom by PDP
- Ignition- crank trigger
Pat Downs record setting Pro Stock Engine. This engine holds the ECPRA Pro Stock E.T record at 5.90 seconds.
2276cc
176HP at 6800 rpm
170 ft lbs torque at 5400 rpm
8.5-1 compression
Features:
- 82mm 4340 chromoly crank with vw rod journals
- 5.400 Pro Series I beam connecting rods
- Mahle 94mm pistons
- Pat Downs Performance AFD-42×37.5 heads, ported and polished, reshaped combustion chambers, dual springs, chromoly retainers
- Manton .058 wall chromoly push rods
- Stainless steel push rod tubes
- Steve Long Racing camshaft
- 1.1-1 rocker arms
- 12.5lb chromoly lightweight flywheel
- Stage-1 Kennedy pressure plate
- Magnaspark ignition
- Dual 44 IDF Weber carburetors
- Red powder coat sheet metal
This engine was built for Vintage Motorcars in Hawaiian Gardens Ca. It will be installed in one of their 550 Porsche Spyders.
2017cc
168 HP at 7000 rpm
159 ft lbs torque at 5600 rpm
9-1 compression
Features:
- 78.4mm stroke 4340 chromoly crankshaft with VW journals
- 90.5mm Mahle Pistons
- 5.400 chromoly H beam connecting rods
- Pat Downs Performance AFD-42×37.5 cylinder heads, ported and polished, reshaped combustion chambers, 42×37.5 valves, dual springs, chromoly retainers
- Steve Long Racing camshaft
- Manton .058 wall chromoly push rods
- Stainless steel push rod tubes
- 1.25 ratio rocker arms
- Magnaspark ignition
- 12.5lb chromoly lightweight flywheel
- Stage-1 Kennedy pressure plate
- Dual 44 IDF carburetors
- A-1 stainless 1-5/8 sidewinder exhaust with dual tips
This engine was built for Paul Contreras. Engine was designed to race occasionally and be daily driven.
2276cc
475 HP to the wheels at 25 psi boost pressure
Features:
- Scat 82mm flanged crank
- Pauter 5.500 chromoly connecting rods
- CP 94mm pistons
- LA Sleeve cylinders
- Competition Eliminator heads, 46×40 titanium valves, titanium retainers, titanium valve locks, psi valve springs, ported with reshaped chambers
- Ron Lummus Racing turbo grind cam
- Rev-6 clutch
- Daily single stage oil pump
- Racewear head studs