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Engine Production Data
Feature
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DIESEL ENGINE REBUILDING PRODUCTION IN FOLLOWING CATEGORIES
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REBUILDING BUSINESS IN GAS ENGINE PRODUCTION FOR FOLLOWING CATEGORIES 2012
2011
2010
2012
2011
2010
SHORT BLOCKS
7.3%
7.9%
10.3%
SHORT BLOCKS
3.4%
4.7%
8.4%
LONG BLOCKS
11.9%
11.3%
22.6%
LONG BLOCKS
14.1%
10.0%
24.0%
COMPLETE ENGINES
23.7%
31.5%
23.6%
COMPLETE ENGINES
22.3%
22.3%
13.7%
HEADS*
49.3%
41.8%
33.8%
HEADS*
52.4%
53.3%
43.5%
CRANKS
7.8%
7.5%
9.8%
CRANKS
7.9%
9.6%
10.4%
*Not used on long blocks or complete engines
*Not used on long blocks or complete engines
PERCENTAGE OF ENGINE PRODUCTION (TOTAL) THAT IS PERFORMANCE-RELATED PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS 2012 2011 31.4% 33.0% 20.9% 21.6% 11.6% 11.4% 2.3% 5.7% 7.0% 6.8% 3.5% 6.8% 17.4% 11.4% 5.8% 3.4%
One to 10% 11% to 20% 21% to 30% 31% to 40% 41% to 50% 51% to 70% More than 70% None/no answer
PERCENTAGE RANKING AS #1 ENGINE REBUILT 80% 70% 60% 50%
50%
40% 30% 21%
20% 12% 8%
10%
6%
2%
1%
0% Chevy GM 350 (Others)
Ford (Any)
HD/ Comm
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Import (Any)
Chrysler (Any)
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Others
More rebuilders said they saw a production increase in 2012 – unfortunately, more also saw their production numbers decline. However, the bulk of our respondents (more than 76 percent, as a matter of fact) said production numbers stayed the same or increased. Of those who did report an increase, it was, on average, nearly 14.5 percent. The average decline was a relatively mild 9 percent. Sales of rebuilt engines in 2012 trended in different ways. Import gas engines fell nearly 3 percentage points while domestic gas engines rose the same; the diesel market saw import engines hand the domestics a 2.1 percentage point decline. We’ve used the word “diversification” a lot in Engine Builder recently. While certain shops specialize in a particular type of engine, increasingly we see the successful shops being the ones who can, frankly, do it all. With less competition, someone has to do the rest of the work, you know. According to our survey respondents, the percentage of engine rebuilding falling into various categories in the typical shop breaks down like this: automotive gas – 46.2 percent; performance – 20.1 percent; industrial – 6 percent; medium-duty diesel – 7.5 percent; automotive diesel – 4.9 percent; performance diesel – 4.3 percent; marine engines – 4.2 percent; heavy-duty diesel – 3.8 percent; motorcycle/mower/other small – 1.7 percent; and other types – 0.6 percent. As you can see in the chart at left, the small block Chevy 350 continues to be the strongest engine out there. Other engine platforms made a moderate attack last year, but the Mouse continues to roar. The perennial king is ranked as the number one engine built by half our responThe small block Chevy 350 continues to be the most common engine rebuilt and despite its age and the wealth of competition, the numbers for 2012 are up a healthy percentage from the previous year.This year, the small-block Chevy was noted as the #1 engine rebuilt by 50 percent of the shops – last year that figure was 40 percent. And proving that GM has staying power,“any other GM engine” accounts for another 21% of shops, so about 70 percent of shops say a GM engine of some kind is their number one product.