Dave Bliss motors

TheRedBlur

Active Member

Jul 7, 2003

15

0

38

seattle

Jul 18, 2005

#1

• Jul 18, 2005

• #1

I'm thinking of buying a long rod 331... I hear good things about htis guy, how much is it usually, etc..

 

stock50LX

Curmudgeon

Founding Member

Oct 2, 2001

1,858

0

0

University Place, WA

Jul 18, 2005

#2

• Jul 18, 2005

• #2

TheRedBlur said:

I'm thinking of buying a long rod 331... I hear good things about htis guy, how much is it usually, etc..

Click to expand...

I've never had him do work for me, but Killrb had his 302 built by Bliss and it was about $1500, including balancing, for the short block. That should give you a ball park number. Just give him a call. He's a one man operation. He has a great reputation.

 

MTMMAN

New Member

Apr 13, 2003

308

0

0

Jul 18, 2005

#3

• Jul 18, 2005

• #3

Dave does all Brad's Custom Auto's motors.
Blood Ent & Ford Powertrain Applications have Dave doing the balance work for them.
Dave also does all the engines for AD Performance.
One walk around the Mustang Round Up on Sunday and you got to see a bunch of Dave's work.

 

K

killrb

Founding Member

Apr 1, 2002

135

0

0

Stanwood, Washington

Jul 18, 2005

#4

• Jul 18, 2005

• #4

Dave Bliss built my 302 and N2OJnky's 408. He has a great reputation, but can seem really weird when dealing with him. Talk politics or bad checks and he will go on for hours and hours blabbing about the topic. Otherwise, don't expect to eat milk and cookies talking about life and love...........ain't gonna happen!!! He builds motors first, socializes second so don't be shocked if he seems like an ass. The work he does is great so it makes up for his lack of personality.

I'd go there again any time.

Brandon

 

Merc331

New Member

May 20, 2003

133

0

0

Jul 18, 2005

#5

• Jul 18, 2005

• #5

Another satisfied Bliss customer. Tell him you vote Republican, drink Budweiser, your'e not in a hurry and you will be paying in cash.

Have your motor internally balanced while you are at it.

 

TheRedBlur

Active Member

Jul 7, 2003

15

0

38

seattle

Jul 18, 2005

#6

• Jul 18, 2005

• #6

I was looking forward to milk and cookies.

well, I'm still gonna consider it, but it turns out that I have a blown headgasket, not motor.

 

MTMMAN

New Member

Apr 13, 2003

308

0

0

Jul 18, 2005

#7

• Jul 18, 2005

• #7

good to hear its a head gasket. It sucks to break stuff!

 

TheRedBlur

Active Member

Jul 7, 2003

15

0

38

seattle

Jul 20, 2005

#8

• Jul 20, 2005

• #8

actually, it was my intake manifold gasket. I guess fel-pro 1250's don't hold onto aluminum heads very well, they squirm around a lot. so the part of the gasket that goes in between the coolant passages and the #1,4 cylinders got sucked into the runners, man they were full of coolant. lol I had antifreeze in my header/X-pipe! I did the headgaskets anyways because the plugs were pretty cruddy and I wanted to make sure everything was o.k. back on the road by lunch tomorrow.

 

white 89 GT

Member

Apr 3, 2003

281

0

17

Tacoma

Jul 20, 2005

#9

• Jul 20, 2005

• #9

Don`t smoke around him either, he don`t like that at all.

 

94gsl5.0

New Member

Sep 7, 2004

223

0

0

seatown

Jul 20, 2005

#10

• Jul 20, 2005

• #10

Good to hear your car is gonna be back on the road.

 

TheRedBlur

Active Member

Jul 7, 2003

15

0

38

seattle

Jul 20, 2005

#11

• Jul 20, 2005

• #11

on teh road!

 

C

crown351

New Member

Sep 11, 2009

0

0

0

Sep 11, 2009

#12

• Sep 11, 2009

• #12

Davis Bliss

Does anyone know how I can get in contact with him? Phone number?

Danny

 

F

fastang2k1

New Member

Sep 6, 2005

51

0

0

Sep 12, 2009

#13

• Sep 12, 2009

• #13

Cheese and Rice! Talk about time warp! Another thread pulled from the archives of Stangnet. Last post was in '05.

 

wythors

Get off my lawn!!!

Founding Member

May 17, 2000

2,277

35

69

C Addle

Sep 12, 2009

#14

• Sep 12, 2009

• #14

I've heard that he's retired, but here is the contact info from the web.

Bliss Performance Enterprises
(253) 847-2742
6212 208th St E, Spanaway, WA 98387

 

fiveohwblow

Official Member

15 Year Member

Jul 21, 2005

2,169

145

155

Sep 12, 2009

#15

• Sep 12, 2009

• #15

fastang2k1 said:

Cheese and Rice! Talk about time warp! Another thread pulled from the archives of Stangnet. Last post was in '05.

Click to expand...

This forum has died so much it doesnt surprise me people have to dig so much to find what they want

 

MTMMAN

New Member

Apr 13, 2003

308

0

0

Jan 29, 2010

#16

• Jan 29, 2010

• #16

Mr. Bliss is looking to do some more motors. He doesn't want his phone number given out, but if you can go through Brad's Customa Auto.