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Title: Jack Engle RIP Post by: alex d on December 02, 2008, 10:46:32 am I think this has not been posted, I just read that Jack Engle passed away on november 14th, at age 89 :'(
http://www.bigwestracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20510 Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: Neil Davies on December 02, 2008, 13:18:32 pm I think that most of us have used an Engle cam at some point or other but I never really gave any thought to who Engle the man was - I think we all owe him a little quiet thank you today.
Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: GreenTom on December 02, 2008, 13:22:05 pm Sad as always when good people, who did a lot to moto sport, pass a way.
Engle cams are good and oldschool so it make the loss much bigger. Good is that He will be rememberd cuz His camshafts and pice of Him will be in each of our cars. R.I.P. Mr. Engle. Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: Bewitched666 on December 03, 2008, 08:05:23 am Saw this awhile ago on the other forum,but sad to loose somebody like him.Me to have always used his cams.
RIP Jack :'( Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: Lids on December 03, 2008, 08:48:01 am I always loved the engle 120, RIP.
Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: Black Sheep on December 03, 2008, 09:55:42 am I think that most of us have used an Engle cam at some point or other but I never really gave any thought to who Engle the man was - I think we all owe him a little quiet thank you today. Agreed we've all benefitted from this guys hard work at some point , good job done and RIP Jack Engle Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: alex d on December 03, 2008, 09:58:32 am weren't some of the VW grinds copied from Yamaha motorbike grinds or something like that?
Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: Rennsurfer on December 03, 2008, 14:56:02 pm Sad.
:( But, like most of us, we'll always enjoy what he brought to the Cal Look scene... some great cams. Engle was the only cam I ever used on my personal and customers' engines. R.I.P. Jack and thanks for everything that you've done for car enthusiasts. Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: airstuff on December 04, 2008, 21:37:32 pm RIP and thank you for all the great cams
Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: Harry/FDK on December 04, 2008, 23:04:21 pm I think that most of us have used an Engle cam at some point or other but I never really gave any thought to who Engle the man was - I think we all owe him a little quiet thank you today. ... Title: Re: Jack Engle RIP Post by: deano on December 05, 2008, 19:26:10 pm I talked to one of Jack's sons, Doug the other day. It was Doug who got Engle into the VW business, back around 1968. He was in high school auto shop building a Manx buggy as a project. They (the class) took apart a 40hp engine for the first time, and as a joke, took the cam to Engle to show off. They all laughed (two lifters per lobe? What kinda sh*t is that?). So, Jack figured out how to mount the cam in their grinder and reground it for the first Engle 100. The engine like the bigger cam, so other buggy guys asked to have one as well. From there, someone asked for a slightly larger cam, so the 110 and 120 were born. And on it went. So, for Engle, the VW was a joke at first, but no telling how many 100s, 110s and 120s have been ground since then.
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