Customer ReviewsforBlue Print Engines

I regret buying a blueprint engine from blueprint. I base buying this engine upon their warranty to come to find out they do not back their warranty 100%. I had a head leak on an engine with less than 500 miles on it when I called blueprint, they told me their heads don’t leak after I got 3 separate estimates from licensed automotive repair shops. I was also told labor rates in California were ridiculous by blueprint employees Ken Hervert warranty supervisor and Brian Yendra. They also questioned the knowledge of the shops that I went to. When I told him he could pick whatever shop and I would take my car there for an estimate. By the way, I have all this an email from blueprint. 100% poor communication, and customer service. When asked to speak to Ken’s manager I was given nobody not a name not a phone number I guess Ken position is the highest that it gets in blueprint. If you live in California, do not buy a blueprint engine they will not honor labor rates in California for mechanics.

I bought the 1st of 2 junk cruiser engines back in November of 2022. The first engine had a very noticeable wobble at the balancer. After trying several balancers including a fluid damper, I was told by blueprint that the snout could possibly be bent since the engine had a REMAN CRANKSHAFT !!! I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I paid over 5,000 for a crate engine that had reman internals. After hearing that, the deep internal knock and squalling was starting to make more sense. The engine also leaked water from the heads and intake, had several cracks in the back of the block near the cam plug, and the pushrods were dragging on the guide holes in the heads. In all it had only been ran 30-45 minutes total before I pulled it out. Blueprint agreed to swap me for another engine so I agreed. The new engine showed up with a new crankshaft, but only had 30lb of compression on cyl #1 and 80 lb on cyl#2. The second engine made so much valve train noise that it sounded like marbles in a dryer on high. Summit is processing the refund on that engine as we speak. Thank God for summit racing being a great company to work with. Due to availability of parts and machine shop costs I took a gamble on buying a built engine, and I lost big-time ! I will never ever ever recommend anyone spend their time or money on anything from that company. When one of there guys at blueprint told me a slight wobble in the crank was normal, and that the lifters they use take a few days to pump up, I knew I was dealing with a real bunch of con artists. There were so many other things I saw in these engines, but there's not enough room here for me to list them all. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED !!!!!!

It took 7 months to diagnosis the issue with my Blue Print crate 302 engine. By the time we found the problem, I was charged almost $**** to diagnose the problem and another $****.00 to rebuild a $**** crate engine. My grand total bill was $****** (no joke) on a $**** Blue Print crate engine with only 7k miles. The overall cost of the repair was not worth the engines value. Blue Print customer service did not provide enough support for troubleshooting and they did not take ownership of their faulty product.

Bought a blueprint at 350 from summit racing put it in the truck within a few miles the rear main seal was leaking called the warranty department they were fantastic to deal with but said that I have to fix it and they would send the parts which they did for the truck apart fix the leaking rear main now we're all good wrong engine developed a squeaking noise that sounds like a bad belt and also vibration at 1700 to 2000 RPM after doing more investigating the noise was coming from the motor called the warranty company again they were fantastic said it's the rocker arms will send you new ones replaced all the rocker arms took away the squeak still have the vibration in the engine was told by blueprint that that is probably the cam not sure if I believe it but I still have a lot of warranty left so I'm going to run the engine and when something happens it happens again dealing with blueprint and the warranty company have been fantastic but I am very disappointed in spending all this money on a new engine and having to rebuild or replace half of the parts with under 200 miles on the engine and no compensation for my time and labor that is why I'm giving them three stars plus I don't feel brand new engine should have a vibration in it but I'm just very disappointed in the way things were handled as far as my time and labor I feel that when you pay this much money for an engine you should not have to do anything just disappointed and not getting compensated for all this extra work that should have not happened who knows maybe the owner of the company may get in touch with me after reading this review

Blueprint uses ****** carbs which are absolutely unsuitable for use on the street.
I bought the ***** 350 cruiser crate engine and it was installed in July 1922. It's now Jan 2023 and I am finally giving up on that ***** carb. It ls unreliable and dangerous to use on the street with an automatic transmission because it dies at about anytime and you can't restart without stopping dead in traffic. Four shops have tried to tune the carb and it's still just plain crap. I'm done.

Ordered a LS427 in late June 2021 and now it's January 2022 and nothing not a a motor or block to start the build process. My order has been pushed back multiple times because they can't even get a block to pass quality control or sell. They are selling motors that they can't produce and taking down payments leaving you waiting for months with nothing to show for it!

I have ordered spark plug wires and it's been moths. I ordered the wires in august and it is almost Christmas to not receive what I've paid for. They are false advertising there products to get peoples money. To be told months later that they do not have the product, while they're using your money for months.