This is the Bob Shores Peewee V4. It is the famous 4 cylinder with a 5/8 bore and stroke. Having never built a casting based project, I had been looking for a casting based project to be my first. I saw Bob Shutt at the 2007 NAMES show and liked the V4 project. At the time it seemed to me to be beyond my skills. Seeing it again RUNNING at the 2008 show, I came home, tracked down Dirk, and bought the castings.

It is built using castings and plans purchased from Dirk Tollenaar. The plans are not the greatest, I am guessing because Bob passed away before getting a chance to finish the plans. This added to the difficulty of the build and ultimately the reward. I started drawing the engine in 3D cad to verify the drawings and allowed me to "fix" a few things. This lead to about 60 drawings of parts that needed dimensions, but mostly redesigned and added parts to change the looks of the engine to my liking. All things considered, I'm glad I picked this project. It has been a mountain of fun.

I don't have the gene that allows me to build to the plans. Of course this lead to the fancy motor mount system. I also made some additions like a counter balanced crankshaft, dip stick, balancer and timing pointer.