European Engine Works -- Racing engines and Ported Cylinder Heads

European Engine Works was started in a two car garage in Wilsonville Oregon in 2000. The company went by the name Riehltek Engine Development. In 2005 we changed to name to European Engine Works, figuring it was more descriptive. It is now 2007 and we have a 2400 square foot shop right in the heart of downtown Oregon City. In the shop we have a few machines to help us maintain the close tolerances we stive for while building engines. We have two valve grinders, a seat and guide machine, a boring bar, engine hone, and a large jet wash to clean everything.

This is the porting room, 8v counter-flow head getting worked

Inside the shop showing various projects.

Chris Riehl started building engines at the age of 7. His first engine was a Briggs and Stratton 3 horse lawnmower engine attached to a mini-bike. It was also his first porting work. From there he went on to build quite a few more engines before taking a Race Engine Design and Development course from Sunset Engine Development in Beaverton, Oregon after which he went to work for a local race engine builder. While there, Chris learned a lot of the aspects of racing engines and the inner workings of an engine shop. After some time spent there, he left and went to work for Discount Import Parts in Milwaukie, Oregon and started Riehltek Engine Development as a side project, which has grown into what we now know as European Engine Works.