I met Pete 35 years ago in San Diego at a car show. He had at the time a white 34 ford rear engine car its was Magnificent. He had a coolant leak and was far from home I asked him if he wanted to use my garage to fix the car. I lived in Santee in a condo and had just moved my 56 Buick out to make room. He and his wife drove very slow over to my place. We had to take out the back seat to access the engine since its rear design. The radiator was in the front but the lines went through the frame then to the engine in the back. We got the hoses out and repaired the leak. Both my young sons helped and we got him sorted out and back on the road. I have pictures of the car and us working on it. It was a Blast to work along side Pete and get to help him fix this Wonderful car. Great Memories in Deed.

Their patience is in another realm. "Lets order a custom 12 cylinder crank, gonna take a couple years". Not a CNC in sight! They built an entire block with metal stock and welding! Hand made Billet! Thanks this brought my patience back.

Men who do what others can't even dream of: Mr. Aardema, and Allen Millyard, his British brother from another mother. Plus multiple Australian cousins.

absolute legends here folks, we really NEED talent like this to keep us inspired with skills and passion for the IC engine passed onto to the younger generations. This is how things were done from the very beginning.

2 of the coolest old dudes I’ve ever seen! Wow! What I wouldn’t give to be a “floor sweeper” in that shop!

Thank you for putting these men on cyberspace. They may have gone unnoticed by the world outside of the US.

The Allen Millyard of car engines! I love it, wish this guy was my grandfather, I'd be in the shop learning and building with him everyday!

These guys are doing what I dream about day and night. I have my designs in my head.

Sometimes I watch videos on KZfaq and feel pretty good about myself, maybe I’m smarter than I thought. Then I watch this one…… These guys are incredible. Skills, forethought and knowledge that is off the charts.

They seem so proud of their work. And they should. Amazing stuff

I have made my own car, but making your own engine..... what a bunch of heroes!!!! I love it! Just like Allen Millyard.

It's going to be a sad day when there's no more guys like this around to do this kind of work. These two remind me very much of Allen Millyard. Just amazing, old school machinist engineers making beautiful machinery. I would rather pay these guys a million to build me a car over just about any of the modern hyper car manufacturers. If you guys are still reading comments just know you're appreciated and irreplaceable.

This is just AWESOME! One of the reasons I so enjoyed going to Bonneville was seeing all the ingenuity and craftsmanship. This exemplifies that. Thank you for sharing and explaining how you built this.

These geniuses have created a masterpiece!

There's a bit of knowledge standing around engine stand. Pretty slick how the block was assembled. I've really enjoyed watching. Thanks Fellas

Pure genius I hope they both live to 100+ and keep doing this forever . Humans are amazing

That's some incredible talent and dedication.

Please keep it comin.. these are the type of guys for a newb like me, you just sit and watch quietly. 🙏🏾

Finding these videos are amazing

I remember reading about Pete’s “sheet metal” four cylinder in Hot Rod Mag. It blew my mind! What they’re doing seems impossible but here it is. Inspiring. Building a motor like this is would be an experience of a lifetime!

brilliant piece of machinery i hops it is well documented

THESE ARE LEGENDS!!!

Man I wish these guys lived next door.

Truly amazing work by Kevin and Pete. Astonishing video Greg, thank you.

Amazing amazing amazing!!!! My dream would be work work under those guys and simply absorb experience!!!

What a Machine! More of this please!

Speed is one thing, but I would love to see these guys switch gears and get into efficiency engine designs like the thermally isolated split cycle engine, wobble plate, orbital, etc. I am convinced they could make it work.

There are other 6 liter V12s in the world, but I can't imagine any have heads that flow anything close to the IRL Aurora heads. What a coup those heads are! Lots of hard work to get it all into a working engine.

Amazing!! Two absolutely beautiful minds! Amazing!!!

Thanks for sharing the genius and ingenuity of these two incredible gentlemen.

mans that is COOL!! you 2 can cobble together an absolute masterpiece of an engine! you guys are freaking awesome

Man what creative solutions to the problem at hand. I have so much respect and appreciation for this kind of problem solving. Even more so the willingness to share the journey with others.

The construction methods used reminds me of very early race car engines at the dawn of motoring and early aero engines for that matter. Benz used a fabricated cylinder block and wet liners. I’ve come across crankshaft construction which were built up using ‘Hirth coupling’ roller bearing crankshafts which were built up. The last engine to use this crankshaft construction I know was the Porsche Type 547 engine, which became known as the "Fuhrmann engine".

Amazing. Thanks for sharing!

I can only shake my head in amazement. I thought building my engine run stand was an accomplishment. Incredible.

Fantastic engineering and skills! I love it:)

I think it's amazing they built a 900hp motor out of extruded aluminium tube!

These guys are brilliant!

I love watching these videos. I really appreciate that they let you film their work!

Man, to be a fly on the wall in that shop! What wonderful things to be learned!!!

Fantastic work!

That's a labor of love. I know may way around a machine shop, and yet, to produce this is a project that is way out of my league. Very, very nice. Thank you for this video.

I love this stuff it’s becoming a truly lost art…. Truly beautiful minds! Thank you for sharing! God bless!

Wow I so find guys like this so cool!

Amazing work

How absolutely impressive!

incredible work.

Great work!

These videos are so interesting it's amazing the work they are doing themselves without a full team backing them.

Man what a gem of a chanel to find

These guys are on another plane of thought. I always wo Derek if it could be done like that, they answered that.

I was saving up for his Cosworth reworked double overhead cam small block chevy kit and when I had enough I called and Cosworth had quit making the heads so he couldn't make his kit anymore. Pete is an incredibly ingenious guy massive respect for what he and Kevin have accomplished. Still would love a double overhead 4 valve SBC of his.

These guys are in a league of there own. I love seeing their creations.

amazing work! Good luck on your next speed run.

Amazing creation, by amazing men!

Interesting work kudoos to you!

Well done Gentlemen!!!! Unfortunately we are losing these brilliant minds and not replacing them. Hopefully this type of fabrication will not be lost. All the best!!!

Lot of knowledge and skill in this room.

Incredibly inspiring!

Cool, the valve covers are held down like the valve covers on a Daimler 2.5 V8.

outstanding !

Incredible 🤩

Truly Amazing

I love these videos. I've only built a couple of engines, but I want to try this so badly.

AMAZING!

Love this.

Such a brilliant dude

DAMN INTERESTING STUFF !!!!!!!!!

This is really flipping cool

There is no doubt that this is a great motor to see, however, I might say hearing this V12 scream at the top of its lungs at 10,000 RPM is even better!

I have never seen a hollow block like that!!! insane!

These guys are amazing! Hand crafted V-12 jewels, looks pretty like the old 20`s engines Rolls Royce and Duesy`s. Unbelievable!

Wonderful! Glorious! You guys are fantastic! Thank you ever so much for sharing this with us! Of course, Ford has come out with its Voodoo engine, and GM has come out with its new twin-cam, four-valve LT5 engine. Both flow like a dream! So, why not make a V-12 out of _them_, at 120 degree V angle! Wow, that would be something! :-)

These guys are very good machinist!

Impressive!

The amount of money I would pay to have a month long Job with these guys just to learn how they come up with this stuff. This is a dying art these days. And a lifestyle that doesn't exist for many. The amount of knowledge and skill here is beyond any scale.

Wow, these guys take "custom build" to a whole different level.

Love everything about this 💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏

Awesome Stuff Guys. Imagine it twin turbo'ed 1500hp easy

Clean shop

I have an Aurora; fantastic engine. Shelby used them in the Series 1.

The aluminum extrusion for the block is absolutely brilliant !!

Superb craftsmanship and a good result. From my past experience I would have made wooden patterns and cast the scantlings of the engine. A basic foundry could then make as many castings as you may need at a relatively small cost. Then machining a set of castings would be fairly quick. Making the crankshaft is a specialist job and needs heat treatment precision grinding etc which you do not have. However you have made a superb engine .

Nice shop

Legends 👏👏👏

Cool!

Top Craftsmanship!

Amazing men

Hi Pete love your Videos

As a Chevy freak, man, I lament the loss of Mickey Thompson. All my heroes are gone.

We’d die to see it perform at Lake Gairdner.

To any young people watching, if you are interested in these kinds of things, go find people like this and learn. This sort of thing is dying as technology progresses. Learn how to do it the old school way. I worked for a vintage F1 engine builder for a bit when I was younger and learned so god damned much in a short period of time. My career took a different direction but the number of people who have a brain like this with this much real world experience is dwindling quickly. Go learn, keep the torch ablaze!

I would LOVE to see an unedited version of this. at least 5 times he started to say something interesting and you cut him off mid sentence to another shot. Regardless, thank you for documenting what you have.

If I met you at some gearhead event and you started telling me half the stuff you've showed that these two have done ( I have no doubt there's a LOT more) I would probably think you were making it up........

Nice

Nothin but COOOOOOOOOOOOL!

Top ring notch is pretty deep! Shallower will strengthen & allow less gas/heat there & move more heat away! Also, do LSR records care whether it is one or twelve cylinders, displacement & fuel & blown or not is their thing isn't it? Beautiful work, good luck!

Fabulous project but that music was an unnecessary distraction

Make it with pride.

I love these videos old school. Can someone help me out is he talking about welding the heads to the block or am i confused