Ken Keefer of Ken's Speed and Machine Shop

Ken's Speed and Machine Shop

Ken's 1976 Trans Am stock suspension street car...

Ken Keefer loves to race. In the late 60’s and early 70’s Ken raced Pontiacs. In 1973 he got his start building engines for his buddies. It wasn’t too long afterwards that he started his own machine shop so he could ensure the quality he demanded. He would study Ford, Chevy and Chrysler engines and heads and then design and make those performance modifications for Pontiacs.

In 1980, Ken opened Ken’s Speed and Machine Shop in Brooksville, Florida. He has been involved with Circle track late model, sportsman, hobby stock engines, mud racing, 4-wheel drive applications, building Cadillac engines for airboats, and other applications. Ken has shipped engines as far away as Guam. One of Ken’s customers, Mark Ceria of Holland, has a 1969 Pontiac GTO that has won the title of “The Netherlands Mightiest American Muscle Machine.”

While Ken specializes in American Muscle Iron, Pontiacs are still Ken’s passion. In 1993 when Edelbrock came out with a new aluminum head, he got back into racing Pontiacs. His best time for his 1976 street legal Pontiac Trans Am is 8.91 with a speed of 160 mph on M/T drag radials!

Ken continues to improve his product offerings and engine building skills. He is currently doing engine and track testing on the CV-1 head designed by Jim at Roland Racing. Kens says the CV-1 canted valve head design will be available for all Pontiac applications. BRC is proud to be associated with Ken and will be providing pistons to match this new head design. Ken also offers a 'Blow thru ATI Centrifugal Supercharger Kit. Supercharging is a great way to add 35 to 40% more horsepower to your engine.

Ken chose BRC for a set of pistons he built for a nitrous car pushing 1250 hp. Now he offers his Pontiac 505 crate engine utilizing BRC pistons. When asked about why Ken specs BRC he will tell you BRC can make custom pistons quickly with good service at good prices! When you visit Ken’s Speed and Machine Shop, the site has some neat stories about Nitrous tips and pages of Pontiac information. What we really liked is a page he's built to calculate your horsepower: 1) calculate your HP based upon trap speed, 2) calculate HP from ET, 3) calculate tire diameter, 4) calculate MPH for RPM range, 5) calculate rear end ratio, 6) RPM calculator, 7) CFM needed, 8) Liter/CID conversions, and 9) displacement calculations.

Ken has 35 years experience in building high performance engines. If you want to go fast along with great reliability, dial 352-796-8800 and have a talk with Ken!

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