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Bullet Race carries on South Australia's legacy of expertise in motor engineering

Bullet Race carries on South Australia's  legacy of expertise in motor engineering
Bullet Race Engineering at Holden Hill is another Adelaide suburban enterprise making waves in international motorsport.

Holden Hill-based Bullet Race is keep up the South Australian tradition of advanced motorsport engineering.

Bullet Race Engineering designed and manufactured the engine block that helped power South Australian V8 Supercars ace Tim Slade to victory in a four-cylinder 800hp 2.2L Nissan Sylvia with the fastest lap at the World Time Attack challenge in Sydney in 2016.

Started in 2003, Bullet Race has kept growing with its reputation for its bespoke aircraft-grade aluminium products. Bullet Race makes billet engine blocks, cylinder heads and custom components for drag, circuit racing, time attack. It can supply components or build and dyno-tune complete turnkey engines to specifications.

The 20-year-old company, which also makes engine blocks to suit Nissan GTR and Mitsubishi Evolution, costing up to $14,000, is expanding its Dundee Avenue site and ramp up production to two shifts.

In the past 15 years, it has invested in cutting-edge DMG Mori and Haas 4 axis CNC machinery, CAMplete Port CNC Porting Software, Solidworks 3D modelling software, SolidCAM CNC programming software, and recruited staff with the knowledge to create and develop world-beating new products.

Due to demand from the United States, the company of six employees is also working on two new engine blocks to be specifically for that market.

The aim is to export 80% of its products, from its 15% in 2017. It can ship its product to in America for less than what they could buy from an American competitor in US dollars.

Bullet Race produces a block a day, which are used in motorsport disciplines including drag racing, hill climbing and rallying. They are exported to the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

 

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