anyone know if jim ruggles is stil around? i was watching a recording on youtube from 84 kelly american challenge and a race driver in a buick v6 car mentioned that name and i thought maybe if hes still around i could get some advice on my engine build
Now his head machinist might still be around but I cant remember where he ended up. Seems like Ive talked to him since Ruggles closed but I dont know where unless it was Reed Cams and apparently they closed up in 2009 which is a damn shame because they made probably the best flat tappet cam ever for these cars for the street.
Jim got busted up on his bike, some yrs ago. [Somewhere around Chattanooga, AIRC.] Last I heard, he was working at Elliot's engine shop in North GA.
That's been several yrs back......
I have to say, I had a Ruggles turbo on my first T-Type. That damn thing was the fastest spooling turbos I have owned.
Its a shame he closed his business.
I have to say, I had a Ruggles turbo on my first T-Type. That damn thing was the fastest spooling turbos I have owned.
Its a shame he closed his business.
Been some yrs since I've seen him. My last contact was at Ernie Elliott's place, in Dawsonville, GA. Jim was working there.
I heard he had a bad bike accident....Have not had contact w/ him, since.
I new about the bike accident, had heard that he went back to California some time after that. He had been working at Ernie's for a while, I work with Jim from 86 until the shop closed, last one to leave.
About 6 or 7 years ago I tracked him down and he was in North GA still. Tried to get him to come to the Nats ...wasnt interested. At the time there was 2 stage 2 engines that he was working on out of a boat from Panama IIRC that Ernies shop had that Jim was assisting on doing a freshen.