The Performance Race Engines Industry, Biggest Builders In The Game!

Bill Miller Engineering

Bill Miller Engineering’s roots in the hard-core race engine parts business go back more than a generation. In 1970, fresh out of the Navy, Bill Miller worked as Warehouse Manager at National Speed and Marine in Los Angeles. This speed shop campaigned a Top Fuel Dragster. In his early years in the automotive aftermarket, not only did Bill Miller get to know the sales and distribution end of the business, but he learned about drag racing by crewing on a Top Fuel car.

BME: Open for Business- In June, 1975, Bill Miller Engineering, Limited began business in a tiny, 1200 sq. ft. factory in Long Beach, California. BME’s first years were a grueling experience. Bill Miller spent days working at American Racing as Quality Control Manager and six-to-eight hours each night on his rod business.

The initial tasks were to sell the inventory of Japanese-made rods on hand and set up the BME manufacturing operation. Miller  soon found most of the Japanese tooling didn’t work very well. New machines had to be ordered and new tooling had to be built.