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Del West Engineering

Name: Del West Engineering
Address: 28128 Livingston Avenue, Valencia, CA, 91355, US
Telephone: (661) 295-5700
Price range: £££

Del West Engineering, Inc., was formed in 1973. In 1978, Del West USA began to produce an initial li "We had a solution," Al said, "but no problem." Del West.

Doing business out of a 1,400 square foot warehouse on the west end of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, they started with one research contract for aerospace giant Grumman. Four years later, they were up to their ears in aerospace research contracts and expert liability work – and bored, bored, bored. "We looked around," Al said, "and wondered, what else can we do?"
That "what else" turned out to

be titanium, which the pair had been researching for the Air Force for the last two and a half years. At the time, titanium was used by military aircraft and rockets – but little else, largely because most people didn't know its capabilities. Del West, on the other hand, knew what it could do, but not who needed it. For half a year they researched one commercial possibility after another, but nothing was a good match. Finally "we went back to the office," Al said. "Matt and I were at our desks, facing one another. Matt said, "This is ridiculous.' He reached back, and I said, ‘What are you doing?' He said, ‘I'm getting the yellow pages. I'm going to find us a business.'"

By the time they'd gotten to "Auto," they had found not just a business, but their future. First NASCAR – then, suddenly, Formula 1
By 1984, orders for titanium valves and other engine components poured in so steadily that the company shut down its aerospace lab to focus completely on valve train component manufacturing. The next decade saw Del West continue to grow its racing engine components business, with a particular focus on NASCAR. Then, in 1988, a rule change in Formula 1 racing sparked European interest in the kind of lightweight valvetrains Del West manufactured. "An F1 racing team came to us and said they needed help because they were suddenly going to have to use valves that weren't steel," Al recalled. "They were asking for quality levels we'd never seen before, and they wanted lots of parts, at the same time that NASCAR was growing." A half-dozen years later, Del West valves ran in every car in the Indy 500 and the majority of the cars in Europe's high-end racing series. "We realized we had to vastly expand our manufacturing capacity," Al said. To meet the demand of its growing Formula 1 customer base, Del West opened a second factory in Switzerland in 1996. Throughout the 1990s, Del West continued to expand into the burgeoning race market and solidified its position as the market leader for materials and design in valve trains. By 1997, Del West had designed and manufactured its own air spring system and it was being raced on the F1 grid. As racing exploded in popularity – and as engine technology enjoyed a renaissance – such manufacturers as Mercedes, Toyota, and BMW entered or re-entered the sport. Del West worked with their engineers to transform ideas into components and systems that could allow the engines to turn ever-higher RPMs. Motorcycles and Corvettes
Next up: consumer cars and motorcycles. In 2003, Del West started selling valves to KTM for the 450SX model of dirt bike. Within the space of a few years, Del West's consumer division was supplying not only KTM, but also GM sports cars, via the Corvette program, and Ducati motorcycles. Soon enough, BMW, MV Agusta, Husqvarna, and other serial manufactures followed, driving technological advancement of efficient manufacturing of valve train components that, in turn, helped the quality of the race engine designated components. But still, the company looked for new challenges. Beginning in 2007, Del West also formed an alliance with Gamma Technology, LLC to manufacture highly durable and adaptable components made from a proprietary aluminum metal matrix composite. "It was something that didn't exist on the marketplace," Al said. "It's a composite that's machinable. There are lots of composites, but none that you can turn so easily into parts." New ideas, new horizons
Today, Del West components help power the engines of race cars and high-performance street cars, as well as street motorcycles, dirt bikes and ATVs. They expand the design possibilities of luxury Swiss watches. Thanks to the partnership with Gamma Technology, Del West-manufactured aluminum metal matrix composite parts are finding homes in the aerospace and medical parts industries. More than thirty years after Al and his partner, Matt, first flipped through those yellow pages, it still comes back to the same thing. "Ideas," Al said. "That's who we are. That's why we moved from aerospace to valves to metal matrix composites. "We are always pursuing new ideas." Precisely.

01/03/2018

We would like to congratulate Joshua & Christine Raimond for their wedding in December. As well as thank them for the opportunity to allow us to design a custom titanium wedding ring for Joshua. It was a pleasure and we couldn't have been happier to do it!
Also, thank you to the photographer Stephanie Secrest for the beautiful picture.

12/22/2017

Del West USA wishes you a world of good wishes.
One of the real joys this holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you and wish you the very best for the new year!

2019 Corvette ZR1 Supercar Reveal | Chevrolet

11/28/2017

Have you seen the newest model of the 2019 Corvette ZR1?
Del West is proud to have our titanium intake valves be a part of this car!

Click the link for more information...

2019 Corvette ZR1 Supercar Reveal | Chevrolet The Corvette ZR1 has returned, this supercar wields a supercharged V8 engine with 749.9 horsepower.

Boeing HorizonX Invests in Advanced Materials Producer Gamma Alloys

11/01/2017

Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success. Del West wishes Gamma Alloys congratulations on your new journey!!!

Boeing HorizonX Invests in Advanced Materials Producer Gamma Alloys Boeing announced its investment in Valencia, Calif.-based Gamma Alloys, a leader in aluminum alloys focused on developing advanced metal-matrix composites.

Lewis Hamilton and MV Agusta Unveil the F4 LH44 Motorcycle

10/31/2017

We are proud to have our valves be a part of this motorcycle!

Lewis Hamilton and MV Agusta Unveil the F4 LH44 Motorcycle Appropriately, only 44 examples will be built of this superbike.

With Mercedes leaving DTM, Audi and BMW say they may follow

08/03/2017

The DTM series consists of Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and BMW. Mercedes-Benz plans on exiting the series after the 2018 season which leaves just Audi and BMW as competitors, whom are both now evaluating exiting as well.

The article below explains the effects Mercedes leaving has on the series.

With Mercedes leaving DTM, Audi and BMW say they may follow Following Mercedes-Benz's shock decision to pull out of DTM (German Touring Car Championship) in favor of a factory Formula E team, Audi and BMW said they're considering pulling out of the sport too. Consequently, DTM could be in serious trouble. The DTM series consists of Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and.....

07/28/2017

"The company would like to see economy cars save fuel..."

Del West is always looking for innovative ways to help consumers on the road by saving fuel & helping cars move faster.

Please click on the link below to see both how Ducati actuates their valve train components at high RPM’s and an alternative system called Pneumatics. Del West proudly supplies to both types of systems throughout the racing world.

CW Tech: Why Desmo?

07/13/2017

Del West USA is proud to be part of the first ever "Green Vanpool".

Green Commuter has had a huge impact on a large amount of our employees daily commute, read about how their service has benefited us and how it is going to impact the nation!

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/green-commuter-successfully-launches-first-140600824.html

Green Commuter Successfully Launches the First All-Electric Vanpool Service in the U.S. Using Tesla Model X, 7 Passenger SUVs Green Commuter has started vanpool operations in Los Angeles utilizing all-electric 7-passenger SUVs. Green Commuter’s business model is to rent its fleet of zero emission vehicles for vanpool and car sharing.

The Lamborghini Aventador S is music for an ultra-luxury car lover's ears

07/11/2017

"A delirious 0 to 62 miles per hour acceleration in 2.9 seconds..."

Check out the latest and greatest Lamborghini Aventador S.

Del West is beyond thrilled to have our Titanium Valves be a part of the 2017 Lamborghini Aventador S!

The Lamborghini Aventador S is music for an ultra-luxury car lover's ears From up above, I spotted the trio of Lamborghinis parked in formation. The unmistakable sharp, angular forms cast in red, white, and blue sparkled in the sunshine. My heart jumped as the helicopter...

07/06/2017

"...Super light valves made by DelWest supplied the beefy V12 with its much-needed oxygen..."

Check out how our titanium valves helped "beef" this Pagani Zonda GR!

Rough Rebirth - 2003 Pagani Zonda GR A post by Dylan Smit

Photos from Race HQ Suspension and Dyno's post

06/08/2017

04/24/2017

Congratulations to the Gamma Alloys team for their contribution to this next-generation attack helicopter!

S-97 RAIDER™: The Next Big Thing in Army Aviation
Imagine a next-generation attack helicopter platform so advanced that it can reach speeds more than 220 knots (407 km/h), flying as high as 10,000 feet (3 km) in 95° of heat. Well it's here, and we are proud to be a part of the next big thing in Army aviation! https://youtu.be/HncZgouxt9k

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Telephone

(661) 295-5700

Website

http://www.delwestengineering.com/

Address

28128 Livingston Avenue
Valencia, CA
91355

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 12pm

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