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Old Apr 12, 2017 | 09:43 PM
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I just saw this in the Deletions for 2018:

"(PBC) Customer Engine Build Program"

I wonder why this was cancelled. Everyone who did it here seemed to love it, and thought it was a great experience.

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My guess is that it will back in 2018/19 once the new "paint shop" is up and running.

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And once they can unwrap that room, there's some secret stuff starting to happen in there....the question is when it will open up again I think, it should come back.
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GM is in the process of spending $44 million expanding the current Performance Build Center. The engine build experience has to be suspended for a while accommodate the expansion work AND to keep people from seeing some of what is happening in the PBC related to future engine products.
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Thanks, guys!

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