Hi-po mechanics/mach. shops

[Dave Simpkins]

Another northern lite here .... enquiring about other northern (Ontario - Toronto-Guelph-Cambridge-Kitchener area) V6 fans that may have had good or bad experiences with area performance shops and/or auto machine shops .... as it would apply to GN's and hi perf. V 6's. I'm working towards a forged crank, billet caps (4 bolts) and a roller cam. Therefore line boring and machine shop work needs to be ###1.

All information and opinions will be received " without prejudice"
I just want to go the right direction the first time, ... not the second or third ....4th time ...

 

[TWIN86GNS]

Dave,

Two friends of mine down by Leamington both had motors built out that way and both ran well. They both post occasionally on this board. I am at work so I don't have their emails handy but maybe they will see this and respond.

Good luck,

Paul Beal
pbeal@sympatico.ca

 

[5L.Eater]

Hey guys. High-tech racing in Woodbridge has terrible service. I ordered a fuel pump twice from them and have yet to hear back; now over a month ago. A guy up there gave me advice that I posted, the responses totally disagreed with him. Ken Seggie in Thornhill is a nice guy and gave me some of his time. A little pricey but hey, everyone needs to make a buck.
My .02.

 

[KWIKR 1]

Pick your builders wisely guys . I am in the middle of a "Rebuild from Hell" . #3 in less then 800 km's . It's no fun having to hump a engine in and out that many times in such a short span of time .Never mine the extra expenses . And thinking each time it goes in it will be OK . He was supplied with the best of parts and info on clearences and proper building . This guy came across as knowing his stuff and had a decent rep with the Chevy crowd and has even build 1 or 2 stock GN engines . He talks the talk but does not walk the walk . now I'm paying the price . BE VERY CAREFULL !!!!!!

 

[motorhead]

Originally posted by KWIKR 1
Pick your builders wisely guys . I am in the middle of a "Rebuild from Hell" . #3 in less then 800 km's . It's no fun having to hump a engine in and out that many times in such a short span of time .Never mine the extra expenses . And thinking each time it goes in it will be OK . He was supplied with the best of parts and info on clearences and proper building . This guy came across as knowing his stuff and had a decent rep with the Chevy crowd and has even build 1 or 2 stock GN engines . He talks the talk but does not walk the walk . now I'm paying the price . BE VERY CAREFULL !!!!!!

Yeah, if I have an engine that needs some lovin' I think that I'll ship it to a shop with a good rep in the States.

Tim, I didn't realize that you had a JC VT Chip... I am going the route maybe next year... it is quite the unit.

 

[KWIKR 1]

Only good things to say about the VT chip .

 

[lp2]

Hey guys, any suggestions for a machine shop out here on the west coast? I'm actually on Vancouver Island, so a shop on the island would be great. I'm doing all the grunt work carefully by myself (cross your fingers) and only need a shop to bore the engine and the like, but I can't even find a guy out here with a torque plate. Heck, I'm even going to balance everything myself.

Any suggestions? What about over in the Vancouver area?

 

[Dave Simpkins]

Shops

You are only a short (1 long day) drive away from Ken Duttweilers shop in Saticoy Cal. I was there in '92 for my transplant (3.8 stocker out -- 4.1 Stg1 in)

Ken should have everything TURBO-BUICK you can ever dream of.
ou can get his phone and Fax number from the vendors list on the "turbo regal" website.

ds