If you have had engine work done get in here!

[astroboy]

I am trying to pick where I am going to get my block work done and there are a bunch of threads on here for machine work; soooooo I wanted to get everybody who has had machine work done to give input so we could have some sort of a master "go to this shop for legit work" thread.

Post up what work you had done, a roundabout price, and how you feel the quality of work was.

[P-CRIDER]

What kinda engine? There is north east in e.hartford there is a.m in meriden

[NECTUNE203]

champion in norwalk u wont be disappointed!!!!!!!

[AWDream]

I had Center Auto Machine in stratford do a 4g63 block for me a few years back.

They also sourced rings and bearings for me, and machined the wrist pin end of some rods to accept different pistons.

Here's a list of what they did for me:

cleaned/hot tank/paint block
new freeze plugs installed
deck
hone cylinders
line hone mains (sometimes they become out of round when running ARP hardware)
balance/blueprint entire rotating assy from flywheel to crank pulley
ACL bearings
Mitsu Rings
Machine Rods
Assemble Pistons/Rods, put rings on rods

I paid $700 for the machine work, with about a week turn around time. I was very happy with the work.

For my head: Service Auto in Ansonia
clean, hot tank
pressure check
deck
5 angle valve job
assemble valvetrain ( i brought them a stock evo valvetrain in a box)

$150

I bought all the ARP hardware, valve seals, lifters, etc. on my own and assembled the entire motor myself, so I saved some cost there.

After being together for 150 miles (I beat the SHIT out of motors on break in to seat rings properly), the car, with 8.5:1 compression, made 175PSI across the board.

The motor made over 400whp, went numerous 11 sec passes, and has since been through three different owners. It still runs strong for the current owner, with just under 30k on it since the rebuild. Great sense of accomplishment.

Sorry for the long post, just my experiences with the machine shops I dealt with.

[evo-mentalites-cc]

I had Center Auto Machine in stratford do a 4g63 block for me a few years back.

They also sourced rings and bearings for me, and machined the wrist pin end of some rods to accept different pistons.

Here's a list of what they did for me:

cleaned/hot tank/paint block
new freeze plugs installed
deck
hone cylinders
line hone mains (sometimes they become out of round when running ARP hardware)
balance/blueprint entire rotating assy from flywheel to crank pulley
ACL bearings
Mitsu Rings
Machine Rods
Assemble Pistons/Rods, put rings on rods

I paid $700 for the machine work, with about a week turn around time. I was very happy with the work.

For my head: Service Auto in Ansonia
clean, hot tank
pressure check
deck
5 angle valve job
assemble valvetrain ( i brought them a stock evo valvetrain in a box)

$150

I bought all the ARP hardware, valve seals, lifters, etc. on my own and assembled the entire motor myself, so I saved some cost there.

After being together for 150 miles (I beat the SHIT out of motors on break in to seat rings properly), the car, with 8.5:1 compression, made 175PSI across the board.

The motor made over 400whp, went numerous 11 sec passes, and has since been through three different owners. It still runs strong for the current owner, with just under 30k on it since the rebuild. Great sense of accomplishment.

Sorry for the long post, just my experiences with the machine shops I dealt with.

x2 they do all our motors at the shop including our customers and do alot of my firends work no issues and kool guys

[onepiece]

if you located toward mass then i would highly recommend "eastwoods" they did a fantastic job on my boys shit and got it done way faster than u can even imagine

[ej1 sleeper]

bump cause im tryna get my soch head ported n polished n i cant find anyone who does that type of werk

[Gromo814]

if your trying to get your shit done asap DONT go to northeast machine fucken took mike 9 month to do my motor after me going down there every day and calling he finally started working on it

[ThewickedOne]

RPE Machine in Hartford,CT - Known for building the worlds fastest Grand National engines in the U.S.

As for the others that mentioned a machine shop in East Hartford.. I've personally seen the machine work that comes out of there as well the lack of care and cleanliness of the motors. Wouldn't bring anything there even if it was for free.

[bLaZinPapi121]

champion in norwalk u wont be disappointed!!!!!!!

+1

[chagy87]

Eastwood in somers ct they helped me with my build best machine shop I been 2 so far

[astroboy]

Changy, you mind posting what the work was and posting how much it cost you?

[chagy87]

Block:
Sleeved
Bored
Balanced
Clearance
Clean
Assemble bottom end

The bottom end came out to 1700

They also did my head and I went all out on that too
New seats for the bigger valves
Port and polish
Head assembled
Ect ect
At the end of the day it was about 2700 all together, you can see the quality in there work and I was really satisfied money well spent.

Look them up talk to mark tell him your goals and he will help you out Very knowledgeable.

[allmotork24]

if your trying to get your shit done asap DONT go to northeast machine fucken took mike 9 month to do my motor after me going down there every day and calling he finally started working on it

X2

[alexPR]

I would have to say center auto i brought my block cuz it broke all three bolts on the post mount, they close at 5:30 i called the guy at 5:20 told him that i was in traffic from new haven he waited for me, i got there at 6pm he call me at 7am the next day that the block was done!