Need machine shop recommendations in UT

[lectric80]

Utah members, who have you dealt with that provided good service, good prices, and timely work?

I already posted this in the regional, but traffic isn't enough, and I am working out the budget for this build.

Here's what I will need done:

Starting with a TBI 350 block:

Needs clearanced for stroker
Needs cleaned and freeze plugs replaced
Needs to be bored .030 and honed

As you can guess, I am building a 383 this year, and hopefully pretty soon. I already know what parts I want to use, and have a pretty good idea on output once it is all assembled. I don't have any machine shops that I would trust. The last shop I dealt with was about 20 years ago and was Love Machine. They did ok, but they made a mistake that caused a spun bearing just 100 miles after I finished the work. Now, although this is a very limited amount of work, and the new rotating assembly is balanced out of the box, I need someone I can call and get pricing and that can be trusted. With the cash going into the parts to build this thing, I can't risk having a shop that doesn't understand how to do this stuff right the first time.

 

[4X4HIGH]

I would have whatever shop you deal with CHECK THE BALANCING. DO NOT build anything without having it checked. I built a 496 stroker for Greg and he bought the "pre-balanced assembly" and when i had my guy check it out the crank was 400 grams too heavy and i had to machine .375" off of each counterweight so that it would be close enough to have it balanced properly.

 

[howdiy]

The clearancing, cleaning and freeze plugs are pretty easy to do yourself. And would probably be done more nicely doing so.

Although if they have a hot tank I would get the block hot tanked.

 

[lectric80]

I would have whatever shop you deal with CHECK THE BALANCING. DO NOT build anything without having it checked. I built a 496 stroker for Greg and he bought the "pre-balanced assembly" and when i had my guy check it out the crank was 400 grams too heavy and i had to machine .375" off of each counterweight so that it would be close enough to have it balanced properly.

I figured that double checking was going to be a good idea. Just one more thing to verify with whatever shop I find. Now if only someone would chime in with some experience. Preferably someone from UT that knows who to talk to.

The clearancing, cleaning and freeze plugs are pretty easy to do yourself. And would probably be done more nicely doing so.

Although if they have a hot tank I would get the block hot tanked.

Yes and I may do the clearancing, but the cleaning will be done by the shop during the other machine work. The advantage to having the shop doing the clearancing is tooling, I don't have a lot of tools and won't spend a lot to get them right now. I do have some stuff for gasket matching the heads and intake, but nothing I would want to use for clearancing.

As for freeze plugs, that last shop I dealt with did them as part of the hot tank to ensure that everything was cleaned out of the water jacket.

 

[4X4HIGH]

I have a buddy that lives in Cedar City and he's into the car scene (he used to run a wrecking yard when he was still living here in Cali. I give him a call tomorrow IIR and ask if he knows of any good shops in your area. My buddy also drove truck for many years so he been to and knows alot of places.

 

[ChrisN]

There are a few guys at work that have built motors in the last couple of years. I will ask around on monday and see if I can get you some good recommendations.

 

[lectric80]

I have a buddy that lives in Cedar City and he's into the car scene (he used to run a wrecking yard when he was still living here in Cali. I give him a call tomorrow IIR and ask if he knows of any good shops in your area. My buddy also drove truck for many years so he been to and knows alot of places.

There are a few guys at work that have built motors in the last couple of years. I will ask around on monday and see if I can get you some good recommendations.

Thanks guys!