Looking for a good machine shop.

[shunderwunder]

I've gotta pull the head off my Sister in laws M3 this weekend to do a head gasket. I want to send the head out to be checked & repaired if need be. Does anyone know of a good machine shop to take it to?

[bomjoon]

slacks auto in gainesville...

they used to build parts for a bomber during WWII

and they re build machine engines now... id try there.

[TouringBubble]

Sunbelt in Buford is good too ... right next door to Balanced Performance.

[bomjoon]

lol whats with thte .5 hp?

just round it up and be at 350.

[TripperFx3]

Sunbelt does great work!

[shunderwunder]

Slacks sounds like they would be a bunch of lazy bastards. Thanks for the recomendations I'll give them both a call once the head is off to see what will work best.


I thought about that after I had written my sig, but I just wrote down what was on the dyno sheet. I would have just put 349 if I was thinking since 350 seems like a guestimate anyway. Not that the #'s matter too much. I was at 357 (diffrent dyno) before I swapped cams & was retuned with less boost. I'd kinda be curious to see what it does on that first dyno again to get an idea of the increase.

[shunderwunder]

TouringBubble when you gonna get me those pics?

[TouringBubble]

Lemme go do it now .. .I've got a good cam at work and the sun is out ...

[shunderwunder]

Damn procrastinators. Myself included of course.

[TouringBubble]

you've got mail ...

[ryanowarrior]

slacks auto in gainesville...

they used to build parts for a bomber during WWII

and they re build machine engines now... id try there.


i'd try slacks in gainesville too.. they do work and there not LAZY bastards, i know the main guy over the machine shop and could probly get ya a discount through them!!! i actually got a 350 bottom end down there now!

[shunderwunder]

i'd try slacks in gainesville too.. they do work and there not LAZY bastards, i know the main guy over the machine shop and could probly get ya a discount through them!!! i actually got a 350 bottom end down there now!

I didn't really think they were lazy, just pokin fun at the name. I was gonna check with both, but if you already know some people there I'll hit you up when it's off & ready to go. Thanks.

[ryanowarrior]

I didn't really think they were lazy, just pokin fun at the name. I was gonna check with both, but if you already know some people there I'll hit you up when it's off & ready to go. Thanks.

lol!!! yea let me know for real and ima pretty sure he'd help ya out with cost!!

[shunderwunder]

Will do, thanks. If all goes well I'll pull it off tomorrow, but this will be my first time pulling a head on anything so I'm not gonna rush it.

[shunderwunder]

lol!!! yea let me know for real and ima pretty sure he'd help ya out with cost!!

Got the head off with no major snags, so let me know what I should do to procede. Thanks again man.

[ryanowarrior]

hey man if you wanna call the main guy at slacks just let me know ok!

[shunderwunder]

PM'ed

[ryanowarrior]

got ya back!