Any good custom shops in the area?

JenkinsBS

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Im working on getting my project finished (going on 4 years now), and i am looking for a shop to finish up the work for me, as i dont have the time or space to complete myself.

All that needs to be done is hooking up the wiring harness to my MSD box, new o2's to be hooked up, water pump pulley, new custom length serpintine (needs to be measured still), new front rotors/brakes/calipers, adjust rocker arms, bolt on valve covers, new TB, spark plugs, prime the motor and start it.

The only place i found around here went out of business, and before that, said they wouldnt complete the work because they didnt start it.

Anyone know of any places that would do this kind of work?

Thanks

BJ

 

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whereabouts are you located in Washington?

 

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yello05 said:

whereabouts are you located in Washington?

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Im located in Silverdale, WA.

Shops i would be looking for would be near Seattle/Tacoma area.

BJ

 

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Up there, i would go for Brads. AFP would be a bit of a drive!
Brad's Custom Auto - Corvette and Mustang Performance in Seattle, WA

 

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Don't you have any buddies that could do it for you??? All of that work could be done in a day. If you were near me I would help ya out....

Drew

 

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Don't you have any buddies that could do it for you??? All of that work could be done in a day. If you were near me I would help ya out....

Drew

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Nah, i dont have anyone that i trust around here to do the work. Most of my friends and My family are back in Jersey. My room mate out here has family, but they wont help me due to the fact it is a ford...

I did alot of the work myself back when i was still in school, but since then, my carreer has taken the majority of my time. Im going to send the guys at Brad's a message about what needs to be done, and see what they can tell me.

Im just hoping for the best as of right now, i dont want to have to sell it as is, but if i cant find anyone to finish it, or finish it for a reasonable price, i may just have to...

Where are you at Drew?

 

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I'm located in Portland. If you have the tools, you could always do one part at a time. If you are unsure how to do it I could walk you through them. I'd really hate to see you sell your car.... If money isn't a problem then most any decent performance shop could do what you described... There comes this level of satisfaction from doing it yourself that I can't get enough of though.....

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Yea, the last thing i want to do is sell the car.

I have a few tools (those that havnt been lost over the years), and a general idea of how to finish it, its just the time constraints. I usually work anywhere from 10-12 hours a day, only day off is on a sunday, so really finding someone would be ideal.

One thing that worries me is my lifters (hydroulic roller), when looking at the pushrod length to adjust the roller rockers, it seems that when the motor is at TDC on a cylinder, the pushrod lengths differ. If i understand correctly, both valves should be closed at this point... could it be that one lifter is expanded, where the other is compressed?

 

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So say on number 1 with the cylinder at TDC on the compression stroke there diffrent lenths?To me it sound like the exhust is closed and intake open or visa versa?But yes when there open the lifters will be up. I could also lend ya a hand just did a ground up restore turbo fox with a buddy. I did all the new wireing we installed,elec fan,MSN box,turbo hot&clod sides,intercooler,turbo boost controller,fuel pumps,converted it to a 1 wire alt,florida 5.0 gauge cluster,elec water pump,put the heads back on set his rockers,dizzy,front and rear brakes camber caster plates,ran all new stainless brake lines did the brakes UGH **** tons it was a ground up resto every nut bolt is new as well as just about all the wireing!peace




john