This is the time of year a lot of us start motor projects. I'll be the first to call myself an "amateur" when it comes to engine building. I know enough to be slightly dangerous. Many have asked where a good Mopar machine shop is in their area. Im in that catagory too. I was hoping that the board would start a thread or catagory for recommended machine shops. Obviously some have had good and bad experiences with shops. I think many of us could use a little help in our selection.

Great idea! I'll "sticky" it too the top so the list can begin.

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Shop name: Jess Miller Machine Shop Inc.

City and state: West Chester PA

Contact person: Jess Miller

Phone number: 610-692-2193

Days & hours: Weekly 9-5

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): none

porting services (yes/no): yes

comments: http://www.jessmillermachineshop.com/index.html

Had them do my 440 and my brothers 396, excellent work and nice guys. All work done in-house but unfortunatly they have no dyno.

Shop name: Mopar Engines West

City and state: Morgan Hill California

Contact person: Rich Nedbal

Phone number: 408-888-1293


dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): Engine Dyno available

porting services (yes/no): Yes

comments: Top notch engine builder, prefers to work on Hemi's but does a good job on everything else


Shop name: Rettig Brothers Inc

City and state: Modesto, California

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Phone number: 209-529-8016

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both):

porting services (yes/no): Yes

comments: High quality machining equipment, best place to have crank work done in Northern California.

Shop name: Kim Barr Racing Engines, Inc

City and state: Garland, Texas

Contact person: Kim Barr

Phone number: (972) 272-6121

Days & hours: 10AM-7PM M-F
dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): engine

porting services (yes/no): full time employee

comments: Been in business since 1974. Mostly a HP Chevy shop but "every job is important to us"
Has a record holding drag car! Drag boat racer!

I have all of my work done at:

Shop name:Grays Automotive Machine Shop

City and state:Tigard, Oregon (near Portland)


Contact person:Mick Gray


Phone number:503-620-4353


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dyno & type (engine,chassis, both):engine dyno


porting services (yes/no):no

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Shop name: Napa Machine

City and state: Salmon Arm, BC- CANADA

Contact person: Randy or Chuck

Phone number: 250-832-8186

Days & hours: Mon-Fri 8-5

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): None

porting services (yes/no): Possibly...

comments: Randy is a Dodge guy (dodgefarmer here on Moparts). Chuck is a Chebby guy. Both very knowledeable and easy to work with. Been VERY happy in my dealings with them.

Shop name: Precision Automotive Machine

City and state: Canton, Ohio

Contact person: Jeff Day or Harley Day

Phone number: (330)-456-3045

Days & hours: 8am(?)-5pm M-F

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): No

porting services (yes/no): No

comments: Great shop that actually talk and race mopars. Excellent pricing and service. They did fantastic job on my 528 HEMI. They do work on almost all engines.

Shop name: Kammer & Kammer Enterprises

City and state: Dayton, OH

Contact person: Bob Kammer or Steve

Phone number: (937) 237-8675

Days & hours:M-F 9 am-5 pm Sat 9 am- 1 pm

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both):Both

porting services (yes/no):Yes

comments: The best and only Mopar specific machine shop in my area is Kammer Enterprises. They are pretty well known in stock and I believe superstock racing circles and have treated me well with the work I have had them do for me. They have all the best equipment and as far as machining for race motors I don't think you'll find any better. Also have a great and very informative website.


http://kammerracing.com/KMR/Default.htm

Shop name:scroggins machine

City and state:houston texas

Contact person:bobby , (owner)

Phone number: 713.759.1772

Days & hours: Service Hours
9:00 AM -6:00 PM, Mon - Fri

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both):none that i know of

porting services (yes/no):yes

comments:did a rebuild on my 360 several months ago , very professional and they had what seemed like reasonable prices. they are going to assemble my 383 short block.

Shop name: R&R Automotive Machine


City and state: Vineland N.J.

Contact person: Rich @ Greg Sayell

Phone number: 856-691-1872

Days & hours mon to fri 8am to 5pm

no dyno

porting services yes

comments: small shop he has bin building @ raceing Mopars since the 50s or 60s

Shop name: Best Machine

City and state: Shelby Township, Michigan

Contact person: Chuck Millen

Phone number: 586-739-5609

Days & hours: Mon-Fri 8-4, not sure

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): ?

porting services (yes/no): Yes

comments: Chuck races Mopars!! He is very knowledgable and very helpful. He has done motors for several people on this board. He has done a couple for me and is currently doing 2 more for me.

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Shop name: Chris Engine & Machine Shop

City and state: Tucson, AZ

Contact person: Mike Chris

Phone number: 520-741-0302

Days & hours: Mon-Fri (call for Sat)

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): engine

porting services (yes/no): yes

comments: Works well with customers, very clean and modern shop

Shop name: Auto-Truck Service Inc (ATS)

City and state: Everett, Wa.

Contact person: Jeremy or Kerry

Phone number: (425) 258-3634

Days & hours: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): No

porting services (yes/no): Yes

comments: Races and knows his stuff. Even though he is a Chev guy, Jeremy knows his Mopars as well.

Shop name: Bell Engine Service

City and state: Edmonton Alberta Canada

Contact person: Larry Brown

Phone number: 780-465-3586

Days & hours: Mon to Fri

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): No

porting services (yes/no): Yes

comments: Larry is a great guy. He goes out of his way to explain things. Great workmanship. Larry machines , tunes , and builds some of the fastest and most reliable engines in the province.He comes to the track and helps people. All around Great Guy , competitive prices and above quailty work.

Shop name: Quality Engine & Machine

City and state:Fargo, ND

Contact person:Wayne Rude

Phone number: 701 232-3918

Days & hours: M-F 8-5

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comments: Always done good by me and the guys I know that use them. Have many winning engines on the tracks. Reasonable and great to work with.

Shop name: Magnum Machine

City and state: Chesapeake, Virginia

Contact person: Kurt Bosh

Phone number: (757)424-1440

Days & hours:

dyno & type (engine,chassis, both): Dunno

porting services (yes/no): Oh yeah!

comments: Kurt knows Mopar and races Mopar. He does build other makes also. Very personable and knowledgable. He tore down my MP 360 shortblock and fixed the mistakes those monkeys made and ported my E-heads. Excellent work and a great guy. Highly recommended.

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