Line bore in Conn??

I got some pro gram caps on order and need a shop who can do the install and main bore/hone.

Any suggestions for a competant shop that can turn it around in a reasonable time?

Billy the Kid in Torrington

Eastwoods in East Hartford

Call Dave Miller at AutoMachine in windsor!

Chris:

Most competent machine shops can successfully perform this task. If you don't get anywhere, call me and I can hook you up.

MB

I'm sure you are right Mike but I'm a little gun shy since on my first go around, a supposedly "reputable" performance shop in my area figured they could just line hone the alum caps to size and gave me the block back with egg shaped main bores.

My fault for not doing my homework ahead of time.

Chris,

Are you close to Weston Machine? ( or close enough ?)

I'm going through the same thing on my Mopar mega block that was all screwed up from the factory. Had all sorts of bad machining including undersize cam housing bores, bad machining in the main bearing registars, caps that didn't fit correctly. I took it to one shop under a friends recomendation because my normal guy is slow and they aligned honed it but it didn't help so now I'm taking it to my guy who I know will do it right and having program caps installed. It is not as easy as it would seem.
I would call Rick a Crankshaft Inc. at 860-829-1002 in Berlin
Or Bob at Bobs auto machine at 860-582-8164 in Bristol
You can also try RPE in Harford at 860-953-1342, Have not used them but they build the fastest Turbo buick V6 engines in the country so he must know his stuff.

Whatever you do, Don't get caught up in this crap that you must take it to someone that knows mopars because to a good machinest, a hole is a hole, a bore is a bore and doesn't matter what make it is and they will have the tools to do the job correctly.
Allan G.

may be a little far for you , but i have been going to Olsen Engines in Nyack NY for the last 22 years. He is Meticulous and very fair...He has my parts /block there now, as im freshening my engine...845-353-0500. He built the motor in Steve VanAughs white mustang that runs the F.A.S.T. classes

Billy in Torrington should be able to fix you up. I assume he's still there.

Try Precision Automotive in Simsbury.

I had a little delay but ready to go now.

Whats the average cost to fit 4 Pro-Gram steel caps and bore & hone them to size??

Larry's. He's a advertiser here, does all Tom's work, does all my work, has the best equipment, and the guys to poerate it... No offense to the others, I know Bobby and Mike at Northeast, Mr. Miller, the guys from Eastwoods, the old man from Precision (now retired), and I've seen Billy's handiwork. I know most of them personally and liek tham. But I drive over an our to reach Larry's because I dont let the others touch my stuff. Precision still does some good work. The rest, don't bother with the level you require.

Edit: Turbo... You know Rick (Smilie??) How is he doing? I was a student of his back when he taught nights at TCI. (bring that up and he'll more than likely wince), and I have a ton of respect for him. I didnt realize he was doing anything more than cranks tho... He does the cranks for Larry's and it's been years since I saw him...lol. I dont know Bob in Bristol.

I called Larry's since I seen him as a board sponsor. No in house line bore, they gave me a couple names. RPE and Crankshafts Inc.

Bob at rpe is very good. He welded my W5's when I melted them and his work was the best looking part of those heads!!

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Edit: Turbo... You know Rick (Smilie??) How is he doing? I was a student of his back when he taught nights at TCI. (bring that up and he'll more than likely wince), and I have a ton of respect for him. I didnt realize he was doing anything more than cranks tho... He does the cranks for Larry's and it's been years since I saw him...lol. I dont know Bob in Bristol.

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That is the same Rick. He is the best. If you watched him work than you know why. He is so precise and detailed. This is why most shops around take there cranks to him. He is installing the crossbolted program engineering caps now on my pre-world products megablock. My block was messed up very baddly from mopar performance. I took it to other local people and it was to much for them to handle.

Bob Bruno in Bristol is good also. He doen a lot of roundy round stuff but also very detailed in his work.