Machine Shop

Here's some pics of a cast iron exhaust manifold that came in for broken bolt removal and bolt hole thread repair. Someone tried drilling two of the broken bolts out and got way off center. We first removed the broken bolts or studs and then re-located the center of the bolt holes. We then machined [...]

Here's some pics of a Chevy GM LS 6.0 liter V8 engine that came in for some machine work. The engine block was a bit rusty so we ran it through the oven for thermal cleaning before shotblasting it down to raw cast iron. The number one main bore was scored from spinning a main [...]

This is a 5.9 liter 12 valve Cummins diesel engine we're doing all the machine work to. In these pics we are align honing or line honing the housing bore. The housing bore is where the main bearings and the crankshaft set and spin. We machine the surfaces of the main caps to make the [...]

Here's some pics of a badly damaged VW cylinder head. The cylinder head is off of a 2006 Volkawagen Jetta TDI that suffered some major catastrophic engine problems. The head came in for a valve job and surface. However, when we removed the injectors and camshaft we discovered major damage to not only the camshaft [...]

Here's some before and after pics of a cast iron intake manifold. The manifold is off of a small block Chevy Camaro. We first remove the valley pan from the underside of the intake before baking the manifold in our thermal cleaning oven. After the thermal cleaning cycle we run the cast iron parts through [...]

Here's some pics of a crankshaft and connecting rods with pistons for a 2006 Chrysler 300. They are out of a 3.5 liter V6. The crankshaft came in for grinding and polishing because the rod bearings had spun. The connecting rods are the fractured type and they were worn beyond repair so we supplied a [...]

Here's some pics of a big block Chevy 502 engine block and a set of SRP forged pistons. The block came in for a bore and hone to the cylinders. After cleaning the block we mounted it in our Rottler boring bar machine and bored the cylinders to within five thousandths (.005) of their final [...]

This is a four cylinder Isuzu diesel cylinder head that came in for a valve job and surface. Diesel engines get pretty black and greasy from the soot that contaminates the engine oil. We'll get it all cleaned up and post more pics after we get it rebuilt and looking like new again. Motor Mission [...]

Here's a pic of a corroded and pitted aluminum cylinder head surface and a cast iron cylinder of a small block Chevy engine. We see a fair amount of pitting and corrosion with both aluminum as well as cast iron heads and blocks. The pitting can simply come from bad antifreeze coolant that has broken [...]

Here's some pics of a small block Ford 289 cubic inch V8 engine we did all the machine work to. The engine is setup with a set of Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads. In addition to performing all the machine work to the block, crank, connecting rods and cylinder heads we also supplied all the new [...]