Machine Shop

Here's some pics of various jobs we have going on in the machine shop. The 1st pic is a 454 big block Chevy engine we did all the machining & machine work to. The 2nd pic is a set of Perkins diesel connecting rods that we installed new wrist pin bushings into & the big [...]

Here's a couple pics of a 302 Ford small block engine block we did all the machine work to. This 302 is getting a stroker rotating assembly which will bump it up to 347 cubic inches. We bored & honed the cylinders for a set of new Wiseco forged pistons. We also did some clearancing [...]

We already posted some of these pics but nobody gets tired of looking at high performance aftermarket parts for big block Chevy rat motors. Here we have an aluminum Edelbrock intake manifold, a Milodon aluminum timing cover, and a couple of engine blocks. These parts have all been cleaned, blasted, and prepped for powder coating. [...]

Here's some pics of a forged crankshaft for a small block Chevy blower engine mounted in our mill for quarter key machining. When using a roots type blower, or anything driven off the crank, we will machine a woodruff key slot in the snout a hundred and eighty degrees from the stock woodruff key for [...]

Got aluminum? Yes, we work on, repair, and rebuild aluminum cylinder heads. Radiators and coolers too!! We get lots of calls asking if we can repair aluminum radiators and cylinder heads and the answer is YES. We also tig weld aluminum as well as torch welding repairs on aluminum parts and pieces. For all of [...]

Is your clutch slipping? If it is you need to have your flywheel surfaced. We can clean flywheels of all types and sizes and then machine them smooth and flat on our precision Winona Van Norman flywheel surfacing machine. Many also refer to it as a flywheel grinder. We can also flip or simply replace [...]

Here at Motor Mission we have the equipment and expertise to perform not only machine work on engines and cylinder heads but also custom and one off parts machining as well. From gas engines to diesel engines, both foreign and domestic as well as cast iron and aluminum pieces and parts as well. We have [...]

This is a DDC DD15 Detroit diesel cylinder head that came in to get checked out. After cleaning it in the hot tank we'll magnaflux it for cracks. If no visual carcks can be seen or detected we will pressure test it for leaks. The engine is getting an in-frame rebuild so our customer just [...]

Here's a pair of high performance aluminum cylinder heads we got in for a 496 cubic inch big block Chevy stroker engine we're building. These heads are a good and much cheaper alternative to some of the higher end cylinder heads that are available. They offer the advantages of lightweight aluminum, large valves, and rectangle [...]

Here's some pics of a Pontiac GTO 389 cubic inch V8 crankshaft that we did a grind and polish to. The crankshaft came in with some heavy scratch marks on both the rod and main journals so we ground and polished them to the next undersize for the fitment of some new oversized rod and [...]