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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 09:10 AM
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I am porting my own set of 241's and need someone to do the valve job and mill work. I have gotten a quote from one company. Their price seems a bit steep. Anyways, does anybody know a good place in Dallas to use?

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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 09:15 AM
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From the town you live in I have a pretty good idea which shop you went to. I would also like to know some other shops that do good work
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Hans Fuestel in Fort Worth or Kim Barr in Garland
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 09:32 AM
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My local machine shop I use, Northport Machine, charges $100 for seat work and $50 to resurface. What kind of prices have they quoted ya? BTW, i just posted a thread about home porters, might get some useful feed back from other members in there.
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Total price quoted was about $275, IF I delivered unassembled. Assembled would be $550. I wonder if you know what shop I that price was from. They arent knows for being an LS1 shop. More for doing high dollar Chevy big blocks. Do you have contact info for Kim in Garland? That is where I work.

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I personally would contact automotive machine in Ft worth, I know alot of people that have had work done there, all top notch, the wierd thing is they are a volkswagen shop, but work on whatever.

the owner drives an annervasy SS
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817-335-9331 or 1-800-210-8675
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They said $61 per head for a standard 3 angle and $39 per head for the milling. Do you know anyone personally that has had an LS1 head serviced there? For that price, I might give them a try. Not to mention they said 2-3 days for turn around. The other place said 3 weeks.

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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by xfactor_pitbulls
They said $61 per head for a standard 3 angle and $39 per head for the milling. Do you know anyone personally that has had an LS1 head serviced there? For that price, I might give them a try. Not to mention they said 2-3 days for turn around. The other place said 3 weeks.

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hey man, Im not sure which shop your talking about? if its Automotive machine, like I reccomended, I have used them, mith has used them, they have built about 20 complete motors that i know of, if your not tlaking about them well i dont know then
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69firebird. Yes they are the ones I called soon after you let out the contact number. Nice guy I talked too.

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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 01:12 PM
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well Steve is the owner I have used them and would again, fairly price, and they do amazing work from all my experiances with them. I have had buddies with non ls1 engines that have been built there and they have been pushing tons of power through them without problem. I was there once and they had some nascar heads there they were working on. So if those guys trust them I guess I can too
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The best shop in Dallas is located in Plano. It is called Keith Craft Racing Engines and work on spealize in Ls1 engines. The web site is kiethcraft motorsports.com the #972-578-3550. They will get your car running good.
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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keith craft has been doing ford stuff for years, they dont specialize in ls1's. they offer parts for them and are getting into them but I wouldnt say they specialize in them. jay johnson helped them get into the ls1 market and then he didnt stay all that long
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