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Old 01-17-2010, 11:01 AM
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Just curious.. what are the best LS engine shops (builders) in SoCal?

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No good builders in SoCal???

hmmm... hate to go all the way to Texas... lol
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Machine tech oceanside ca

Turn key oceanside.
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Since they have such things as freight shipping I'll go ahead and say Virgina Speed. Yo won't be disappointed.
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QMP in Chatsworth does top notch work...look em up their works speaks for itself..
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Why not talk to Tony Mamo?
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http://qmpracing.com/
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Nelson racing engines is in Chatsworth CA.
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I believe Kenny Duttweiler is in SoCal?

I have a feeling this is going to ultimately be a useless thread. Opinions are like ___holes, and everybody recommends the shop that they use.
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CalSpeed & Performance, Bakersfield, CA.

Mild to Wild. From your forged stock cube to a 454" LSx FI build. Full service/installation/dyno tuning etc.
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Originally Posted by MeentSS02
Why not talk to Tony Mamo?
AGREE...Tony Mamo builds awesome engines and is in SoCal.
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Originally Posted by G Engines
Nelson racing engines is in Chatsworth CA.
I've seen some pretty cool stuff come from that shop but haven't seen any GEN III/IV stuff they have done.
Just freight it up and send it to one of the big GEN III/IV builders. (Futral, Urban or Vir. Speed)
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Originally Posted by KCFormula
I've seen some pretty cool stuff come from that shop but haven't seen any GEN III/IV stuff they have done.
Just freight it up and send it to one of the big GEN III/IV builders. (Futral, Urban or Vir. Speed)
Nelson's website has a section just for their lsx engines
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You don't have to be some big advertiseing machine shop to have good engines..

Machine Tech in oceanside was helping Turn key with there R and D from the early days.. They build bigblock race engines and lots of ls series motors..

If you apply the Correct principles when building a motor any machine shop can build a motor to the EXACT SAME SPECS........

Blueprinting and building a motor is not a hidden secret..People crack me up
Engine builders have nothing to do with the Crank/rods/pistons/bolts.
They all come from the same place.. I'ts just how they measure and check and prep the parts they are given... then put them together...

I feer the Large name sponsors on here for some things.
Quality control seems to suffer when $$$ and quantity becomes first..
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Thanks guys.. the reason for asking local is that I need to shoot a story there.
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and close to you to boot just off Magnolia from the 91w



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