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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 10:42 PM
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Sup yall i was curious to know if anybody new of any solid machine shops in the western Washington State area? I have a 2000 Z28 that will be going through a rebuild soon and I'd like to send it to some one who knows what there doing...it s going to be a rebuilt to a forged 383...anything helps thanks
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what town you from?
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Bremerton...whats up...do you know of any good machine shops
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oh thats cool i used to be stationed on the lincoln and we came to bremerton a couple time to go to the shipyard. sorry i dont know of anything over there for machine shops.
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your stationed at Everet now right? yeah i don't know of any out here either...hence the post...but what about in seattle or your area if your still in Everet...
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ya i was stationed in everett but ive been out since last june. i dont know of any up that way. honestly i know a guy in vancouver that knows of a good machine shop down there. thats why i wanted to know if you lived closer to down here cause i could have just asked him what the name of the place was. i dont know of any personaly
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you know i spoke with Tom Wong's Performance in Vancover and he said that he sends alot of his stuff to Portland....If I could get a good price at one of his machine shops than i dont mind making the trip....whos this guy you know?
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you know i spoke with Tom Wong's Performance in Vancover and he said that he sends alot of his stuff to Portland....If I could get a good price at one of his machine shops than i dont mind making the trip....whos this guy you know?
mikey97Zm6 hes on here quite a bit, and he has had alot of work done.
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I've had Somers Machine do most of my machine work over the years. Archie (the owner) has a really good reputation for building some mega hp engines in this area also. They have an engine dyno and flow bench for testing cylinder heads. Archie handles the engine work, and Dennis does the cylinder head stuff. They're located here in Vancouver, Washington.

Tabors machine comes highly recomended by alot of people, but I haven't had them do any work personally.

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sounds good...i'm gonna google them soon...if i don't find anyone i'm gonna make the road trip down to Vancover...thanks for the heads up...
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Talk to Darren at BritCo. He is a quality engine builder in the West Sound area. He can go over your engine plans and designs.

http://www.britcoengines.com/
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Talk to Darren at BritCo. He is a quality engine builder in the West Sound area. He can go over your engine plans and designs.

http://www.britcoengines.com/
vote 2 for Britco he did my 87 irocz engine (its still not running but its not his fault) & he has done several of my brother in laws engines. He will also have my son's truck engine as soon as we are ready for it.
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I'll give Britco the big "FAIL". The royally messed up some engine bearing tolerances on a buddies 383 stroker engine.

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anyone brought up ellis yet? hes up near seattle
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does he rebuild engines? does he have the stuff?
I know he rebuilds engine, but Dont know if he can machine
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does he rebuild engines? does he have the stuff?
I know he rebuilds engine, but Dont know if he can machine
Good point, I guess I should've paid more attention to the first post
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