 Scratching my Head(s), Where do you send them on the West Coast |
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| Robarabian |
 Apr 29 2023, 04:33 PM
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914 A Roo  Group: Members Posts: 592 Joined: 11-February 19 From: Simi Valley, Kalifornia Member No.: 22,865 Region Association: Southern California 
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I am in need of sending out the 2.2 Six Cylinder heads for refurbishment on a motor I am working on.
In the back of Panorama, I see Ollies in Arizona. Anyone have a shop they trust in CA (LA Area) to do machine shop work on Porsche 6 heads? I called all the people I knew in my younger days, but none of them work on Porsche, it is al LS motors... I'd drive as far as the OC or even San Diego. For those interested, I need the seats checked; valves checked; probably guides and at least 2-3 exhaust studs re-worked. Thanks. |
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| r_towle |
Apr 29 2023, 08:47 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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You might want to check out the pelican parts 911 engine rebuilding forum.
Rich |
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| rudedude |
Apr 30 2023, 08:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 1-January 05 From: minneapolis, mn Member No.: 3,387 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Plenty of good machine shops that will do Porsche heads in your area. Question is how much you want to spend and how long is the wait for good work. I send my Porsche work to competitioneng.com in lake Isabella. Walt has always done nice work if you are not in a hurry
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| Robarabian |
Apr 30 2023, 03:06 PM
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914 A Roo Group: Members Posts: 592 Joined: 11-February 19 From: Simi Valley, Kalifornia Member No.: 22,865 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(rudedude @ Apr 30 2023, 07:56 AM)  Plenty of good machine shops that will do Porsche heads in your area. Question is how much you want to spend and how long is the wait for good work. I send my Porsche work to competitioneng.com in lake Isabella. Walt has always done nice work if you are not in a hurry Thank you both for the answers. |
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| RFoulds |
Apr 30 2023, 07:55 PM
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Green Teen 66 Group: Members Posts: 837 Joined: 10-August 09 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 10,656 Region Association: Southwest Region
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OMAG in Palm Springs also. very experienced in Porsche machine work
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| Cairo94507 |
May 1 2023, 08:18 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,770 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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I second the referral to Walt Watson at Competition Engineering in Lake Isabella, CA. Been to his shop a couple of times and Walt knows his stuff and has Porsche DNA in his blood. 760.379.3879; 2841 Fulop Street, Lake Isabella, CA. 93240.
Like most machine shops doing the work we want, it takes about 3-4 months for turn-a-round on typical engine rebuild work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| BillJ |
May 1 2023, 08:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,098 Joined: 4-March 13 From: charlotte, NC Member No.: 15,610 Region Association: None
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Extreme Heads in Florida has done work for me. Communicative and the normal wait. not what you asked for but they are state of the art.
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| DennisV |
May 2 2023, 08:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Robarabian @ Apr 29 2023, 03:33 PM) I am in need of sending out the 2.2 Six Cylinder heads for refurbishment on a motor I am working on. In the back of Panorama, I see Ollies in Arizona. Sending them to Ollies seems like a fine plan. They seem to have a good reputation and know how to ship stuff. Be aware that they have several months of backlog for engines, but perhaps could do only the heads quicker? We got a tour when we dropped off our 914-6 engine. Impressive shop. Seem like good folks. I have only read good things about Competition Engineering as well. Either Wayne Dempsey or Bruce Anderson mentions them in their 911 engine rebuild books. |
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| r_towle |
May 2 2023, 06:12 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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Exotech up in the northeast is the goto head guy.
He also does complete engines. |
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| mepstein |
May 2 2023, 07:19 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,276 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(BillJ @ May 1 2023, 10:38 AM) Extreme Heads in Florida has done work for me. Communicative and the normal wait. not what you asked for but they are state of the art. I just sent him a set of GT3R heads for him to work his magic. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| Robarabian |
May 2 2023, 08:18 PM
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914 A Roo Group: Members Posts: 592 Joined: 11-February 19 From: Simi Valley, Kalifornia Member No.: 22,865 Region Association: Southern California
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Thanks everyone. I left messages for everyone. As was stated, they all called back and are nice people. The backlog ranged from 10 days to 4 months. I picked one and sent them off.
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| BillJ |
May 2 2023, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,098 Joined: 4-March 13 From: charlotte, NC Member No.: 15,610 Region Association: None
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Well which one!!!???? Lol
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