Head rebuild

[wannabe_sky]

Hey guys,

Hope this is where this should be..

I am looking for a shop to rebuild my head with some tomei goodies in the calgary area, anyone have any recommendations.

[Black BNR32]

Someone will say LIGHTSPEED in red deere, but I should tell you to be prepared for some waiting.

[NismoS-tune]

Forget rEd deer. The same builder they use, I used and for 1 bearing replacement my lump was gone most of the winter. Stay in Calgary.

Tuner works might know a good machine shop. I'll talk to my contact there and see what he recommends. They work on expensive high end cars like gt40s, carrera gt, Audi r8 so I'm sure thy can work on a lesser skyline.

[wannabe_sky]

Already emailed cam up at lightspeed. but would like local. I have been in contact with precise here in calgary just dont know if there is someone better. I have heard good things about D&W but not with skylines lol

[Blackcossie]

http://www.preciseenginerebuilders.ca/

IMO the best in Calgary.

They are used by many tuners in town, RB, 2J, SR experience.

[NismoS-tune]

There you go! I think that's the shop I was going to go to but my engine finally got done 7 months later. Then again, it's still there getting assembled.

[wannabe_sky]

great thanks for making me feel better about them lol

[mitch32]

If your willing to ship your head out, check out headgames in New Jersey they CNC port and finish by hand. Their prices are super aggressive, I ported my head locally and then saw their work.... For what I paid I could of had 2 heads CNC ported (my guy charges 80$/hour and ports by hand, the hours add up fast).

[Black BNR32]

Is reg reimer at rcts still good?

[NismoS-tune]

not machine work, he's a tuner.

[Black BNR32]

Wonder who he uses

[mikes_ca]

I believe Reg uses a guy named Vlad, not sure what shop he's out of, but I hear he's very good and very expensive.

D&W built my block and rebuilt my head. 10,000 km later at 490 whp no build issues.

[gtrjerry73]

I know it's not local but Raymond at silver zinc in Edmonton is a skyline guru. He hand ports and Apparently can get better low end torque with a precise port than most other people can. He has built race cars that have been running for a few years without a hitch. I always recommend him.

[NismoS-tune]

Not my place to name people but didn't a known gtrcer go there, spend lumps of money and got the engine rebuilt again by lightspeed which is more expensive than silverstone?

IMO
Also, silverstone assembles their engine in the shop which is packed with all sorts of parts and is dirty. The good shops have Clean rooms that are even temperature controlled. IN MY OPINION.

[NismoS-tune]

I'm slowly losing hope over local shops (Alberta/BC) over the years for reasons like: over priced, lack of quality work (premature failures when spending $20,000 at a shop and expecting something to run well), huge delays (when things go over 6 months to a year or more), communication issues, so on. I'm not mad but something like $4000 labour bill for what I was later quoted $800 by a high end US shop cause I was in disbelief..

My wife has now approved my need to travel south to get things done RIGHT and always cheaper. She's more sick of having a parts car in the garage that cost more than a new gt500 and only saw 7 weeks of running in the last 3, nearly 4 years (mostly driven when it was bought)

Anyway, I love hiring locally but I've now moved Some of my work to the US where The economy is struggling so shops are really aggressive in pricing. My transmission is going to Ohio at one of the top transmission specialists in north America. The labour for what I'm doing was quoted at $600 (based on experience with the exact task), I was quoted much more locally, they'll supply the parts for $2000 less than 3 Canadian shops, and I get the peace of mind from a renown shop. All I gotta do is ship the box to and from which is less than $800.

I hate being a victim of the American way but damn...

No dig here so I'm not dropping names (not necessary as its most likely issues and problmes That are isolated to me)

I'll most likely get tuned locally since its easier and my
Ecu is limited to 1 shop in western Canada haha, at least they're good to me.