Machine Shop in the bay/norcal
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I haven't had to use a machine shop yet, but everyone I've talked to from Subarus to Hondas to Miatas to Mustangs has recommended Rob's Auto Machine in Hayward. I've asked like 10 people where they went or who they'd go to and every single one has said Rob's.
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Has anybody taken an EA82 (Subaru Loyale/Leone) engine to Rob's Auto Machine shop? It seems like they do great work (hell they do stuff for GST) but not sure if they would want to deal with a crappy little engine making some meager power (it is for an '87 RX). My friend and I want the engine bored out for some 0.020 over-sized pistons, it is kind of our first time learning to build an engine.
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Has anybody taken an EA82 (Subaru Loyale/Leone) engine to Rob's Auto Machine shop? It seems like they do great work (hell they do stuff for GST) but not sure if they would want to deal with a crappy little engine making some meager power (it is for an '87 RX). My friend and I want the engine bored out for some 0.020 over-sized pistons, it is kind of our first time learning to build an engine.
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Yeah, I don't think they have a requirement that machine work be for an exciting enough project to be worth their time. Pretty sure they take all kinds of 'boring' stuff like routine flywheel grinds on clutch jobs and machine work on commuter cars and such.
#14
Rob's won't do flywheel resurfacing or brake rotor resurfacing, it's not that they can't it's due to not wanting to change the setup's on their tooling for such a job when they can simply refer people to another local shop that bangs those jobs out all day and will turn them around while you eat a Burrito in the parking lot.
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Rob's won't do flywheel resurfacing or brake rotor resurfacing, it's not that they can't it's due to not wanting to change the setup's on their tooling for such a job when they can simply refer people to another local shop that bangs those jobs out all day and will turn them around while you eat a Burrito in the parking lot.