Choosing a Machine Shop

[orange88]

Everyone has their own opinion. All the big guys in the Twin City area are all good. I know them all, personally. Only because, I was in the machine shop business for 13 years. I'm getting back into building engines, but not until this summer.

My personal vote for a shop? Aarons Performance in St. Paul. http://www.get-ap.com/index.html Frank is the best cylinder head porter in the area, by far. Yes, Brian is good, but I've had Brian done a set of heads and then sent them to Frank at Aarons and he actually picked up airflow without anymore porting. He actually put Devcon in the port and in a sense, made the port smaller. Last I have seen, Brian only uses a flow bench. Frank uses a bench in combination with a volocity probe. Porting is more than just shoving some air through a port. It's more of a science and in HOW the air gets through there and reshaping the port for that air.

they do all my machining before my drunk ass puts stuff together lol

[Jumpercables]

They've been there forever, Kellys in Saint Paul.

[Titan5]

I have bought engine parts from there back in the late 70's early 80's..
Thats almost forever ago??????

[mustang cobra93]

They've been there forever, Kellys in Saint Paul.

Mike Kelly and Mike Jr.? If it is, Sr. has built a few engines for my friend Wade who raced a modified on dirt at Cedar Lake and on asphalt at I94 Raceway in Sauk Center and Fergus Falls Raceway.

I have also heard nothing but good things about Franky at Aaron's as well