Machine shops in So CaL?

6dart9 said
X100 on Yo at Contemporary Auto Machine. He is a great guy and helped me through the build process. He does really good work and makes sure it is done right.

Contemporary Auto Machine
16131 Gothard St # D
Huntington Beach, CA 92647-3650

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(714) 842-3144

I have used Yo many times before, he is very honest and does hipo motors as well as stock rebuilds. The only draw back to using Contemporary is time. Its just him and one guy in there and it takes weeks sometimes months to get stuff done. I live in Costa Mesa and really haven't found a machine shop that I thought was timely, competively priced, and knowledgeable. Next motor I do I will use Indio Motor Machine.

bamacuda said
Just avoid Shaw City in Fresno at all costs! I got ripped off for $2000.

Funny you should bring that guy up. I bought a 496 Chevy from him off ebay and traveled 5 hours to pick it up. I won the auction for $2500 for a complete four bolt big block Chevy with Procomp aluminum heads, flat tappet hydraulic cam, h-beam rods, roller rockers yada yada. Well when I arrive he tells me the motor I won on ebay happens to have CNC ported heads and that would be $750 more. So I tell him that I am not interested in that I just want what was in the auction. Well he knew I was far away from home, so he told me that I can go pound sand and go home empty handed. I reluctantly agreed, they were pretty nice heads, and then he proceeds to charge me tax on the entire thing!!!! Anyways I had already paid through paypal and now I had to pay an additional $1050 in extras. That guy is a crook in my opinion. I took the motor apart the other day figuring that I was truly hosed and to my surprise it was very nice and all the measurements were spot on. Go figure.