273 Commando Southern California / Los Angeles Area Machine Shop / Engine Builders

[Bossanova5]

Hello all,

I just picked up a rough and tired 67 273 Commando. I want to go through it and make it street worthy and reliable. Pretty much keep it stock, replace what's worn and put it back together.

Who do you recommend for the machining / engine work?

Thanks

 

[go-fish]

Who do you recommend for the machining / engine work?

Give Cogswell Marine and Motorsports in Chula Vista. Just straight down the 5 in South Bay San Diego.

I have a set of EQ 5.9 cylinder heads getting worked up a long with a kegger intake plenum mods (Utawesome) over there. I have had a hot 318 built there with his ported Speedmaster heads. Mitchell is a small block Mopar guy through and through. He's built and raced a ton of them. Nice family run (Father/Son/Mother/Daughter) machine shop.

I'll tell you how confident I am in his work, I've since moved from San Diego to Oklahoma and still had the EQ heads dropped shipped to him and sent him the aluminum intake and mod parts too. I routinely go back out there so I will just pick up the parts later.

@Bossanova5
Work performed for me on various LA engine builds and machine work: oiling mods, intake match/clean up and cylinder head porting, performance/race valve jobs, flow bench, engine assembly, high temp engine coatings (Cerakote).
Edit:
Cogswell Marine & Motorsports Inc. · 865 Stella St, Chula Vista, CA 91911

 

[66fs]

Check the bore first, Magneflux the heads, then get back to us. Probably won't need much. The auto trans is also a keeper, 4.2 kick down lever. Just change the filter and fluid (you can also drain the torque converter), reseal, adjust the bands, and up the pressure.

 

[Bossanova5]

Thanks for the lead!
Unfortunately, I'm in L.A. and Chula Vista is a 2 1/2 hour drive each way. Might be worth the drive, as you mentioned he is a Mopar S/B specialist. Their website is very impressive. How are they cost wise? I will call them in the morning.
Seems like most machine shops I have called don't recall a 273 until you mention the 318 engine.

Not going to use the Transmission as it's going in a 65 Valiant.
It's available....
Thanks for the help.

 

[toolmanmike]

Off to whisky tasting in a few min. We are trying Welsch single malts tonight. (and probably 20 other bottles that people bring to share.

 

[go-fish]

Thanks for the lead!
Unfortunately, I'm in L.A.

I'm in Oklahoma! LoL. When I was living in San Diego I had IMM in Indio, CA (2.5 hrs) do a 510hp 416. That was before I met Mitch Cogswell. Chula Vista was only 40 minutes from me.
If you can't find a machinist or builder that is a Mopar guy in the LA area you could also check with Motech in Murrieta and see who they use(Inland Empire Area). Someone was in Ontario as well but can't remember. Try to find Bob Mazollini's people in Riverside.

 

[Bossanova5]

Neither places answer their phones.