I am looking for a machine shop in my area that knows Duramax. I need my block bored .020 over and my rotating assembly balanced. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
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LMM: Machine shops in Louisville / Lexington Ky Area
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Yeah, If I can’t find anything closer my plan is to drive 3 hours up to Waglers.
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Butch Smith @ Smith Automotive Machine in Frankfort, KY has done some machining on duramax engines for some truck puller buddies of mine. He has been building racing engines for years and has a good reputation in the gasser world.
Skytower in Stanford, KY has done a ton of diesels so I know he has the proper weights and equipment to handle them. I can't say for sure if he's done duramax engines but if I had to guess I'd say so. I know he's done a ton of Cummins engines. You could call and ask him.
Kenny Pulling Parts & Machine in Stanford, KY has big involvement in diesels. He mostly does stuff with Cummins and IH's but I know he's done some stuff with the duramax too. It'd be worth a phone call because even if he doesn't want to do the machine work for you, I'd trust a recommendation from him because he's a good, honest guy.
You could try getting in touch with Ryan Uptegraft @ Uptemax Diesel in Carlisle, KY. He doesn't do machine work himself (at least he didn't the last I knew) but may be willing to share who he uses for machine work. I know they used to use Burkett Racing Engines but I believe that fella died so they may use someone else now. Whoever Ryan uses will be well suited for doing the work because Ryan has built a bunch of duramax engines.
Obviously Wagler will have quite a bit more experience with the duramax than any of these I've listed.
Skytower in Stanford, KY has done a ton of diesels so I know he has the proper weights and equipment to handle them. I can't say for sure if he's done duramax engines but if I had to guess I'd say so. I know he's done a ton of Cummins engines. You could call and ask him.
Kenny Pulling Parts & Machine in Stanford, KY has big involvement in diesels. He mostly does stuff with Cummins and IH's but I know he's done some stuff with the duramax too. It'd be worth a phone call because even if he doesn't want to do the machine work for you, I'd trust a recommendation from him because he's a good, honest guy.
You could try getting in touch with Ryan Uptegraft @ Uptemax Diesel in Carlisle, KY. He doesn't do machine work himself (at least he didn't the last I knew) but may be willing to share who he uses for machine work. I know they used to use Burkett Racing Engines but I believe that fella died so they may use someone else now. Whoever Ryan uses will be well suited for doing the work because Ryan has built a bunch of duramax engines.
Obviously Wagler will have quite a bit more experience with the duramax than any of these I've listed.
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Okay, I checked with Smith automotive and they can do it but don’t have a torque plate for honing / boring. I ended up making the drive to Wagler for the bottom end machining. Austin gave us a shop tour. It was awesome !!!
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