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Im in need of a rebore, skim and to have a centre mainstrap fitted but morspeed seem to be taking the piss with lead times lately so I need to find someone else to do the work.

Can anyone recommend a good place to get the above work done?

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rob walkers pretty close to you isnt he?

Not sure Nic? Wheres abouts is he based?

TBH if worst comes to worst I would probably be allowed to send the block from my work so I won't get stung for postage!

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Double post.

Edited by matty on 23rd Jul, 2007.

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robs in chipping.......somthing the name escapes me at the mo, near you in oxfordshire, i'm gonna try him out with somat i have

a place local to me in coventry is pretty good coventry boring & metaling, been going donkeys years, chesman engineering in cov are good & respected! known for imp engines

i'd go rob walker though!

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That'll be Chipping Norton then? home of Jeremy Clarckson.. Lol

Thats not far at all from me, i'll give them a call.

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PM WHAT YOUR QUOTED ETC MATTY & HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE, HIS REP IS MEANT TO BE VERY GOOD

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I have used him before and he is a top bloke and keeps to his target dates pretty much to the day.

Panyes in eynsham seem to be getting a good rep lately.

We use him for some of the engine work for Prodrive and i have used him and can recommend his work. He is a top bloke.

i use slarks in amesbury just outside salisbury, cant fault them. aftersales stuff is top notch 2, but they may be a bit far away!

Here's a linky if anyone wants to have a gander?

http://www.robwalkerengineering.co.uk/cyli...overboring.html

Ive mailed him as not all the prices are on the site. I'll let you know cost clubminiflip.

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i used rob walker to balance the rts verto in my car and it was a good quick service .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

i used m and j i think its called he own his own company in reading. very good i though. helpful chap. i can find it out if you wanna give him a shout

Here's the prices he quoted me today. Seem VERY reasonable, especially as alot of people speak highly of his work.


Not to sure on the price of the crank regrind mind...seems a little steap?

Rebore to 1293cc £50 plus vat

Reface Block £30. plus vat

Machining and fitting centre main strap £30. plus vat

Regrinding of crank £150 plus vat

Approx time - two weeks.

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so £260 for a crank grind, bore and fit a main strap. does seem fairly pricey to me but you cant put a price on quality.

Here is the place i use:

MBE

General Machining:
Crank Balancing £75 + VAT
Valve Seat Machining 3 Angle £3.50 + VAT per Seat
Block Boring £15 + VAT per bore
Decking £25 + VAT
General Machining £30 + VAT per hr
All "In House"

Works out about £190 if you say that a main strap is 1hrs machining, guessing it would be a fair bit less.

just realised its not got a grind on there but think its £75 for one.

There is always M.E.D in Leicester if thats the way you wanted to go.

Yeah the prices don't seem too bad until you get to the crank grind!

Would that £75 cover the cost of grinding a crank to S main bearing size?

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ahh, is that what you asked for?

not sure mate, i'd have to ask when i got the chance.

Yeah I asked to keep the standard stroke but have the smaller bearing size to suit the S rods.

Im tempted to buy a crank already ground as could it could work out cheaper I know Morspeed do cranks for long/short stroke for 120, so I guess keeping the standard stroke would be the same price!

I noticed that morspeed had loads of reground cranks on the shelf, not sure whether these were cutomers or stock, if they're stock then that could be the way to go?

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I have also known some companys to include a set of bearings with a crank regrind.

Actually I forgot to ask that!! They could make the difference up in price.

Mini13 which company(s) have you used before?

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Only local places,

a place in basildon (smiths engineering i think) used to supply glacier bearings with their reground cranks, although I only ever had imp ones done there.

have used Burtons a couple of times as i knew a guy who knew a guy who worked there ect...

have heard good thinkgs about Jon Mowat who is local to me (if he's still there) not used him though.

I still have Machine shop woes over here..

Found a guy with a decent turnround time but he wanted $450 to install guides and do a valve job plus skim... Jeezz I could ship it to Benross for that kinda money..

Terry

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