Machine Shop with LSX torque plates?
 

Anyone local that can torque plate hone lsx blocks? Call up Don's in Moncks Corner and he doesn't have lsx torque plates. I have heard that SB Ford plates will work. If no one else has one then I will see if Don will try it with the SB Ford plate.

Have you called Simmons?

http://www.simonsbalancing.com/

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Simmons checked my heads out for me and said they were good. Then Ray found bent valves and unseated valve seals.

They did well on my LT1 though.

If you do go through them, only let mike touch your stuff.

I remember Matt and a couple of others that had problems with Simons. They do have LSx torque plates though.

Let brandon chime in on how the fucked him over :bigthumb:

Myself, Randy and Matt (02_L#416) have all had our blocks machined and internals balanced by Simmons with great success over the coarse of the last 2 years.

I would call and ask Elizabeth to make sure Mike does the work. As I said, they did a wonderful job on my LT1 stuff, but they screwed me on my LS1 heads.

I think they had some new kid "check" my heads.

How about the guys in O'burg that did all the work for Lorenz?

golenengines.com

Mike's Machine Shop in Orangeburg (803) 531-1325

They build alot of LS motors.

X2, Hes got mine right now

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Shut up turtle

justins had longtubes and all and he wanted 4500 for it. thats been a minute tho

Your car is not broken. You were hiding at the Top Dog.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am going to go with Mike's to get the work done.

Probably a wise choice. So is this for the mythical camaro?! :hide:

who ever said it was broken?

Lol @ Mythical Camaro!:finger:

I'm changing things up on the TBSS once again.

Fuck Mike, and fuck simons.

Ill never take anymore of my stuff to that place. I could care less how many people have taken their stuff there or the "luck" they've had. There is a huge difference in a small "mishap" and someone fucking your entire plans up. And yes Mike was the one working on my stuff.

Sinons won't do anything else for me either. I had a 540ci Chevrolet motor that kept eating main bearings. I had it re-done several times. I later figured out they were externally balancing an internal balanced motor. One of the re-builds caused me to have to re-bore the motor and buy new pistons. That was the most expensive motor I ever owned.

Ouch that would burn me too.

I'd heard a little bit of bad things about simmons but never this bad. glad I havent needed a machine shop yet here in charleston.

so aside from not having lsx torque plates, don's is a good place? any other places?

I noticed a sign on remount road while driving by for a machine shop down a sidestreet by the advance auto. anyone know anything about them?

don is the man

my pops had a forged eagle crank he sent to simmons with some other stuff to have balanced and they jacked the new crank up by drilling almost all the counter weight off till they realize something was wrong and called to find out that they were balancing it for the wrong style motor. dad had to eat that one

didnt mention that this crank was a $2500 crank.

How can they screw up that bad and say "oh well"??

because 1 customer doesnt mean that much to them when they have 1000's more. their time will come and they will be wondering wtf happened