We’re unique, and we like it that way. If you’ve met with other shops, you’ll know this from our first conversation and our quoting process. It’s common to get a phone call, a brief explanation of a car, and get asked for a price – it’s not feasible. We like to meet with you and get the story of your car to understand the dream and vision behind it.
We also want to meet the car (if possible) to review the condition as this helps to put together the most realistic estimate we can provide. In return, we’ll provide you with a best-case and worst-case scenario estimate so that you can budget appropriately, customize, and upgrade where you feel comfortable.
Blueprint or crate engines rarely come out well balanced and optimizing power to a high-octane fuel. We design all our engines utilizing engineering math and put together an entire build sheet to optimize cam selection, compression ratio, bearing type, boost levels, and overall hardware selections. We balance our engines less than 2 grams (the standard is 5) and check all bearing clearances and interfacing tolerances that you will not get with a blueprint or crate engine.
We also offer start cart break-in, tuning, and even expert dyno sessions with one of our engineers.
Our team detail blasts every single part inside and out leaving no corrosion or rust. We only use a dry blasting method because dustless blasting uses water and has no guarantee of preventing rust formation in the future. We humidity control our shop and epoxy coat our fresh blasted metal within 12 hours to reduce the risk of rust formation.
We utilize the best modern coatings to seal metal and encapsulate fillers/high-build primers with a sealer not only over the surface, but also underneath. This process relies on chemical bonds (which are stronger than mechanical bonds) to prevent any moisture penetration over the years.
Are you a DIYer? We offer training and consulting to teach you the restoration, body work, and paint process. One of our technicians will meet you in your garage/barn/shop to walk you through each step of the process. Many times DIYers will finish all of the body work themselves and have our team paint their project. In addition, we offer engine blue printing and parts selection since many customers have trouble optimizing an engine build on their own.
