Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
Reviews
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Ben Siu
3 years ago
I contacted this machine shop after being referred by a friend. I spoke to Russ in person about my goals with the car when I dropped my block off, and we were both on the same page about what I was going to do with the car. My original short block I dropped off ended up having a crack, so I sourced another good short block to have them machine. Fast forward a few weeks after getting parts ordered, coated, and everything assembled, I pick up the short block and head. The shop that does my tuning installs the motor and then the break in process begins. I did roughly the first oil change at around 500 miles, and saw metal on the magnetic drain plug. I contacted the shop that installed the motor and dropped the car off with them. They did multiple oil changes with the car idling between oil changes to see if they could get the metal shavings to clean up but they never did after 3-4 oil changes. I had them pull the long block and took it to another machine shop for a second opinion and what was found was horrifying. They had used so much gasket sealer when assembling my short block that it was in the oil ports and oil pick up. I contacted Russ after the other machine shop sent me pictures of what they had found and he said he could do nothing for me since I didn t bring it to him. Stay far away from this shop and they clearly do not know what they re doing. This is on a 4G63 from a Mitsubishi Evo IX with only 500-600 miles on the engine.Edit (6/29/2020): I keep uploading pictures but they keep getting taken down.
Private Tune
3 years ago
I love this place! I use them quite frequently for machining on personal and customer engines. I've never had a problem with their work, customer service has always been up to par, and turn around time is usually pretty quick as well. I hear horror stories about machine shops that take months to do basic tasks and that has never been the case with Steve's. I'd highly recommend them to anyone.
Joshua Torres
2 years ago
I blew the gasket on my 2000 Honda CR-V, so I got the head off and brought it here. They took it in, cleaned it, tested it for compression, replaced a burnt valve, and machined it flat. All that for a very reasonable price. This is my go to machine shop now.
jessica burgan
6 years ago
100% love the guys at Steve s! I ve been taking my 1970 beetle to them for over 15yrs and have never had one complaint. They are honest, kind, do a great job, and never out to take advantage. I wouldn t dream of taking my car to anyone else!
MOD
3 years ago
I went in and told Steve the problem I was having with my dune buggy and asked how much it would cost for them to take a look at it. He told me they don t do estimates, so that I can fix it at home or take it somewhere else. I said I understand that, but I m not asking you to look at it for free, I just want to know how much it would cost me for you to take a look at it before doing any work so that I know if I can afford it. He said they don t do estimates, go somewhere else and walked away. Apparently I m suppose to give them my car and pay whatever they say it costed once they fixed it.
Fernando Talamantes
8 years ago
I took engine block to Steve import machine shop a Honda d16y8. They did head work and replace valves and polished the crank since it was already cut .10. They did the work in timely manner and got me all the parts to assemble the engine. I began to assemble the engine I installed the bearings and put the crank in to do a dry run and torqued the the cradle down. As I torqued the bolts to half the value of 22ftlb the crank began to bind and not rotate. I found the crank to have marked the bearings I took it all back to the machine shop. They looked at it and said I had left the plastic on the bearings and causing to bind. They gave me back the block and crank already installed and torqued. I get the block back to our shop and I could not turn the crank. I could not believe that they would think it's okay to return short block back to customer with the crank binding like it was. I took the short block to another machine shop they said the crank had a lot of hi spots from bad polishing causing to to bind. The crank and he had to cut the crank to .20 over correct the error they made. I got the block from the second machine turned freely with no binding what so over. I will not send work to Steves again.
Isaiah Munoz
4 years ago
You can tell these awesome folk take pride in their work. I took my Fastback for a sparkplug blowout and left her running fantastic! They also installed a short shift for me and man does it hit.
Deacon Tom Lang
10 years ago
In 2000 Steve's Machine Shop did the engine rebuild on the 1956 Ford Thunderbird that I recently purchased, and 13 years later she's still running beautifully!
Daniel Gonzales
10 years ago
really good machine shop I'm always very satisfied when I go in to get work done and machine work .definitely quality work unlike other shops I been to .if you're looking for a place that's blunt trustworthy and dose good work this is the place.
flip flop
8 years ago
Say a prayer for this guy! Poor kids dont know how to act. His hypertension is clear and present, so if he has a stroke, call 911 & do hands only cpr (compressions only) no breath unless you have a barrier, 30:2!
Ed Asencio
8 years ago
Very good professional shop but be prepared to wait to get your head back they're very busy lol
Larry Hensch
4 years ago
Great machine shop,, good quality work, reasonable price.
Carlos Henriquez
4 years ago
Steve's the man for any bug issues. Great place parts galore.
Paul Manzanares
2 years ago
Engine machine shop making racing engines is some people hobbies or a stock engine
Darren H
4 years ago
This place is the real deal when it comes to automotive machining
J Z
4 years ago
Russ is very knowledgeable and great to work with
Joao Dasilva
5 years ago
Never had a bad experience always helpful
Mitch Pautz
3 years ago
Friendly staff and very helpful
Pirate Auto Group
4 years ago
World class service and professionalism!
vincent hernandez
3 years ago
Bad not going there again
ak _47
3 years ago
100 highly recommend !
James Keeler
4 years ago
Steve is da Man