John's Specialty Services

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  Terry Reeves
a year ago
So far this shop has built two motor for one was a stroker for my ac cobra the other motor is a 1.8 Subaru motor that I put in my trike the motor run awesome he doesn t know it but I one more motor I want him to build for me

  Trevor Tyson
6 months ago
Good service quick and what you want, was satisfied fixed my steering knuckle up next day. beware of dogs

  Scott Millican
9 months ago
Had machine work done on my Toyota block; cleaning, magnafluxing, decking and boring. Was really impressed with their work. Great prices and it didn't take anywhere near the time I was expecting. Will continue to bring John my machining work in the future.Service: Motor buildingService: Motor building

  Dustin Yee
a year ago
After a few bad run ins at other "machine shops" I've definitely learned a few things. John's is the place to go! I refuse to have my machine work done anywhere else.

  Katie Mason
a month ago
Update: Nearly 4 years later and they still have one of the motors. They promised us back in 2021 they werent working on anyone elses until ours was completed. Pretty obvious that isn't the truth. They used to do great work. Now they have 2 of our motors and haven't returned our calls for over a month. They promised one of them would be done middle of May and is still not done as of 7/10/20 and will not answer either phone or return any calls or texts. Very upset to say the least.

  Chris Wiley
a year ago
I was told about John s specialty services by a friend of mine who has used him for multiple years. So I called explain my situation and was told they can take care of my needs. As I was waiting almost 3 months I found out that they had recently messed up on some machining work on my friends engine. Although I should have been cautious and seen it as a red flag I didn t and proceeded to pay nearly $5000. After receiving my engine and starting to assemble it I had found there had been a mistake in the machining process. I had to take it back and wait nearly 2 hours to have the mistake fixed, at this point I had wasted an entire day of assembly time. After assembling the engine and installing it it has been running for less than two months and just under 2000 miles. At the current moment the engine is seized and garbage. On top of what I paid for them to provide a service I also spent nearly $5000 on other new parts which include and are not limited to new oil cooler new oil pump new turbo and complete gasket set. The shop does not do any assembly work so when things like this happen they can blame it on whoever assembled the engine and not be responsible for any failures. I now have to spend another $13,000 for another new engine to get my work truck running again. I will never use this shop again or recommend them to anybody else nor will my friend. Please be cautious and do more research before you do business with this shop.Service: Engine repair

  Ryan Poitra
a year ago
John has been doing my machine work for almost 10years now and he s always knocked it out of the park for me I ve never had issues with the machine work I will keep using john for all my machining needs.

  lil devil
9 months ago
I had brought johns specialty a pair of 4.6 2v heads that i needed done in a very fast manner was very happy with the efficiency and price of the job if you need work done I would definitely recommend bringing your project to John s specialtyServices: Engine repair, Motor buildingServices: Engine repair, Motor building

  Michael Cortez
5 years ago
I had John's Specialty Services do the machining work on my engine block and look over a cylinder head that was rebuilt by another shop. They fixed a few valves that were slightly out of round and did the machining on the block. Upon assembly, it was discovered that one of the valves was bent. This may very well have been my fault, or the original rebuilder's fault. I contacted John and Lise and explained my issue. They went above and beyond to not only repair the bent valve, but to refurbish my entire cylinder head without charge. Everything is now back together and running great. I could not recommend this shop enough.

  ArchSK
a year ago
Very high quality work done @ J.S.S. Up-front about pricing, job work-time and the communication that occurred during my head repair was second to none. Highly Recommend this local shop. Would absolutely recommend to my friends and family.Service: Motor buildingService: Motor building

  Z S
3 years ago
We have had a substantial amount of work done with this business, with John. In recent months several errors occurred during machining with standard processes: Damaged components, erroneous install of inserts, and machine slips damaging engines beyond repair. No effort was made from the business to rectify these errors.In short John provides good machining, but no follow-through in hard situations. More of a person than a business, like taking work to friends.A real machinist puts his reputation first, he focuses on his business and takes care of his customers. Without a reputation what is a machinist?

  Igor C
6 years ago
Charged over $100 more than quoted because apparently valve lash adjustment isnt part of valve grind job. Also was not done property. Asked to polish cams got them back scratched as they were previously had to take them to delta cams. This is second Subaru engine these guys messing up for me. Would strongly recommend take your business elsewhere

  Justin Smith
3 years ago
John did a fantastic job with my Subaru closed deck short block and heads. High quality work and great communication.

  Jeff D Jones
a year ago
Excellent service and friendly staff.Highly recommend using for your machine work.Thx John

  FLOREAL No Mo Love
4 years ago
Hello my name is Homer im the owner of loyal carpet & upholstery cleaning services i had my machine break down on Me and i took it to johns specialty machine shop they fixed the problem now im back up and running johns specialty machine shop is the place to go they are the best they are highly recommended.

  Aleksandr Yakimenko
2 years ago
Great business to deal with, got my Subaru heads machined in a few hours.

  Louis Webster
a year ago
Friendly folks. Job completed on schedule for estimated price.

  robert smith
4 years ago
Have always went to John's even before the name was changed but very good work and always go back

  Russ Jadin
2 years ago
Looks like nice work if you have a life time to get it back

  Dennis Madrid
3 years ago
Not punctual at all... Didn't even fix what I brought in after a month. Take your business elsewhere if you value your money.

  robert scarborough
4 years ago
My tuner recommended John's. I am already a believer.

  Shane Cherry
a year ago
Very personable people that do great work

  Bud Moulton
2 years ago
Took a little longer than I thought but excellent work

  Mikhail Goncharov
3 years ago
Probably the nicest people you'll meet with service to match!

  Miguel Sevilla
6 years ago
This is my go to machine shop. I will use them as long as they are open.

  Jeremy Geer
2 years ago
Very fast, and knowledgeable.

  First Last
3 years ago
Shady & sloppy...avoid.

  Fred Jordan
2 years ago
Great service

  Greg Finch
3 years ago
Great service