Does any one know of a shop that knows how to work and has experience with 'twin cam' engines?
I need cams replaced, heli-coils installed in the head and GM supercharger put in.
Last time I took it to a 'knowledgeable' mechanic to have heli-coils installed because of a bad oil leak in that area. Only an hour later for him to come out and inform me that the cam covers would not come off and if i had any ideas. I went back to the work area to observe him rocking the cam cover with 2 bolts as leverage without removing the timing chain assembly first.....yeah.....
Why do you need heli-coils? Where do you need them? In south FL I do not know anyone. I know some guys in North Fl. They know just a little about the 2.4.
FU Tuning
I live in Pembroke and always got to a family mechanic....we know him for years!! he has worked on my old 2.2 cavi my current 2.2 ecotec and my brothers Z24...so the know a lot about those engines....specially the 2.4 that comes in a lot of GM cars....hes located in 2645 w 76 st Hialeah, FL 33016 (305)-8221387 his name is Phil Peterson...tell him Carlos from the white cavi sent you...you might get a good price quote
CaviFL45
you can ask my brother carlos.... i take my car to a mechanic for a while he has fix my car many times (replace old parts) he is call phil peterson, his shop is called Mr. Mechanic, in hialeah. he is specialize more in corvettes ( you will see some old corvettes that he is reconstructing) . you can talk to him and he can take a look at it and tell you what can be donde, price, etc etc,
if you go with carlos or talk to him that he send you probably he can give you discount.
But thats about it i know... sorry if is not much of a help
my brother username is cavifl45 so you ask him. right now im out country so i cant do much.
"Why do you need heli-coils? Where do you need them? In south FL I do not know anyone. I know some guys in North Fl. They know just a little about the 2.4.">>
Another shop used an impact wrench to secure the cam cover bolts when they attempted to stop the oil leak in that area and stripped the threads in the head.... when I pulled the bolt out it had aluminum shavings all around the threads.
Got in touch with Phil today, told him I was looking for a mechanic that has experience working on Twin Cam engines> his reply was ' you are still looking ' ..... I guess he did not want to get involved with that again, but after I explained to him that he was recommended by you guys, he agreed to work on my car, so thanx for the info and I will keep you posted on the progress if you wish
