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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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Hi everyone, new FTE member here. Any recomendations for a good machine shop for fe blocks in the Ft Collins area?

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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 02:41 AM
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Go see Craig or Darren at AMS Automotive Machine. The are off Muleberry and Link Ln. They do excellent work and aren't too pricey.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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Thanks for the reply!
I just took the block in for maching this a.m. before I saw your post!! The good news is that AMS is where I took it. I was able to talk with craig last week and felt very comfortable having them doing the machine work on it. Now I need to decide if I am going to have the heads rebuilt or buy another set.

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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 08:52 PM
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How do I list my truck specs at bottom of message?? (like you have on your reply)
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:48 AM
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Good choice going with AMS. If i lived up north,they are who i would go to.... but since i live west of denver I have an old timer in denver who does GREAT work for me.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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So far I have been very impressed with them. I decided to go ahead and get my kit, cam, and timing set from them as well. Darrin felt they were choices and gave me a price that is right in line from Summit. I always try to give local business my money when I can plus I don't have to mess with ordering from telephone or internet or the inverible returns.

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I filled out the info to join this chapter everything ok??

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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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Hey, sorry... i usually check the requests once a week and have been slacking... give me about 5 minutes
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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Brakeman... looks like i approved your request to join on 04-08-08 and you have been a member of the chapter since then..
 
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Just an update, picked up my block and crank etc last week and everything looks great. They were a little backed up ( had 12 engines at Pinks ) and I was in no hurry so Darrin cc'd my heads and did a mock up to determine exact compression at no charge because of my patience. I have only had a few hours of free time to work on it during the last two weeks so this might be a winter project after all.
I would recomend these guys to anyone in northern colorado!
Tom
 
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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Also, another shop in the noco area i would recommend more often than AMS is RED ( racing engine design ) They do killer work too.... and i forgot about them when i posted originally.
 
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