Yeah, thats who I went to for all my work on my other cars engine I did, but this time I went to Everett Auto Truck or whatever, and they effed it up pretty bad, and also my uncles V6 motor, AND a guy I worked with had his motor messed up too.  So I would stay away from those clowns as much as possible.

When I checked my bearing clearances the first time, it didnt even squish the plastigauge AT ALL.  WAY WAY WAY too big of clearances for the crank.  I would move the crank up and down like there were no bearings in it at all.  Rods were good though.  Unfortunately, they turned the crank so damn far I had to find another one, and it happened to be a matched set for another block I had, so I decided to use that one instead.  I made them re-do the cylinders again and the clearances for the rods and mains.  They got it close to right this time (little bigger than I wanted), but I needed the engine back.

Same thing happened when they were doing my uncles 3.0 V6.  Main clearances were WAY too small, he couldnt even rotate the crank with no pistons or rods attached, just the crank with the mains tightened.  Obviously the clearances were WAY wrong.

The guy I worked with had them check his heads for a 350 he was building, they said they were fine, and they also said the rods were good, meanwhile they did some other work to the engine.  The guy took them to another shop after I told him the problems I had with the place, and the other shop said the rod ends were out of round and needed work, and the heads werent even flat and needed to be machined.  He also found something else wrong with the seals or something for the valves, but the exact problem escapes my memory.

Scott (the guy I work with) told me that the only reason he didnt take the parts to the 2nd shop he ended up going to in the first place was cost.  Auto Truck said they could do it cheaper.  He ended up paying Auto Truck AND the other shop for the work, and it ended up costing more in the long run.

I kick myself in the ass every day when I start thinking about it that I didnt just go to Action Machine.  Going to Auto Truck cost me over a week longer (waiting for the second block), and although it "saved me money" at the time, I still think they messed up when they "checked" the head for me and replaced those valves.  So now, I have to take the head off again and send it out again, just because of low quality work - at least thats my opinion.

Oh well, I guess its one of those things that you learn in time, go to a shop with a good reputation that does quality work, and dont let cost steer you away.

~T.J.