15346 Bonanza Rd., Unit D
Victorville, CA 92392
ph: 760-241-4500
fax: 760-955-4800
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What do we do? Just about everything. Take a gander at the list below to see exactly how much we can do, and can do for YOU.
Disassembly & Cleaning: Hot Tanking; Glass Bead Blasting; Rust Removal.
Block Work: Cylinder Boring, Power Honing; Installation of Cylinder Sleeves; Align Boring; Cam Bearing Installation; Block Surfacing (Decking); Block Pressure Checking; Block “O” Ringing.
Connecting Rods & Pistons: Resize rod housing bore; Bush rods; Convert non-floating to full-floating; Polish rod beams; Shot-peen rods to USAC & MIL spec; Magnaflux rods; fit for oversized pins;
Connecting Rods & Pistons, Special Ops: Cut for special pin locks, or shorten pins; Cut pistons to lower compression; Clean pistons & ring grooves; Fly-cut pistons for increased valve-to-piston clearance.
Cylinder Heads: Clean and inspect for cracks; Inspect guides, check for warpage; Grind valves & seats (3-angle); Check valve spring pressure, set installed height, reassembly; Set stem height; Install seals and freeze plug.
Also available: Pressure check; Surfacing, replace guides; Cut for seals; Angle milling; Convert to screw-in studs; Install valve seats; Milling for specific cc (volume).
Engine Balancing: For V8 & V6 blocks; Inline 6; Inline 4; Balancing separate parts: Neutral balance flywheel & flexplates; Neutral balance harmonic balancer; stroker cranks; Install heavy metal/mallory.
Additional Operations: Crankshaft: Grind to undersize, radius oil holes; micro-polish; Drill & tap snout; weld journal; Magnaflux; Mask & shot-peen to MIL-spec; Kool-Kase heat treat; 1/4 key; Cross drill for improved oiling. Flywheel surfacing; Installation of helicoils; Correct cam tunnel; Machine cam thrust; Sleeve damaged or broken lifter bores; Chamfer rod or main bearings; Drill rod bearings for use in aluminum rod; Porting: match intake, exhaust ports; open intake & exhaust pockets; Match intake manifold; Polish chambers, intake ports complete; Polish exhaust ports complete; Remove smog boss; Plug steam holes
Engine Assembly: Short Block; Long Block; Degree-in Cams; Domestic, Foreign, Modern, Antique, Performance, Racing, Off-road.
....and even more, more-specialized operations.
If it’s not listed, ask!
We use high quality, American-made part lines. While we only have a small inventory in-house, with L.A. just a shipping day away, so is the majority of our performance parts. Following is a PARTIAL list of the manufacturers we regularly use:
Accel, ACL, Aeroquip, Air Flow Research (AFR), ARP, Autometer, B&M, B&P, Badger, Carter, Centerforce, Champion, Childs & Albert, Clevite 77, Cloyes, Comp Cams, Corteco, Crane Cams, Crower, Cylinder Head Center, Damper Doctor, Dana, Perfect Circle, Dart Machinery, Dura-Bond, Eagle, Earl's, Edelbrock, Elgin, EngineQuest, EngineTech, Federal Mogul, Fel-Pro, Ferrea, Flow Tech, Fluidampr, Ford Racing, Hastings, Hedman, Holley, Hooker, Isky, ITM, K&N, JE Pistons, Jesel, Lunati, MSD, Mahle, Mallory, Manley Performance, March, Martin Wells, McLeod, Melling, Milodon, Mopar, Moroso, Mr.Gasket, NOS, Perma-Coil, Pertronix, Pioneer, Professional Products, Rock Products, Ross, SA Gear, SBI, Scat, SII, Sealed Power, Silvolite, KB, Speed-Pro, SRP, Total Seal, Weiand, World Products, Victor Reinz.
And more! If it's not listed, Ask!
Here's an online video of a Thunder Works engine started on a test stand. The proud owner is John Kallal; Robb Lindsay of R J Fabrication (see our Links Page) is doing the honors on the test stand. Ah, there's nothing like the rumble of horsepower in the morning!
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15346 Bonanza Rd., Unit D
Victorville, CA 92392
ph: 760-241-4500
fax: 760-955-4800
info