good and reliable engine rebuilder (bay area)

[darshie76]

Hey guys

Long time...too long I am planning finally to put some love in my 3rd child (the car, but i could call it also second wife, since i drive more time than the time that i spend with my wife :P).

I was planning to have an engine overhaul, and was wondering about good and reliable places around the bay area; so far I have heard of a couple of mechanics that works on 911 mainly, but I would like to hear your experiences and feedbacks.

The car runs fine, but the seals are old; the pressure gauge does not give me hints that there is a leak, but I find oil sometimes where i park (nothing big, few drops around the engine area, and not even that often); plus I do not know if the power that I get is the full power or the partial one...the car has more than 200K and I doubt that any work was done on the engine.

Some people told me to not fix it until it breaks; but I am not sure if this is really a good idea

Another thing that I would ask: is there a difference in "services" ? like there are different levels of overhaul of the engines? And which one would fit my case?

Thanks as usual!

[lindy 911]

Henry Schmidt @ Supertec

Not the Bay Area but close enough.

[dan88911]

Maybe Jerry Woods in Campbell.

[dan88911]

No personal experience, but I have heard Tom Amon at Mobile Works West is good.

[darshie76]

Thanks for the replies

Did you used them for your car? Which was your experience? How much was the final cost at the end?

[Quicksilver]

Jerry Woods is rather famous and has an engine dyno in his shop.

[MattKellett]

Tom Amon of Mobile Works West rebuilt my engine approxiamtely 5 years ago. Since then I've put on 50,000 trouble free miles and have no oil leaks and burn about 1qt of oil every 2- 2500 miles.

Tom could advise on what work you would need doing, maybe just a top end rebuild. He won't recommend a full rebuild if you don't need it.

[juanbenae]

can highly suggest bob grigsby of RMG in sunnyvale.

[warner53]

+1 real mean garage

[WRGREENER]

TONEY HEYER REBUILT MY 72T IN 78..STILL RUNS GREAT NOT ONE OIL DRIP GREAT EXPERIENCE . WOULD USE HIM IN A HEARTBEAT
Address

HEYER Performance


2362 Old Middlefield Way


Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone

650-962-0930
Fax

650-962-9619
Email tony@heyerperformance.com

[Tippy]

Isn't Steve Weiner within reach?

[fasteddie99]

Steve's up in Portland, OR.

[darshie76]

Thank you all for your replies; I've started to investigate about the names that you gave me I didn't know that there were so many good rebuilders around!