Hey guys..

Well for the past two days, I have called every maching shop in the area and went to about 6 places yesterday in person and no one can machine my camaro flywheel to the .840" thickness.

Does anyone know of someone who can do this job for me?
I can't believe no one would do it.. seems so simple.

One guy said he would be able to do it but it would be out of balance, and he had no means of balancing it to the flexplate.

Any input is appreciated!

Thank you!

Matthew

quote Originally posted by Matthew_Fiero: Hey guys.. Well for the past two days, I have called every maching shop in the area and went to about 6 places yesterday in person and no one can machine my camaro flywheel to the .840" thickness. Does anyone know of someone who can do this job for me? I can't believe no one would do it.. seems so simple. One guy said he would be able to do it but it would be out of balance, and he had no means of balancing it to the flexplate. Any input is appreciated! Thank you! Matthew

Hey man, I will email it to the Toronto crew, you can also post it on www.gtfieros.com

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pm fiero flyer he has a guy who does all his...i had to get mine balanced so i am sure he can get it both machined and balanced for you...tim

try these guys?

http://www.canadianbron.ca/

I've had some machining done by them before.. no flywheel stuff but its worth a shot.

They're actually located right near my house, in Oakville

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Thanks guys..

I went to 2 more places today.. and they wouldn't do it either

I told them it was not for automotive purposes.. but they didn't believe me lol!

Matthew

There is a place in London Ontario, a little far away, BH&P Automotive Machine

Arn

the first place I took mine to said $100 bucks and to give them a day. Sorta rare that your getting so much flak about it, any regular balance machine should allow for any type of balancing.

I had mine done here in Sarnia for 40 bucks. I did not bother with balancing.

Dave

Contact James bondo on here he got his machined and balanced from a shop in Pickering if I remember correctly, he has a very nice 88 GT running a 3800SC against a 5 speed getrag. Dan

That place in Pickering wants $250-$300 for machining.

Thats crazy.. I do not understand.. I have a cylinder just under an inch in height and I want approx .25" taken off... why is this such a big deal?

The place I deal with in belleville charged me $150 just to balance one. They said it would be around $350 to turn down and machine one so the place in Pickering is about the same cost. Dan

unless you are setup to turn flywheels it can be an expensive setup
a flange must be madeup to mount the flywheel to.. then the work begins.
Most shops that surface flywheels have a machine for just that purpose
but it wont remove a lot of material at once... so again.. expensive

I went through all of this years ago and determined it was more cost/time effective
to buy the correct wheel from Archie.

There is an old school automotive machine shop in Aurora on Industrial parkway south
5 min from the 404. I can get their name for you and pm you with their number etc

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hmmm i guess i did ok for getting mine done for 100, but that was just the machining down part...tim

Not sure if you have it done already, but I can ask my machine shop how much they'll charge to turn it down... all I need to know is how much they need to machine it, and they'll know how much to drill and re-tap the preasure plate holes.

Thanks
Joe

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I believe its at .942 right now, I will double check and get back to you

Did you get my PM on the 3800 Flywheel I have for sale? It is machined down and ready to bolt on.

PM SENT

friend of mine just had his done for a 4.9 swap in Kitchener his car is in my shop now in Oshawa ..call me I can give some phone #s 905-579-9004 ...john

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