engine rebuild in ayrshire

[paul pierotti]

hi guys wondering if anyone on here could put me in touch with someone in the ayrshire area that could rebuild my ek9 think piston rings are away

 

[wishy]

Henry at Triple H, but there is a fair few horror stories about him but he is in ayrshire . You also have Gerry at PerformanceTek in Glasgow and Andy at Automek in eastkilbride

There is a few good garages in Scotland, dont be afraid to travel to get the work done. Do some research yourself as everyone has different opinions of places.

 

[robthedoc]

I'll do it for you

 

[paul pierotti]

Pm me rob

I went to henry but hes going on holiday for a month plus just learned few people said to avoid though i have not heard why. I have sent performancetec and automek emails thanks for advice

 

[robthedoc]

Pm'd

 

[RyanSi]

I'd avoid performance tec and Henry to be honest I wouldn't let either of them touch a push bike never mind my car!

Best bet is looking for a good machine shop/engine builder plenty about! Just need to do some research

 

[Deans96r]

What's the script with Henry these days? He used to be the man for it all back in the day

 

[paul pierotti]

henry got the car running for me but took him 2 weeks hes unpredictable time wise. I visited a few places looking for somewhere to rebuild it and none of them could help me but all said to stay away from henry but i dont know why.

 

[LoganK]

What's the script with Henry these days? He used to be the man for it all back in the day

Back in the day he was the man but recently a lot of cars have been going "pop" after being remapped by him. I personally know of 7. 3 of which blew up on the Dyno while he was remapping them. Apparently he is just careless these days when mapping cars.

It's a shame as there isn't much choice in Scotland for tuners. Performance HQ seem to be reliable and decent

Other than that they are all down South or Ireland.

 

[Deans96r]

Absolutely brutal mate obviously went right downhill from the name he used to have.

Yeah performance HQ are right up there nowadays a lot of good things being said.... Plus had a RR day there and the set up is great!

 

[paul pierotti]

Is performance hq aka hq garage in fife ?

 

[Deans96r]

Yeah mate that's them @paul pierotti

 

[Vtec6000]

Get a leak down test done first to determine if your suspicions of worn piston rings is correct.

 

[paul pierotti]

its blue smoke on acceleration sometimes worse than others. it had a compression test but im guessing leak down test would be more accurate ?

 

[robthedoc]

Compression test will tell you your compression mate. Leak down test will tell you where the compression is being lost. Rings, valve seats, head gasket.