Since a lot you guy turbo guys are rebuilding your motors for 400hp setups...

where do you guys go buy to buy the tools for the building your motors??


I'm in the process of building a gsr motor, but can't find out where to buy

-micrometrs
-a straight edge (to check warpage)
- dial bore indicators
- ring filer

etc...


thx

 

I buy used on Ebay. Look for antique tools, they are often the best quality and go for cheap. (Though most are in English units)

 

thx...


bump any others?

 

I have placed quite a few orders with http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/ .

 

I bought most of mine through Snap On.

 

summit has some cheaper tools that might be alright. a few nice ring filers too

 

also... where do you find some form of straight edge for checking the head and block for warpage????


in my high school auto shop class there was a specific straight edge for it, but I could not find out where to buy one.

and are dial bore gauges and cylinder bore gauges the same thing???


thx


Modified by LazyNip at 6:34 PM 1/5/2005

 

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Snap On!

 

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Calm down there, rich man. Seriously though, I'm completely out of love with Snap-on... overpriced and poor quality these days on a lot of their stuff. I've broken both 14mm (three times) and 17mm (once) 3/8 drive sockets in the last year, one handed, using my 140 lbs of awkward fury. The cheap purchased at 4 in the morning Wal-mart generica aren't overly hardened and brittle like that...

Seriously, most the mics and dial bore stuff you can purchase through Grainger... I recommend Mitutoyo; equivalent to Starrett's quality without being $$$. Everything else, if you must step to an automotive tool truck, I would obtain through Matco.

 

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Calm down there, rich man. Seriously though, I'm completely out of love with Snap-on... overpriced and poor quality these days on a lot of their stuff. I've broken both 14mm (three times) and 17mm (once) 3/8 drive sockets in the last year, one handed, using my 140 lbs of awkward fury. The cheap purchased at 4 in the morning Wal-mart generica aren't overly hardened and brittle like that...

Seriously, most the mics and dial bore stuff you can purchase through Grainger... I recommend Mitutoyo; equivalent to Starrett's quality without being $$$. Everything else, if you must step to an automotive tool truck, I would obtain through Matco.</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL, I feel your pain with their sockets and but they do carry other brands on the truck that are reputable measure devices. I just push snap on cause you can have a truck account and pay weekly interest free.

 

http://www.harborfreight.com

 

The non-Snap-on/Blue Point on the Snap-on truck comes at a 100-250% markup. Ever buy a set of Knipex Cobras? The trick "channel lock" pliers with the push button slide (not to be confused with the more traditional design and cheaper Alligators)? When I bought my first one, the middle size, it was about nine years ago and I paid $48 as I recall. The next week I saw the same pliers on sale at the local Thermo-Pride HVAC supply for $25.

Don't know about you, but interest-free and running account doesn't mean much when you're broke-*** blue collar white trash like me. I really can't afford Snap-on "quality," even if it is convenient.

Sorry for the OT, needed to vent.

 

I thought you people knew.

http://www.use-enco.com
-Mitutoyo, Brown & Sharpe, and Starrett mics and bore gauges

http://www.goodson.com
-all kinds of stuff, as well as the Sunnen self-centering bore gauges

http://www.summitracing.com
-Tavia and Proform tools, and some of the Summit stuff is useful too

A listing of some of the stuff I use:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1094710

 

There is a guy on ebay that has some really nice bore gauge sets. I bought one from him and some other things. 800watt is his ebay id he also has some digital calipers that are nice