Good shop in Phoenix area

[saturnvii7]

I'm hoping to drop my car off friday morning to get my intercooler installed. I've already got the intercooler, 2.5" inlet and outlet Evo clone I/C, and the previous owner had run the car with an intercooler in the past so there are already holes cut in the firewall, so all I need is the piping made and the welding done.

Anyone know a good shop in the area that might be able to take care of this for me? I'm also a little unclear on the price range I should be looking at, I've been having people tell me $100 and people tell me $300. I'm hoping the final figure will be around $150-200 so that I can get a manual boost controller soon after.

Thanks for any help or references :-)

[Banging 6 in a row]

I know a great shop. its called Spankys Auto Body and they do nothing but z cars. Its owned by two brothers. The guy you want to talk to is named Gary. If he cant do it he will know someone who can.480 644 0060the shop is on Alma School and Main in Mesa on the South-West side in an industrial center just past Alma Imports.

They do amazing work and i wouldnt have anyone else touch my z. they also have a website, just google it

good luck man

[saturnvii7]

I'll give them a call. Is that your 83 280 on there?

[saturnvii7]

Gave them a call... unfortunately they don't do any sort of "perfomance work" per one of the two owners, just restoration.

I called up AGP Turbo who I got the turbo from as well, and got a referral to UMS Tuning but they're claiming 8 hrs or $500+ to run the piping and do the welding :-/

This estimate seems a little high to me, I was antipating a high estimate range of $400.

Any other suggestions? I may have to tour some of the muffler shops in the area searching for bargains, or try to set it up entirely on my own. I haven't done much metalworking but with the right silicon couplings I wouldn't anticipate it being more than a weekend's work...

[AZhitman]

Tony @ UMS is a wizard - Best ni the state, some say.

Call them back, talk to Tony, tell him Greg from NICO sent you, and see if he can cut you a little better deal.

Their work is WELL worth it.

[saturnvii7]

I can believe it, they had some nice projects in the garage, mostly porsches :-)

Thing is, no way I'll be able to swing anything close to $500 for a while, I'm about to move into a new place so I need to finish saving up for the deposit.

I already met with two of their guys this morning, not sure who though. I'd feel pretty embarassed if I called back and found out I was already speaking with him this morning.

I'm leaning towards buying up parts this next week and making a go of it myself. Worst case scenario I run into problems with the fabrication and have to get it done somewhere, but at least I'd have all components then...