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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 11:44 AM
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Has anyone used Cartek build a motor or any other work? I'm starting to put my money together to build forged and get my boost up.They seem to have a real high tech facility.
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I used them last winter. Their knowledge and work quality are top notch. Julio is one of the best tuners around. They do all the R&D on the products they sell instead of just throwing parts together. I think doing everything "in house" is what helps them produce some of the fastest and most reliable cars around. You can't go wrong with Cartek.
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Originally Posted by Dave concrete
They seem to have a real high tech facility.
They do. All design, machining and detailed assembly done in house to insure excellent quality control.
They've built numerous forged bottom ends/motors that have gone 9s and even mid 8s and these motors stood up to repeated use/multiple passes too, these weren't just one off record passes.
I wouldn't hesitate one minute to choose Cartek if I were looking to have a motor built for forced induction (or nitrous, or NA for that matter as well).
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Originally Posted by Dave concrete
Has anyone used Cartek build a motor or any other work? I'm starting to put my money together to build forged and get my boost up.They seem to have a real high tech facility.
all i can say is their are plenty of cars running any time you can think of 12-8s hummers to vettes and f bodys NA or FI turbo super charger nitrous. everything done in house, they know what you need for your application. fast reliable and strong. and the best part is this, i have had many big dollar motors built the best parts money can buy, and supposedly by the best builders, but guess what? IT ALWAYS TOOK YEARSI SWORE I WOULD NEVER BUILD ANOTHER ENGINE I WOULD JUST BUY CRATE MOTORS. UNTIL I SAW FIRST HAND THE VERY QUICK TURN AROUND THAT CARTEK BUILDS MOTORS FAST no long wait
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Thanks for all the positive feedback and filling the blank in I am a research nut with everything I do especially with my car, I love it as if it was my child.
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Originally Posted by Dave concrete
I love it as if it was my child.

Dont we all

Let me know if you want to know anything else.
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 10:35 AM
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Dave,
Give us a call, we can show you around our new facility and let you see our in house operation. We are proud of the fact that we do all of our own machining, this allows us to perform much of our own R&D and keep ahead of the competition in both performance and quality.

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