jchi

Hi,
I am looking for a good 928 specialist in Orange County, CA. Anyone knows of one. Thanks, John.

1988 928S4.

Sierra Shark

Precision in Anaheim (714) 879-9072. One of the best.

OrionKhan

Second that Precision. I was recommended to them from the guys at 928 International.

CMW

If you live in South Orange there is a place called Auto bahn west in Mission Vejio.
Jim is very familiar with the 928. He did all my major repairs... brake upgrade, new steering rack, oil pan and slosh upgrade, aluminum radiator, various gremlins. Very good guy. Although I havent used Precision ever I would not hesitate to do so given their reputation.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Greg Brown at Precision Motorwerks 930 E Orangethorpe Ave Anaheim ca 92801 phone # (714) 879-9072. He is what most "mechanics" wish they could become when they grow-up. He is very,very good. He builds Anderson and Fan's stroker race engines works on numerous POC track cars including rebuilding NEW 911 cup car engines. There are always numerous interesting cars at his shop including a NEW 944 GTR 650 hp Turbo 4 cylinder Transam car inside a plastic bubble same as the car Kelly-Moss shoved the stroker 928 engine into. He also has a chassis dyno the brake style NOT a simple Dynojet but the REAL THING. Has his own flow bench to test heads etc., small machine shop. Has the laptop Porsche diagnostic down load tool. I have never met a more honest and honorable man. He will point out EVERYTHING he finds wrong with your car whether you want to know it or not. While there are many who charge a lower hourly rate he will actually FIX THE PROBLEM. We often refer "problem" cars to him where others have tried and charged a lot of money to NOT FIX the problem. His shop is busy it is not always easy to get an appointment, Mary, his wife, runs the office answers the telephone ,orders parts allowing Greg to concentrate of fixing cars. He is a hands on kind of guy because where is he going to be able to HIRE a better mechanic? And yes I consider Greg to be a friend.

Th Dude

Easy decision...

GO TO PRECISION.


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bd0nalds0n

I've been waiting for a time like this to tell my Precision story.

A lot of my stories start with "after I sheared a cam gear...(after owning the car for two weeks)."

...Precision did the rebuild. It was expensive, and painful, because there were so many bad fixes that had accumulated over the years, and I felt like a dope because my buying decisions had been emotional rather than rational--and my post-purchase inspection (done by Black Forest in SD the day before the cam sheared ) didn't uncover ANY of the lurking problems. But Greg is a perfectionist, and was clear that if it was going to be done any way, it was going to be done the right way, but the resulting fix would be as close to permanent as it could be made.

When I got the car back, it had mysterious disappearing coolant. The car went back a couple times over the course of the next year, and the "leak" could never be found.

Finally, after around 15 months, it was decided that a more intensive search should be undertaken.

Turns out that the rebuilt heads that Greg exhanged had cracks in the bosses, which was allowing small amounts of coolant into the valve cover areas, where it was (mostly) turning to steam and exiting the breathers. Porsche knew the S4 heads had problems with developing cracks, which was why the bosses were strengthened in later years. I had drawn the short straw again, but Greg would tell you he drew an even shorter one:

Out came the engine again, and I paid $1k to upgrade to rebuilt GT heads with thicker bosses. I also replaced the 2 engine wiring harnesses (and Greg did a PERFECT job of lengthening the ISV and the MAF connectors to compensate for the new locations due to the autorotor--heat shrink and the whole ball of wax), and I had him install thicker Cometic gaskets, the GTS baffle, reseal the radiator end tanks, and he made some custom breather improvements to limit the amount of oil that gets puked out during track events.

Greg ate 95% (maybe 99%, who knows) of the labor for the job (I did have some other things done)--and I can't imagine a job that could have been more labor intensive. Most of you know how difficult it is to get a mechanic to take any sort of responsibility for fixing an item under warranty--especially if it was parts related and not installation related. In fact, I was sleepless for several nights before the car went in, because I thought the problem was serious, and was expecting a lot of resistence--especially since I had installed the twin-screw in the interim. He didn't even try to pad the labor for the other fixes to make the job less costly to him.

When you go to Precision, you'll probably spend 20% or so more than you would elsewhere. But I guarantee that you get value in return--you get a job that's done with 100% more attention to detail, and if there's a problem down the road, someone who will stand behind the job. It is very hard to find that sort of commitment from any sort of service provider these days.

I schlep up there all the way from San Diego, and in fact sort of look forward to the periodic trips.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Greg used to have a Quote taped to the shop door said something like "You judge the character of a man not by what he does when things go well But by what he does when things go poorly". So Brian your story is no surprise to me at all ! I wonder how many shops would have warranted their work 15 Months later and AFTER an aftermarket SUPERCHARGER was run on the engine.....??? Head problems with a blower !! must of been too much boost ,overheated ;Yadda Yadda.....But Mr Brown simply fixed the problem and rather quickly.

jchi

Hi,
I would like to thank all of your recommendations. I will see Greg next week.

Thanks again,
John.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Carl how much did you PAY ? the answer is ZERO. How much had you spent with other mechanics who did not FIX the problem ,a couple thousand as I recall and how much time effort and parts had you spent TRYING to fix the problem. Eleven hours of time to fix a car that had not been running correctly for months due to multiple small issues. I also think that picking up the car and paying by personal check only to call the next morning to "renegotiate" is a rather cowardly way to conduct business. But so is posting only part of the story on a public forum. You got your car fixed for free but you can never go back to one of the best 928 mechanics. I would publicly like to say how very sorry I am that we referred you to Precision Motorwerks, I can only hope that Greg Brown accepts my apology. You were disatisfied so Greg tore up your check and threw it away ...that sure sounds like you got screwed !

perrys4

Carl you did this once before and never fessed up to the fact that Greg let you off the hook. I dont think anybody values your opinion anymore because of your deceptive ways. I cant believe you continue to tell this sob story when you have been exposed.

perrys4

Oh yeah, I use Greg and have had him fix many things on my car and he is completely honest. Wont let anyone else touch my car. Top Notch!!!

Voytek

My new short shifter seemed to be very hard, specially on down-shifting. I came by without any appointment. Greg took His time to feel it, and asked His mechanic to give me a test drive. He found nothing wrong with it. Syncros were fine, no grinding when forcing from 3rd into 2nd gear. Just more force is needed with loss of leverage. Greg never even asked me to compensate Him for His time nor for the time of His mechanic.

Sierra Shark

A few years back when I still lived in Orange County I took my 86 Euro S to Greg to find a vacuum leak. He spent 2 hours and alot of knukle busting to find not one leak, but 7 different leaks and broken lines. He fixed everyone and then didn't charge me a thing. He said another customer had backed out of an appointment and he had the time and that finding every leak had become a challenge. I insisted on paying but no go. That's not to say he gives the shop away, but he is very fair and sharing with his time and experience. I find it impossible to believe that Greg could have remained in business this long and has maintained such a great reputation if he was ripping off the Porsche community. As far as I'm concerned, if you have had a bad experience with Greg, or anybody else for that matter, find another shop you feel good about and keep your negative opinions to yourself. Your not helping yourself or the industry when you come to the table with problems but no corrective solutions.