RE: 10:1 compression, shop info in Mountain View-CA

["TJ Noto" <tj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's my experience and impression regarding this shop.

1-they've been there for a while........at LEAST 10 years, perhaps
longer.

2-the owner loves Italian machines.

3-the business I conducted with them led me to believe that the owner (I
think his name is Jon) is an honest and trustworthy guy.

4-my brother, who owns numerous Fiats and other assorted Italian
machinery knows the owner better than I do and claims he's well-regarded
within the local "Italian cottage" industry.

Regards,
TJ

TJ Noto				AFM#134 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf
Of
> Vangelis Kokkevis
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:45 AM
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: 10:1 compression, shop info in Mountain View-CA
> 
> I finally decided to bite the bullet and get the
> bottom end of my 73 gtv rebuilt to cure the excessive
> blowby and oil consumption.  I am tempted to go with
> the 10:1 compression pistons but the owner of the shop
> that will be doing the job warned me that it might
> give me trouble with the 91 octane gas that's
> available around here.  Given that the head was
> resurfaced recently, he feels that the compression
> ratio might be a little too high.  Is that a valid
> concern?  Do the 10:1 compression pistons make a
> noticeable improvement in the engine output to be
> worth the risk?
> 
> Also, has anyone in the list dealt with A-1 Imports on
> El Camino in Mountain View, CA.  Any comments
> (off-digest please)?  They quoted me a very reasonable
> (read: low) price for the bottom end rebuild.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Vangelis
> Mountain View, CA
> 73 gtv
> 83 spider
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