Cascar Machine Shop

I’ve had a bit of work done here over the last 20 years. Recently I had block prep and the heads rebuilt for a 429. Had a 2.2 4 banger rebuilt about 10 years ago and it’s still running strong and passes smog regularly. I was in a rush then and they got it done in time. There was an issue with a missing dipstick tube. They at first said they didn’t have it but apparently they found it after I pushed them on it.
They are pretty clear about their estimates and end up pretty close to them. They also work with you if you are trying to save money (i.e buy a rebuild kit online.) They helped insure the parts I was ordering were of good quality.
With the 429 rebuild all the clearances were spot on.

I brought them a straight forward Chevy 350. Took two weeks longer then promised. (6 weeks) They never call for status. Then when it was finally ready, they called for me to pick it up. They are jammed for space, and want me to come ASAP. I live almost an hour away. I came a two days later. My engine wasn’t even finished! I returned a week later. I picked it up. They then gave me a box of bolts and parts they didn’t even bother to put back on. The bolts were not in baggies or labeled in any way. Parts were missing. I fear they quality of the work is now as bad as the service. Typical case of dad handing the biz down to son who lets it go to crap.

Had my block rebuilt in Sept 2015. Just now getting a chance to review this place. I’ve used this place in the past n they were great. The service now is just poor. They dont ever call u to let u know what’s the status. Thats not y im writing. Took 3weeks to rebuild my block. I got excuses after excuses from telling me they got the wrong parts to parts arriving broken. After all is said n done i finally got my block n assembled everything. The Fken thing didn’t last but 100miles. I took it in cos my #2 cylinder had a grove from being overheated. With that it was making a loud tapping noise. They re-​sleeved and replaced all pistons n everything else that comes with a full rebuilt. Now i got a rod knock or possibly main bearing slap cos i have metal shaving in my oil n it taps louder than what I brought it in for. The owner started blaming everything else but his workmanship. He wanted me to yank the fken thing out n bring it to him n he’ll work with me on the cos. Fker can’t measure when he ordered the pistons so im pretty sure he measured the rods n crank wrong n got the wrong bearing ors just didn’t know how to use a torque wrench. Whatever his deal was i wasted $ 1k couldve taken my chances with a used jdm motor. Good Luck if u use this place!!!

My name is Bryan I own and operate a small Auto Repair business. I have been using Cascar Machine shop for over three years now and I have never had a problem! my shop location is in west Sac with machine shops near by, but we chose to drive all the way to cascar because we know its going to be done right. Loui, Will and Mike are very knowable and experienced, I highly recommend Cascar Machine shop!

These guys are awesome! They explained what they needed to do so that I was able to understand. Hahaha The turn around time was short and the price was great. They were very easy to work with and the communication was fantastic. I would highly recommended them to anyone.

Really… you answer the phone «what»? THIS is what we’ve come to in this society? I ask the guy who answers the phone if they do cylinder heads and he just says «what» again. So I repeat the question, since I’m speaking English but maybe a bad connection giving him the benefit they have someone answering the phone who can say more than «what». Then he says comically… «what» a THIRD TIME!!! So I say… «what»? See NOW it’s infectious. HE FINALLY breaks from the one word response and says rudely to give him all the info which at that point I’m not giving this business a single dime when in my opinion there are better shops in much better neighborhoods.
Bro man if you hate your job then find a new one. If you having other issues I can’t help you with advice, but what I can say is judging by your non existent website that pulls up all kinds of links to OTHERS services, not yours, you seem to need the business. Either get someone with more vocabulary to answer the phones or give this man some less stressful job cause that customer service in my opinion was foul and uncalled for. You just lost out on a customer and future business. Learn your lesson.

Exceptional quality
Honest a genuine people (not trying to upsell)
I am glad i turned to help to Cascar
I wish them good

This is a great place, small, not the greatest location, but good honest service. $ Prices are great! And the service was prompt fast actually. I highly recommend this business.

Brought a flywheel in for resurfacing 7am the morning of 5÷25÷13. Gentleman who I met there was super friendly and very customer service oriented. Had it done in about 15 minutes, only cost me 35.00.
A+

I visited Cascar Machine Shop to have a set of cross-​drilled rotors resurfaced. I arrived and spoke with Mike. He was funny and quickly took down my order. He told me they would be ready in two to three hours as there were several other orders ahead of me. I called in about an hour and thirty minutes to two hours after I had delivered my parts and they told me the rotors were ready.
When I arrived to pick up the parts, I asked to speak with the machinist that had worked on the rotors. The machinist (sorry, didn’t get your name) promptly stopped working to answer my questions. I really appreciated him taking the time to rest my concerns.
I will recommend this shop to everyone. When I build my engine, Cascar will likely hear from me.

my car broke and need some special tool to extract the broken bolt since its ⁶¹⁄₂ inches deep inside the engine block … save me a lot of money! Louie is very easy to deal with. the only thing is he’s so busy

I came to Cascar to have 4 caliper holes helicoiled. Left my calipers here for a couple of days and when I got them back they were machined properly and reinstalled fine back in my car. Recommended.

I emailed them with a question I had and they got back to me in a timely manner and told me I would have to stop by so they could better assess the situation. I came by and the guy I talked to was super nice and friendly. Unfortunately they weren’t able to do the work I needed but he did recommend another place that could. They seem like a cool shop and very knowledgable.

Inexpensive– talented complete machine shop FOR ALL YOUR MACHINE SHOP NEEDS.
Pulled my motor cycle heads off and had the heads cleaned, valves pulled and replaced and surfaced./
I Think I paid no more than 30 bucks–

One word: Incompetence.
Here’s my story… condensed as much as possible so that you can all go on with your lives after reading it.
Our beloved 1991 4Runner had a bad cylinder and wouldn’t pass smog, so it was time to retire, replace or rebuild the engine. We are totally not willing to retire this truck, and replacement is too expensive, so the hubby and I chose to rebuild. He got 3 bids, and we chose Cascar, the middle bid. In hindsight, a very poor choice.
We paid our neighbor who is a total genius gear-​head (who can tear down an entire vehicle and then put it back together without the slightest thought — I’ve watched him do it to convert an old broke down Toyota into a fully functional bad ass off-​road vehicle) to pull the engine. Cascar picked it up from our house. No complaints so far!
1^st run: Cascar rebuilt the engine and delivered it back to our house. When the engine was put back in the truck, it was smoking horribly and would not stop (not just burn off of oils and such) — the smoke filled our neighborhood (sorry neighbors). Then coolant started alternately dripping or pouring from the tailpipe. Diagnosis: incorrect intake manifold gasket used by Cascar. So we paid our neighbor to pull the engine AGAIN, and let $$$ in oil, coolant and gaskets go down the drain.
2^nd run: Cascar replaced the intake manifold gasket with the correct gasket (they said)… When the engine was put back in the truck, it began overheating immediately. However, with the thermostat out, it stopped overheating. We pulled the radiator to see if there was blockage, and found chunks of silicone sealant inside. Cascar had globbed on the sealant like it was the only thing holding the engine together. Cascar paid to have the radiator flushed, but that didn’t fix the problem. So we tried 4 different thermostats — Our original Toyota brand, the replacement generic from Cascar, a second generic that we purchased, and a second Toyota brand that we purchased. None worked. Cascar thought it might be the water pump — they had replaced our functional Toyota brand water pump with a generic water pump. That wasn’t the problem either. As of today (⁹⁄₂₈) they «think» that it is the head gasket — that they installed it incorrectly, causing one of the water jackets to be blocked. REALLY???
So they are promising to have it fixed in 2 days. We’ll see if this saga shall continue, or if this will finally be the end of the farce.
I am giving Cascar 1 star because they have been very willing to fix their mistakes, however, I do not believe that the mistakes should have been made in the first place. This has cost us an entire summer of not having our truck available to go camping, make Home Depot runs, etc. I am not a happy customer.