Autofarm (Ultimate Workshops)
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Phooey

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13,798 posts

198 months

Friday 25th March 2016
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Wozy68

5,436 posts

199 months

Friday 25th March 2016
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Phooey said:
That was great. Thanks for posting ......


Trev450

6,742 posts

201 months

Friday 25th March 2016
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Enjoyable watch. Thanks for posting.

Phooey

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13,798 posts

198 months

Friday 25th March 2016
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Pleasure. I've only heard about them so was nice to see a bit of what they do. Some nice metal passes through there!

Interesting to hear their thoughts on the next collectable P - early impact bumper (74-81).

Edited by Phooey on Friday 25th March 19:42

BertBert

21,226 posts

240 months

Friday 25th March 2016
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Phooey said:
Interesting to hear their thoughts on the next collectable P - early impact bumper (74-81).
Not exactly an earth shattering revelation.

Mustangs

102 posts

134 months

Saturday 26th March 2016
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Specialist with a good reputation and history unlike that north Essex aircooled half wit. Watch and learn

Russwhitehouse

962 posts

160 months

Saturday 26th March 2016
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Mustangs said:
Specialist with a good reputation and history unlike that north Essex aircooled half wit. Watch and learn
Mind if i ask who you mean? The reason i ask is if it's who i think it is i have also had a bad experience with him which has ultimately proved both costly and inconvenient. A cryptic clue will suffice to avoid overt naming.

m444ttb

3,183 posts

258 months

Saturday 26th March 2016
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I like Autofarm. Always a pleasure to deal with. Although I decided to go to Hartech for my engine rebuild as I preferred their solution.

Trev450

6,742 posts

201 months

Saturday 26th March 2016
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m444ttb said:
I like Autofarm. Always a pleasure to deal with. Although I decided to go to Hartech for my engine rebuild as I preferred their solution.
Not wanting to deliberately take this thread OT, but was this because Autofarm use iron liners?

Smi1er

109 posts

243 months

Saturday 26th March 2016
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Not had a great experience with autofarm myself. I believe that many of the staff who helped build the good reputation no longer work there. I would make sure it's very clear what you expect to be done and to what level of quality before handing over your pride and joy. I had a car inspected by them and amongst other things they failed to diagnose a large number of suspension components which needed replacing. This was picked up by CG a couple of weeks later when I wasn't happy with the handling. Everything was sorted in the end but I was left feeling that autofarm had just given the car a cursory glance over and missed some basic stuff which should have been picked up.

m444ttb

3,183 posts

258 months

Saturday 26th March 2016
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Trev450 said:
Not wanting to deliberately take this thread OT, but was this because Autofarm use iron liners?
Yes it was. They were also slightly more expensive with a shorter warranty if I remember correctly. If I had something air cooled for a rebuild it would definitely be going to Autofarm though. I'd also go back to them for servicing if they'll use the oil I want and once my warranty has expired.

Trev450

6,742 posts

201 months

Saturday 26th March 2016
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m444ttb said:
Trev450 said:
Not wanting to deliberately take this thread OT, but was this because Autofarm use iron liners?
Yes it was. They were also slightly more expensive with a shorter warranty if I remember correctly. If I had something air cooled for a rebuild it would definitely be going to Autofarm though. I'd also go back to them for servicing if they'll use the oil I want and once my warranty has expired.
Thanks for that. Confirms my line of thinking should I need to go down that road.

Scooty100

1,469 posts

145 months

Monday 28th March 2016
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Mustangs said:
Specialist with a good reputation and history unlike that north Essex aircooled half wit. Watch and learn
Ohhh don't get me started on that robbing Coont.
Funny met a local guy who'd heard he's got big finance issues so SOR is a dangerous game .

Edited by Scooty100 on Monday 28th March 22:05

dom9

8,667 posts

238 months

Tuesday 29th March 2016
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Trev450 said:
m444ttb said:
I like Autofarm. Always a pleasure to deal with. Although I decided to go to Hartech for my engine rebuild as I preferred their solution.
Not wanting to deliberately take this thread OT, but was this because Autofarm use iron liners?
Autofarm use Nikasil liners in the M96 engines:

http://www.autofarm.co.uk/engines/water_cooled/sil...

I used them to build my track day 996 back in '09 and stay in touch with Mikey (now an owner) to this day, despite being out of Pork for years.

Great guys, great attitude and great work ethic.

Trev450

6,742 posts

201 months

Tuesday 29th March 2016
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dom9 said:
Trev450 said:
m444ttb said:
I like Autofarm. Always a pleasure to deal with. Although I decided to go to Hartech for my engine rebuild as I preferred their solution.
Not wanting to deliberately take this thread OT, but was this because Autofarm use iron liners?
Autofarm use Nikasil liners in the M96 engines:

http://www.autofarm.co.uk/engines/water_cooled/sil...

I used them to build my track day 996 back in '09 and stay in touch with Mikey (now an owner) to this day, despite being out of Pork for years.

Great guys, great attitude and great work ethic.
Interesting. Thanks for this.

m444ttb

3,183 posts

258 months

Tuesday 29th March 2016
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That's the liner coating.

RSVP911

8,192 posts

162 months

Tuesday 29th March 2016
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Scooty100 said:
Ohhh don't get me started on that robbing Coont.
Funny met a local guy who'd heard he's got big finance issues so SOR is a dangerous game .

Edited by Scooty100 on Monday 28th March 22:05
Clues please smile

dom9

8,667 posts

238 months

Wednesday 30th March 2016
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m444ttb said:
That's the liner coating.
http://lnengineering.com/resources/2014/02/28/nickies-for-1997-2008-boxster-cayman-911/

I believe they use the same solution as these guys, who use aluminium.

I may be wrong but where does it say the liners are iron?

Scooty100

1,469 posts

145 months

Wednesday 30th March 2016
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RSVP911 said:
Clues please smile
Not hard to work out these days, words getting round

RSVP911

8,192 posts

162 months

Wednesday 30th March 2016
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Scooty100 said:
Not hard to work out these days, words getting round
Could you pm me please - thanks smile