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Harrisonburg has a speed/fab shop finally - PDenbigh - 08-24-2007
...And apparently it's been there for a year. Not sure how I missed it.
JL Fabrication
1187 N. Liberty St. 540-434-4193 or 540-271-2870
It seems they focus mostly on drag. They just finished a really sweet 2007 Mustang, complete tube frame they fabricated. Fiberglass body. Also in the shop is a early 90's Vette that does both road and drag racing. They have three street rods for which they are building frames. Said he does sheet metal work. He seems to do a lot of headers and custom suspension work too.
Just down from them, about 100', is a semi-speed shop. More for the V8 carb crowd. The most important thing I saw in there was a bunch of Aeroquiqe fittings and hose.
Really clean shop. I just saw it and stopped by, and he stopped what he was doing and showed me around for about 5 minutes and just talked cars. Pretty cool.
Just an APB FYI.
- JustinG - 08-24-2007
good to know...its always a pain in the ass to hold off on a project for a couple days so you can have the correct fittings shipped in from summit
Re: Harrisonburg has a speed/fab shop finally - Steve85 - 09-01-2007
PDenbigh Wrote:...And apparently it's been there for a year. Not sure how I missed it.
JL Fabrication
1187 N. Liberty St. 540-434-4193 or 540-271-2870
Also in the shop is a early 90's Vette that does both road and drag racing.
Just down from them, about 100', is a semi-speed shop. More for the V8 carb crowd.
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That was my Vette in there. They are doing hand built headers, full exhaust, modifying my valve cover to fit the wiper motor and building a bracket for my vacuum pump.
The fabricator is Rob and his welds are awesome. They charge half what AR Fab does. His first job for me was to seriously modify my existing headers (for standard 23 degree chevy heads) to work with my 18 degree heads. No small feat, several shops turned it down.
Here are some pics of the work he has done so far...
(1 7/8" Primaries into 3 1/2"collectors, 3" back to 2 1/2" mufflers)
![[Image: DSC00207.JPG]](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/68336/DSC00207.JPG)
![[Image: DSC00209.JPG]](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/68336/DSC00209.JPG)
![[Image: DSC00216.JPG]](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/68336/DSC00216.JPG)
![[Image: DSC00214.JPG]](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/68336/DSC00214.JPG)
![[Image: DSC00215.JPG]](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/68336/DSC00215.JPG)
The speed shop built my 434. Theya re actually known for their work on Thunderbird Turbo Coupes and he think he holds a couple 1/4 mile records with them. Thye cut open the manifolds port them and weld'em back. They modified my carb manifold for EFI...
![[Image: Intake-side.JPG]](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/68336/Intake-side.JPG)
I saw the Mustang as he was building it...bad ass. Built pretty much from scratch.
The fab shop used to be E&E Auto Sales and Service owned by John Estep and they specialized in BMW.
- WRXtranceformed - 09-01-2007
Um those welds look amazing.
Re: Harrisonburg has a speed/fab shop finally - John L. - 10-26-2007
Steve85 Wrote:Theya re actually known for their work on Thunderbird Turbo Coupes and he think he holds a couple 1/4 mile records with them.
OH RRY!? What's that you say? Turbocoupes? I need to make a visit up there to see that...maybe for the next dyno day.
Re: Harrisonburg has a speed/fab shop finally - Steve85 - 10-31-2007
John L. Wrote:Steve85 Wrote:Theya re actually known for their work on Thunderbird Turbo Coupes and he think he holds a couple 1/4 mile records with them.
OH RRY!? What's that you say? Turbocoupes? I need to make a visit up there to see that...maybe for the next dyno day.
http://www.coymiller.com/
Go to engine programs on the left and you will see the link for stage 2 3.8L SC for a good 430+hp
The shop pics are old...he has a brand new shop now.
Re: Harrisonburg has a speed/fab shop finally - fuel - 11-16-2007
PDenbigh Wrote:...And apparently it's been there for a year. Not sure how I missed it.
JL Fabrication
1187 N. Liberty St. 540-434-4193 or 540-271-2870
It seems they focus mostly on drag. They just finished a really sweet 2007 Mustang, complete tube frame they fabricated. Fiberglass body. Also in the shop is a early 90's Vette that does both road and drag racing. They have three street rods for which they are building frames. Said he does sheet metal work. He seems to do a lot of headers and custom suspension work too.
Just down from them, about 100', is a semi-speed shop. More for the V8 carb crowd. The most important thing I saw in there was a bunch of Aeroquiqe fittings and hose.
Really clean shop. I just saw it and stopped by, and he stopped what he was doing and showed me around for about 5 minutes and just talked cars. Pretty cool.
Just an APB FYI.
Awesome guys...I grew up with Jamie and he is like a brother(we were groomsmen in each other's weddings) and Rob is as nice as they come...real professional in everything he does!!!
Just look at their Fairlane...they built in all in their garage...Freakin' Awesome!!!
Re: Harrisonburg has a speed/fab shop finally - John L. - 04-07-2009
Steve85 Wrote:John L. Wrote:Steve85 Wrote:Theya re actually known for their work on Thunderbird Turbo Coupes and he think he holds a couple 1/4 mile records with them.
OH RRY!? What's that you say? Turbocoupes? I need to make a visit up there to see that...maybe for the next dyno day.
http://www.coymiller.com/
Go to engine programs on the left and you will see the link for stage 2 3.8L SC for a good 430+hp
The shop pics are old...he has a brand new shop now.
Sorry to drag this old thread back up but just wanted to say...those are Supercoupes mang, big difference. A Turbocoupe has a 2.3T.