Rick and crew were able to tackle a quick repair job, without notice, before promised schedule and…read moreat a respectable price.

From the owner: Lake Precision Machine, Inc. (LPM), is a company dedicated to machining, sheet metal, welding,…read morefabrication and wet painting. The current operation was formed in October 2022 when Lake Precision Machine, a company with a 20 year history, acquired the assets and employees of West Manufacturing, a company with a 54 year history. Staff members are long term employees of the company with extensive knowledge in their respective fields. The manufacturing operations are located in a 12,000 sq ft facility in Hagerstown, Maryland, strategically located near the intersection of Routes 70 & 81. Customer base consists of Federal and Local Governments, Transportation Industry, Material Handling Industry, Medical, Aerospace, Microwave, & general job shop customers.

Greg is a great welder and fabricator, I hired him to replace the ball mount hitch on the front of…read moreour travel trailer after someone ran into it and absolutely destroyed it, he's very personable and was there exactly when he said he'd be there. The welding was top notch! Thank you greg!

Greg is fabulous to work with. He shows up on time, completely self-sufficient ready to rock 'n'…read moreroll with a great attitude. Top-notch speciality welding as well as standard metal work details. 100% recommend !

I brought a 289 that needed rebuilt. Machined and clean it. Gave me the short black back. Currently…read moreinstall and running flawlessly. I called back numerous times just for questions about the motor I was building. Always took time out of his day to answer my questions. Super knowledgeable. Will bring all my motors to ics!

ICS Automotive Machines in Pittsburgh is the machine shop that would be on the Andy Griffith Show…read morebecause they provide small-hometown service, reasonable prices and quality work. The work is only done by the two business owners. Engine was a BMW S54 from a 2004 M3. I called several shops and one told me that he would not touch my engine for $1 million dollars. Another was too busy and a third shop hung up on me. I choose ICS because Bob spent time discussing their work on the phone. I drove almost 2 hours to Pittsburgh and Bob explained their process for 30 minutes and showed me the blown head gasket that caused the low compression in the cylinders. I explained my budget to Bob. So, he called after he accessed the engine to provide the options and prices for the head, crank, and block but I was not sure about the valve job because of my budget. Therefore, Bob tested the head for leaks and called me back and told me that the head did not currently need a valve job. I decided not to do the valves but changed my mind within 24 hours because I was not sure how long the valve seats would last on a head with 186,000 miles. Bob reduced the price of the valve job by at least 25% from the quoted price. AFTER I RECEIVED THE ENGINE FROM ICS I told Bob that the piston rings from online retailers were expensive at $732 - $834. So, I ordered racing pistons with the rings from an online retailer for $823 and Bob told me that I would not be happy with pistons containing 2618 alloy. Therefore, I canceled the online order and Bob ordered the rings for me at only $107. The correct rings for the engine were sent but they did not meet the specs. So, he provided a refund and spent 90 minutes on Hastings's website searching for the correct piston rings. Bob asked his distributor about NPR rings after I told him that I found NPR rings in England. Unfortunately, I had to purchase the rings in Europe because NPR USA does not manufacture the rings. My bank is an hour and half drive from my location but the bank is close to ICS. So, Bob offered to deposit the check for the piston-rings refund at the bank on his drive home. Additionally, Bob spent over 2 hours on the phone, at least 2 hours attempting to find piston rings to save me money, and at least 1 - 2 hours replying to my emails for no charge. I also heard about an instance when Bob drove 45 minutes to help someone after they installed their engine. Bob determined that the issue was the newly rebuilt carburetor from a different company. So, he called a friend who is a carburetor expert who fixed the carburetor for free. ICS Automotive Machines in Pittsburgh does great and honest machine work at a fair price but I wanted to show that they care about others, will do their best to keep the cost within budget, and go out of their way to help others.

I have heard good things about Elite Speed and Performance through a few acquaintances and decided…read moreto check them out for to get another performance mod installed, which was a flex fuel with e85 tune. After meeting Landon and Mike and having a nice chit chat with them about mods I have already had done to the car, I made known that my goal was to make right at 700 rwhp. I expressed that my thoughts were that I should be able to with no problem after my previous engine internal upgrades, but I fell short and was about to hit 678 rwhp. So coming to them for a a flex fuel install and e85 tune I felt that would get me to my goal. They told me to hold off on wanting to get the flex fuel installed and they can get me to the 700 rwhp I wanted just on pump gas. They said just needed 3 days for tuning and for drivability and reliable testing. After those 3 days and boom! I was about to get me to 735 rwhp. Exceed my expectations. My current tune wasn't bad, but it needed a few tweaks for improvement and ESP was able to do that. Landon and Mike both know these LT engines and knows performance. I will be back to get my headers wrapped to help reduce some of the heat under the hood. And I still might get them to install a flex fuel sensor and tune for e85 to get some more horsepower. Can never get enough horsepower from what I'm told. Lol! Oh, and these guys helped improved my drivability as well. Since the bigger cam upgrade on my '17 Whippled Camaro SS, drivability has been a little "off" but not to an annoyance. ESP has also fixed that. Drives like stock, but when hitting it, it feels like a beast!

Do from the lack of expertise in tuning he has a guy from Texas doing it all over a computer which…read moredoesn't give him the opportunity to be Hands-On the tuner is actually good the shop is complete trash . I'm $7,000 in damages and owner mike will lie and scam to get his way.. BEWARE

They went out of their way to help me fix a part of the undercar shield that was falling. They were…read morevery helpful and showed incredible integrity.

I can say from my over 50 years of experience as a builder/ developer that this outfit is one of…read morethe finest I have worked with. Professional, timely , and cost effective. Not to mention Thanks for a great job