This is my Livernois Motorsports tour. I’m sure you have read alot about them. They have alot of experience and knowledge. They don’t only work on Ford Mustangs. They also work on GM, Pontiac and Chrysler Muscle Cars. Fortunately for me the shop was filled with the Pony Cars we love.

I want to thank Rick Leblanc for this tour. He was very helpful and informative. He is their marketing man.

I’ll start out with the Main Shop. Livernois Motorsports Techs are very diversified. As I mentioned, Mustangs aren’t the only hot rods they work on. (But hopefully it’s a Mustang you’re thinking of taking to them) As you will see in the photos they have alot of space here. Livernois keeps pretty busy with customer cars. I saw two myself from Ontario, Canada. Their shop car is a Ronaele!! Unfortunately it was out on a cruise so I didn’t get to see it. Maybe next time.

Some of the most common installs done are Magna and Whipple Charger supercharges. These make the new Mustang scream. And are a quick and affordable upgrade. They do just about any bolt-on or add-on parts you would want on your Mustang. (or chevy, chrysler, or pontiac if you haven’t bought your mustang yet)

The shop has two Dynos. One Mustang Dyno and one mobile Dyno Jet. Most favor the Dyno Jet because of the higher numbers they produce. The Mustang Dyno puts more of a load on your car. They use this dyno more for the Turbo-cars they build and tune.

Tuning time is around $120 an hour. But if you are or have upgraded your pony (or other hot rod) you need a proper tune. When I get my car tuned I will be adding that to the site to give you a more in depth look at Dyno tunes.

Some of the things they specialize in:

- Small Block Ford Cylinder Heads

- PI adaptor kits

- In house Valve Covers and misc. parts

- Chevy intake, cam, and head packages

- 2,3,and 4 vavle Modular Motors/cylinder heads

- Dyno Tuning

Livernois also has an in-house engine building shop, and engine dyno.

The area for the cylinder head assembly (for the in-house heads) is a small assembly line. Each person installs a part on the cylinder head to allow faster assemlby time. This area as well as the engine building area is very very clean. So far the cleanest of the Engine Assembly areas I’ve seen.

To help out with the engine building they also have their own machine shop. They have a 5-axis CNC machine for the headwork they do. The can do porting, deck cutting, line boring, custom made brackets, and other misc. things in this fantastic Machine Shop. It consists of many CNC machines for this purpose.

Some of Livernois in-house parts include cylinder heads, pulleys, valve covers, and brackets.

I spoke with Mike Schropp. He is an Engine Builder/Supervisor. He also helps in the development in the 4.6 performance design. He has some prior history in racing. And now has been with Livernois for around 5 years. He takes pride in his work. With the set-up he has, he can put out 4 to 5 engines a month now. He works 6 days a week. And is kept very busy.

Thanks Mike for taking a few minutes out of your time to answer some questions.

Check out some of the photos and how clean this shop is. Put your cursor on a photo for a brief description.

Another cool area at Livernois Motorsports I saw was the Engine Dyno. This is used for new engines they build. Or for testing engine packages they design to find out the results. This helps for all kind of Research and Development.

Ok, here we have the retail department. If you need some performance parts for your hot rod, these guys can help. These guys are known as Detroit Speed Shops. You can pick up just about any parts you need. Valve covers, rocker arms, cylinder heads, ring and pinion gears, transmissions, engines… the list just goes on.

Some of the guys who can help you with your purchase are Bob Palma, Andy Ricketts, and Dave Ameduri. Ask for any of them
and they will gladly help you out.

Livernois Motorsports combined with another company a few years ago that specialized in GM cars. They’ve since then became one company and took over the GM department all together so-to-speak. So if for some unfortunate reason you have a GM and not a FORD Mustang, they can help you very easily also.

Check out the rest of the photos. Again, put your cursor on the photo for a brief description. Hope you enjoy these tours as much as I do.

Livernois Motorsports and Detroit Speedshops
2500 South Gulley

Dearborn Heights,MI 48125

313-561-5500

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