On this episode of Rottler Featured Series we head out to Phoenix, Arizona to see Robert Tanquery and his shop, RNR Custom Engines.

RNR is a custom engine machine shop that rebuilds everything from Cummins diesels to Chevy LS engines, as well as all manners of classics like Pontiacs, AMCs, and even the rare Mercedes gullwing.

Their extensive tooling and machine line-up allows them to take on engine rebuilds that no one else can, which Tanquery says is a blessing and a curse (the good kind).

Talking about his suite of Rottler equipment in his shop – an F69ATC (now the EM69ATC), the H85AX hone, SG9 seat & guide machine, and an S86A surfacer, he admits to being “flabbergasted” at how much business they bring.

Even vintage car collector and racer, Craig Jackson, brings his cars to RNR. That includes the 1967 Mustang that used to be Caroll Shelby’s daily driver, Tanquery told us.

“Having these Rottlers on the floor gave us quadruple the work,” he said. “Once word got out, people were bringing us everything. We couldn’t do it without (Rottler).”

For us here at Rottler, we couldn’t be more pleased to be part of RNR Custom Engine’s success. Check out the video!

For this episode of Rottler Featured Series, we’re in Springfield, Illinois at Capital City Machine Shop, owned by legendary funny car racer Tim Wilkerson.

Growing up in the 1970’s, Tim loved things fast and loud, and racing became his passion. Not being made of money, he originally started his shop so he could do his own engine work. Eventually though, the hobby became a job and in 1999 he opened Capital City Machine.

These days Capital City is the premier machine shop general automotive, farm & agriculture, marine and performance engine work, drawing business from the entire region between Chicago and St Louis. He’s also still running his nitro funny car team, Tim Wilkerson Racing.

Being a leading engine shop, naturally Capital City Machine is also a great Rottler Manufacturing partner, and has a suite of our equipment helping him work his magic for his customers. Talking to shop manager Jeff Jacobs, we learned that his “team” includes himself and four Rottler machines: an H85AX CNC hone, an SG series seat & guide machine, an EM69 5-axis CNC engine machining center, and an F series multi-purpose CNC machine.

Jacob’s favorite part of his team? Rottler’s “set it and forget it” automation lets him set a job up and walk away. He and his “team” can be doing the work of five guys and he knows they’ll all deliver the precision work Capital City’s customers and Wilkerson’s racing team demand.

Check out the video, and make sure to give Capital City’s website a visit!

For our 10th episode in the Rottler Featured Series we went to Stone Park, Illinois to see how father and son team Andy and Andrew Frontzak of Engine Rebuilders and Supply are using Rottler machines to help rebuild classic and muscle cars to better than new.

Their shop opened in 1973 and they got their first piece of Rottler equipment—one of our classic green machine boring bars—back in 1983.

Since then they’ve acquired several Rottler machines, including our state-of-the-art H80 series fully automatic hone which Andrew credits for letting a small shop like his do what only bigger shops used to be able to do.

“The Rottler Hone lets us make the most power possible unattended. We just set it up and it does the rest.”

Check out the video!