Here are 2 cases of mine.
I am fortunate to have had 2 NHRA/IHRA pros not far from me. Contrary to what most might think, just because they are famous does not make their prices out of touch for the common man. So, one of my engines was done by one of them.
When it came to the transmission I spent about a year researching and found no one locally (or within 200 miles) that I felt had the knowledge to build what I required or that I could trust. So, I was going to deal with a shop that was about 450 miles away until I talked with another well known shop that was about 2000 miles away. I went with the shop that was about 2000 miles away.
So, I found 1 shop within 25 miles of me in one case and another about 2000 miles away in the other all based on doing my homework regardless of location. The end result is that that drivetrain has been going strong, problem free and running high 10's, low 11's since 2010.
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