Fuuuuuck man. Hope your builder makes it right.

Holy shit. How does a person not notice that they don't fit that way? Sorry dude but at least now you know what went wrong and to stay clear of that shop. Go over and double check everything they touched. Damn.

Go ahead and tell us who did the original work too so no one else gets got. It’ll also allow them to clear their name if they end up making it right.

This is seriously baffling reputable shop installs bearings wrong, They absolutely owe you a long block, I'm not sure I'd trust any of the build after this. Sorry to hear man!

Doubleot said:

This is seriously baffling reputable shop installs bearings wrong, They absolutely owe you a long block, I'm not sure I'd trust any of the build after this. Sorry to hear man!

Click to expand...

Yeah, agreed. Hard to trust any part of the long block after this mess up.

As much as I was convincing myself to let a local shop I’m pretty sure is well qualified to build my motor, this type of stuff makes me want to do it myself. Even if it’s my first build I’m very meticulous and have all of you to field questions and pics off of right? Crap..
Sorry this happened bro! Drop back and punt right? Going to let them make it right or get reimbursed somehow and attempt it yourself?

Not sure what the plan is yet.

-Need the entire short block disassembled / cleaned and reassembled with all new gaskets / seals etc, new crank, probably a new block.
-Need the head disassembled / cleaned etc.
-Need the turbo rebuilt
-Probably get a new oil pump and gears.

Lot of wasted money and time. Not even including the rear bumper damage from being pushed by a police car, the tow truck damaged the rear carbon muffler as well as my brand new powder coated crossmember bar from bullfab. List goes on!

ouuuuuuu that rear bumper damage hurts almost as much as the motor if not more

Terrible. Builder better make it right.

f***, that sucks to see. Crazy how that one mistake had such a domino effect.

bettfootball said:

Not sure what the plan is yet.

-Need the entire short block disassembled / cleaned and reassembled with all new gaskets / seals etc, new crank, probably a new block.
-Need the head disassembled / cleaned etc.
-Need the turbo rebuilt
-Probably get a new oil pump and gears.

Lot of wasted money and time. Not even including the rear bumper damage from being pushed by a police car, the tow truck damaged the rear carbon muffler as well as my brand new powder coated crossmember bar from bullfab. List goes on!

Click to expand...

OMFG! I can’t even express how upset I am for you. I’m so sorry man.

Again, not trying to call anyone out or drag anyone’s name down…but I may be getting an engine built eventually and would love to know who to avoid.

bettfootball said:

Not sure what the plan is yet.

-Need the entire short block disassembled / cleaned and reassembled with all new gaskets / seals etc, new crank, probably a new block.
-Need the head disassembled / cleaned etc.
-Need the turbo rebuilt
-Probably get a new oil pump and gears.

Lot of wasted money and time. Not even including the rear bumper damage from being pushed by a police car, the tow truck damaged the rear carbon muffler as well as my brand new powder coated crossmember bar from bullfab. List goes on!

Click to expand...

Im sorry man, this is such a great build. I just finished it from the beginning, and was really hoping for a happy ending.

Has the builder said anything? I dont think id trust them, but they are definitely on the hook for something.

On pins and needles waiting for an update. Where’s the builder on this? Are they making it right?

I hope they know it was for (possibly) the nicest eclipse in the world and that the whole community is watching. Might give them an extra little kick in the ass to make it right.

Got locked out of my account for a while (thanks a lot monthly password change) and was dying to know what happened with this one. What a bummer to come back to.

Update:

Weeks of "I'm sending you an engine."

No spec sheet, no build list. Nothing. Have no idea what he is supposedly even giving me.

Apparently he is driving a long block from Wyoming to Minneapolis this week since he couldn't figure out how to ship it.

Unreal, dude. Absolutely unreal.

CrackedDSM said:

Unreal, dude. Absolutely unreal.

Click to expand...

I agree. If that engine ever shows up I wouldn't run it without going over it completely anyway. Dude is unable to figure out shipping also. Unbelievable.

If he does bring the motor, better tear that thing down and go over every inch of it.

gsxitement said:

If he does bring the motor, better remember assault carries a heavy sentence.

Click to expand...

Fixed. Resist the temptation.


Although if he's on your property I'm sure a "I was defending myself" argument could be made.

Home address? Just saying I could tell you a couple stories of good examples of why not to fu&k with a drywall hanger’s money, let alone car. That was 20+ years ago though…

Off to B&M performance to get fixed up. They will go through the longblock etc. Not sure if I will have them get it 100% installed or just R&R the engine etc and I'll take it from there.

TBD, but they will at least get the longblock dialed in 100%.

Untitled by bradydings, on Flickr

Untitled by bradydings, on Flickr

Good Luck with it!!

Let me know when the part out is!!