chevguy65

So mitch,

let me see if I have your logic straight.

I am having a motor built right now by a Professional.
It will be here next week, and according to you, since I will be putting on the altenator, power steering pump etc, that I should tear the engine down and redo it to make sure what I paid good money and put my trust in a professional to do in the first place.

Hmmm, interesting theory but I doubt there are 5 people on the planet that pay someone to do a job and then tear it down to make sure it was done right.

fastbowtie

Mitch I forgot to mention Monday morning the Rod is being sent to Eagle to have it checked to see if it was defevtive .But when George Pils at SSRE
tells the owner of the motor and myself that the rod bolts were loose you tend to believe him .

mitchz

You buy a short block,what happens after you final assemble is your problem.
You buy a complete motor (which is normally dyno'd) it leaves with the reutation of the builder.Adding external parts like an ALT or a water pump really dont come into play much,unless of course you install a bad water pump and overheat the bitch.
Your inexperience burned yourself,and it happens as part of life dood.

slowman

mitchz,your so full of sh-t i can smell you from here. make your way out of dynoflo's colon and start breathing good air doood.

mitchz

your just an inexperienced noob.......

slowman

20 yrs building racing engines with countless records. ya your right i'm the dumb one. please forest go read somemore hotrod mags.

fastbowtie

Now Slowman cut Mitch a little slack If he feels that everyone that purchases a shortblock or an undynoed motor is responcible for making sure that the builder did it correctly thats his oppinion.
Even though when any of us that spend a large sum of our hard earned money we have certian expectations that what we recieve would be assembled correctly.
But Mitch you should reread the entire post and look at the pics it would answer A lot of things you were wondering about .

bjuice

Sorry Mitchz..your dead wrong on this one !

..your comments were WAY off base Mitchz..

I Agree with you that its good policy to check and re-check,,But as fast bowtie said the responsibility of the torqing the entire short block lies with the orginal builder that got paid for the job..it should have been done right the 1st time..

You do realize that this shortblock was purchased as a turnkey FINISHED product ?

let me ask you a question..Please answer honestly for me..OK ?.

lets say you called up Scott Shafiorff Racing Engines in New York and order one of their COMPLETE 565 shortblocks..to where all you had to do was bolt up your oil pump (which doesn't require the removal of a main cap or rod journal bolts) and your oil pan, heads ,intake,etc........lets say you bolted on all the stuff you were suppose to..then started the motor and all the bolts vibrated out of the bottom of the rods and killed the motor

WHO WOULD THE RESPONSIBILITY REST WITH.....(Please Be truthful) do not tell me what you would have done,,,please respond to the scenerio as it was laid before you...Cause this is not about Monday morning QTR backing..its about dealing with a certain situation as it HAPPENED..

thanks brian

etbird

Mitch I don't wish to judge, but did you forget to take your medication?

lively

MITCH---YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDINS US HERE!!!!!!!!- :idea: --I DEAL IN JOBS THAT COST ANYWHERE FROM 5000.00---150,000 DOLLARS---I MAKE A 10.00 MISTAKE AND AM 100% RESPONSIBLE/COULD HURT SOMEBODY BADLY/AND RUIN MY BUSINESS---I BUILD HOUSES AND BUILDINGS---IT IS STILL MY PROBLEM TO KEEP THINGS RIGHT AND DOUBLE CHECK ALL MY SUBS WORK/NOT THE ONE I AM WORKING FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!----GET A LIFE -YOU ARE IN THE WRONG SPOT FOR A KNOW-IT-ALL ATTITUDE!!!!! :cry: :cry: I ALSO HAVE BEEN BUILDING CARS AND TRUCKS FOR OVER 30 YEARS IN CASE YOU THINK I AM WET BEHIND THE EARS 8) 8) 8)