[28tbsfan]

He was doing all the bench work himself. The crankshaft failed and that took 5 months to find someone to fix it his liking. Again, he blames the power company for his dyno failure, oil companies for blowing engines, ect. The goal was to up HP close to 300HP total.

From what I’ve heard from others on this board, this guy was once a really good mechanic but I think he’s close to 80 years old now and I’m not sure what’s reality or not Anymore. What is even worse, is he had another car in the shop for a similar timeframe to mine, who I believe the owner wasn’t as patient as me. He said the car lasted 10 miles before blowing. I just think he doesn’t have the answers anymore or is doing something wrong That these problems keep happening to him specifically.







QUOTE=shoooo32;12366134]For a standard 3.2 rebuild, I'm surprised any established shop would take longer than six months once they took delivery of the car. But there's a difference between rebuilds and restoration. If you want every detail re-plated, coated, vapor blasted, etc, that adds lead time. Any upgrades like ITBs and standalone engine management take time as well. Even so, a year seems excessive; two is usually negligence or worse.

Sounds like $12k payment down, the balance on delivery? If the car is close to being finished, a good shop would want to finish the work and get paid. If they're making excuses at this stage, I'd want to put hands on the car and make sure it's really this close to completion.

Also, is this a stock (or basic bolt-ons) rebuild or is there more to it? What work was agreed upon? Do you have a signed estimate? Most shops aren't doing dyno work for stockish 3.2 motronic rebuilds so I feel like there's more to the story.

I'm localish to Chicago and probably know the shop. If you won't post it, feel free to PM.[/QUOTE]