Honestly you sound reasonable.
I will say that with your 300HP expectations - 6 months (like has been mentioned) is simply not a timeline that I would have agreed to... But that is moot as you have exceeded that anyway. My professional opinion is that a custom Porsche engine build is nearly 12 months + & $35,000. I do a healthy number of them with that timeline.
So stay the course, stay a team player, help him / dont hinder him. You do NOT know 100% what he is going through, either professionally or personally.
I often see road-rage, and think to myself that I dont know what that person is going through - and what may have triggered them. And with that said you dont completely know what may have triggered the result so far with your build. Again though, you think you could have gone somewhere else, but the results could have been similar elsewhere. Work with the cards dealt to you my man.
Now for the oil. He is right. I deal with bore scoring on Porsche, BMW, Benz etc. every week. Not once a week, but many days (seeing 5000 cars a year). BMW now insists that you use their exclusive "twin power" (look it up) oil or they wont honor engine failures. When the latest Mobil 1 is used incorrectly in an AMG Benz, we often end up with a $90,000 new AMG engine invoice. Porsche? Look at the bore scoring clamor. It is for real. These peeps above who claim oil failure is BS are 100% incorrect. We use additives for oil changes now. And use boutique oils (Redline, Brad Penn, Motul, Rotella T) in specialty applications exclusively. If he is seeing bearing failures & such he can competently claim oil faults (and user error too).
Its not rocket science though... Todays oils have to be implemented incorrectly to cause the failure. You dont just pour it in & fail. It takes a little effort from the non-mechanical to make that so.
Anyhow. I hope I have helped. So many people just talk smack. I want to help.
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Originally Posted by 28tbsfan
I appreciate the advice. We spoke and I have a 30 day window to make progress. The problem is he seems to be blaming engine issues on the quality of oil and his dyno, which has been down for 3+ months isn’t getting fixed to finish the job. Another owner w a similar rebuild just had his vehicle fail after 10 miles on the new engine. In talking with him, he doesn’t seem to have an answer other than blaming oil companies. I don’t think that changes in 30 days. Are your vehicles blowing up after rebuilds consistently, as he claims are happening?
In your opinion, is 19months not excessive for a rebuild?
I feel like I’ve been extremely patient, and I think that’s why I’m being taken advantage of. I have zero confidence this guy can either complete or trust this rebuild won’t blow out shortly after. I’m a business owner myself so I understand both sides of the aisle. IMO I’d be out of business if this is how I treated my customers. There are plenty of shops that I could have chosen to do this job. I gave him the opportunity because of his reputation and small business background. If his shop goes away, it’s no ones fault but his own….
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