Matteo,
Sorry to hear about all the trouble you have had to go through with this. I have only had dealings with Timmins once and was not happy.

I haven't heard one good thing about his work why is this coming out now! If this had come up back then it would have saved Teo a lot of heartache, just a question?

http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/911-forum/204596-new-porsche-finally-here.html

Post #1, point 2. That was my dealings with him.
He did email me a month or so later and offer to sell me the same car at a higher price.

It just doesn't get any better when this characters name comes up does it?

You send him a car for a PPI and he buys it out from under you. :rolleyes:

I think that his name should enter the Porsche lexicon as a verb. Usage: "bend over, you're about to be timminsed".

absolutely PERFECT there Jim !!! LOL LOL LOL
Bob

Can't wait until it's fixed again, we had a ball last year around Brands hatch GP circuit in the wet! Nearly died, but great fun :)

And with that post, Mr Navarro has just moved to the top of everyone who reads this thread's list for P&C work.

Even though he isn't at fault, he's in there trying to make it right. To me, that is the mark of somebody with the right attitude, and those are the people I want to do business with.

+1,000,000

Charles @ LN Engineering is the finest kind... always willing to help you out OR he will get back to you if he can't speak specifically about something... he'll check it out!!
Thanks for helping out Charles!!
Bob

Buying new pistons and cylinders = about $5500, gasket set = about $450, doing business with someone that appreciates your business = PRICELESS!

I hate to appear to be a damp squib with all the "righteous brother" posts you're getting but have you given any thought to doing something about your driving?

????? 7 posts? well veiled humor, one hopes....

Where you coming from? You a friend of Timmins?

Odd question? What does his driving have to do with this? The "righteous brother" comment? Have you taken a moment and read the entire thread? When one takes the time to share in detail his expereince of a build such as this, many apppreciate it and will show support.

A bit of a ditto on the response to the righteous brother comment. I think Matteo understands that he is not entitled to full replacement of his engine, especially considering that he did track the car. What he and others are upset about is some poor decisions made by Timmins around the use of a welded crankcase and potentially other choices that negatively affected the engine....and then very little willingness to 'fess up and shoulder some of the cost of the poor decisions.

Mike, no problem with your comment. Phil, always fair to challenge, but in this case it comes across as being a bit of a dickhead when I suspect you actually had a legitimate question albeit buried in some poor choices of language.

Dennis

I think Mike was quoting Phil Blacklock's message above...

To be clear, I was agreeing with Mike and being critical of Phil's "righteous" comment...sorry for not being clear enough....

Dennis

To offer an aside from Matteo's inexplicably calm and composed demeanor,

Phil: WTF is wrong with Matteo's driving? What makes you think someone who spends about 2 years and ungodly sums of money on a sports purpose car that is designed and built from the ground up to suit his tastes and driving skill is a jackass behind the wheel?

If this was a 997 GT3RS or hot rodded GT2 I could understand a pocketbook jockey biting off more than they could chew due to their income to talent ratio - but its not.

Matteo knows the car inside and out, has obsessed about EVERY last bolt and nut and its designated purpose then put the tool (911) to use and found a weak link let go due to poor craftsmenship and inaccurate representation of presented goods (motor).

I think not that his driving had anything to do with this so much as he was expecting the package which he commissioned to be built to live up to its designed task but it let him down. Hence failure on the track - if it's gonna break under normal use, it'll break quickly on the track every time.

Guys don't go build an aircooled hot rod like this if they can't drive them - ask me - I know. Just like anything this was a project designed by someone with the mature funding to have the 'experts' build it because he was busy living his life and could get it done quicker than if he had been turning wrenches himself. Zuffenhaus is a top shelf shop and they'll be doing work on my car next month - that in and of itself speaks volumes as to the level of quality he was expecting from Timmins. Hindsight is 20/20 but Matteo isn't the kind of guy that dropped the car off with a picture of what he wanted saying "make it happen". He was involved to a fault, understanding, patient and kind to a fault for that matter.

Matteo is a lot like myself in the area that he's willing to give a shop/vendor a chance to help them out (Timmins) by allowing them to take part in these projects, even though there might be minor or even somewhat unforeseeable substantial issues, as long as the end product is delivered as promised which he thought it was (Excellence review, shipping it to UK etc). He knew the risks and admitted to them and isn't seeking to be made whole.

He gives them a chance instead of taken the beaten path all the time, like was done before the massive availability and endless connections that the internet now offers.

Not everyone is a Schumi behind the wheel of our projects, but don't think for an instant that just because we didn't turn wrenches on them that we don't think clearly before we commit to our actions on the road or track. Matteo wouldn't have pushed the motor clearly if he had known the exact condition of its case and internal issues - he would have made sure it was all 100% good-to-go prior to putting it through its paces. Why would he you might ask? Because the very LAST thing people who commit and endure these massive projects is to get behind the wheel only to have something go wrong and will do everything it takes to get it right so long as the issues are known up front.

So in my humble opinion - an apology is required for your ignorant and blatantly asinine comment.

Dennis,
I was quoting Phil's original comment and was responding to that. Sorry for the confusing, I went back and "wrapped" the quote to be clear, so I hope the D-head comment wasn't attended toward me. ;)

Reaper930...+1 well stated!

I have asked myself that very question several times. Have I neglected the engine? Maybe I didn't understand properly how to check the oil level...

You see when it happened I never thought of blaming the engine builder. I was at the race track, I was certainly not cruising...

Massa's engine gave up 3 laps from the end of the race, Ferrari spend a little bit more on making sure everything is perfect in their engine than me... stuff happens.

When you take your car to the track you have to accept that. I may be able to drive the car home. Someone may spin in front of me or miss a brake zone or whatever. You need to be prepared to write the whole car off.

As I said I don;t know what caused the engine to spin the bearing.

I just recapped what happened in the last 16 months.

You draw your own conclusions.