Well I just got off the Phone with Al Papitto in FL. Only to find out the my 4.6L "Built" shortblock is garbage. I went to Livernois Friday to pickup my shortblock (the same shortblock that they told me would only take a week to build and ended up taking over 2 months). I loaded it up and took it to Bowling Green, KY. for the last NMRA event. Al was there racing, so I was going to meet him there so he could take it back to FL and double check Livernois' work since I heard WAAAAAAAAY too many bad things about them (after they had my motor, of course).
Well Al took the plastic bags off the motor and said "He has never seen ANYTHING like this before" The engine block is still filthy, Livernois' idea off "de-burring" the block, which they say is what they do on all of the Race motors they build, consisted of reaming out the oil returns on the deck of the block with a die-grinder and then never decking the block, leaving a razor sharp edge sticking up higher then the deck surface. The area around the main caps have all kinds of crud/crap still there. My crankshaft never recieved the work that Livernois said would be done(but yet still charged me for it).
All this before the motor was even tore apart. I'm sure theres plenty more to come. But I want a full list before I start making calls to Livernois and my Lawyer. Oh and by the way, the same shit that Livernois charged me $1300.00 for and didnt do. Al does the same thing that Livernois was supposed to do for $750.00. I would have loved to know that sooner.
Pictures to come........
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Well Al took the plastic bags off the motor and said "He has never seen ANYTHING like this before" The engine block is still filthy, Livernois' idea off "de-burring" the block, which they say is what they do on all of the Race motors they build, consisted of reaming out the oil returns on the deck of the block with a die-grinder and then never decking the block, leaving a razor sharp edge sticking up higher then the deck surface. The area around the main caps have all kinds of crud/crap still there. My crankshaft never recieved the work that Livernois said would be done(but yet still charged me for it).
All this before the motor was even tore apart. I'm sure theres plenty more to come. But I want a full list before I start making calls to Livernois and my Lawyer. Oh and by the way, the same shit that Livernois charged me $1300.00 for and didnt do. Al does the same thing that Livernois was supposed to do for $750.00. I would have loved to know that sooner.
Pictures to come........
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