I decided to take my ticking motor to this local machine shop to get it torn down and inspected for $100 to see what went wrong, what parts broke. They told me it would take a couple of weeks since they are backed up, I was fine with it and waited about 3 weeks in till I finally decided to call them (that was 2 days ago) to get an update to see if they have even touched it, well they decided to go ahead and rebuild the motor without even consulting me on what parts I wanted or what went wrong, they told me it was the pistons, it looked like I ran into some detonation. In my mind I was thinking why did they go ahead and rebuild without even telling me what went wrong, I was about to go off on them on the phone but I did also wanted it rebuilt so I let it go, (big mistake I know)
I asked them what parts did they change out and told me well the pistons, rings, wrist pins, and all the timing components, I asked what pistons, and they told me Icon forged aluminum ones, (I've never heard of Icon for our motors) and asked them what rings and he went with some molly coated rings, I told them those would be no good with my application, since I'm F/I, I told them I wanted them changed out for the total seal steel ones, he said that is fine but he is going to have to tear it down again since the short block is already built and order them, I said okay. After I got off the phone I started searching for these Icon pistons, I found this http://www.summitracing.com/search/...rd-modular-v8/piston-material/forged-aluminum
I've never heard of anyone running these pistons, and I don't really trust these guys anymore with my motor after just going ahead and rebuilding without telling me what went wrong. After talking with a friend that works with a different shop, he told me thats a huge No No, they obviously aren't allowed to go ahead and rebuild without authorization, I'm not sure if there was some miscommunication or this shop is trying to pull a fast one on me, He told me I should go there in person, be aggressive with them get my motor back with all the stock parts and send it some where else. If they start bitching, he told me to go ahead and call the B.A.R since I never actually gave these guys authorization for a rebuild, especially no documentation, all they have from me that I wrote down is my contact information and what car/engine and vin. He told me they pretty much ****ed up big and I don't owe them shit.
This is the last thing I needed, I'm going to show up there randomly tomorrow while they are open and ask to see my motor and all the parts, they can keep all the aftermarket parts they put in that I didn't want in the first place, I'll pay the $100 for the disassembly and inspection but I won't pay for anything else because we never actually agreed upon the rebuild. Now I need to find a different shop.
Why can't anything ever go smoothly?
I asked them what parts did they change out and told me well the pistons, rings, wrist pins, and all the timing components, I asked what pistons, and they told me Icon forged aluminum ones, (I've never heard of Icon for our motors) and asked them what rings and he went with some molly coated rings, I told them those would be no good with my application, since I'm F/I, I told them I wanted them changed out for the total seal steel ones, he said that is fine but he is going to have to tear it down again since the short block is already built and order them, I said okay. After I got off the phone I started searching for these Icon pistons, I found this http://www.summitracing.com/search/...rd-modular-v8/piston-material/forged-aluminum
I've never heard of anyone running these pistons, and I don't really trust these guys anymore with my motor after just going ahead and rebuilding without telling me what went wrong. After talking with a friend that works with a different shop, he told me thats a huge No No, they obviously aren't allowed to go ahead and rebuild without authorization, I'm not sure if there was some miscommunication or this shop is trying to pull a fast one on me, He told me I should go there in person, be aggressive with them get my motor back with all the stock parts and send it some where else. If they start bitching, he told me to go ahead and call the B.A.R since I never actually gave these guys authorization for a rebuild, especially no documentation, all they have from me that I wrote down is my contact information and what car/engine and vin. He told me they pretty much ****ed up big and I don't owe them shit.
This is the last thing I needed, I'm going to show up there randomly tomorrow while they are open and ask to see my motor and all the parts, they can keep all the aftermarket parts they put in that I didn't want in the first place, I'll pay the $100 for the disassembly and inspection but I won't pay for anything else because we never actually agreed upon the rebuild. Now I need to find a different shop.
Why can't anything ever go smoothly?