Good shops in the Nw.

Rotary Evolution · 10-21-2013, 11:07 AM

if they're advertising their rebuilds as built with new housings and they are not, let them worry about that, lawsuits will ensue if they are. i find it strange that i have never once heard anyone mention this, because it's rather obvious if an engine has new housings or not even without cracking it open.

you can ignore the other thread if you wish but it's just making things look worse for you. a rebuilt engine also should give an average compression figure and tow starting should not be the first resort. i saw your posts on the other forum, but you couldn't answer the phone or call the customer back? of course you can claim it wasn't you, but anyone with an ounce of common sense could tell it was.

everyone has to deal with constructive criticism at some point but owning up to mistakes determines whether you will succeed or fail. by the way, i have never built an engine and let it leave the shop that produced virtually zero compression on ANY rotor. if your procedures are exactly the same as every other shop, yet theirs start with little difficulty, perhaps you need to rethink your claim.

what i suggest is refining your build procedures and put them to actual real world testing before selling them. i include a 3 page nearly 100 step installation manual with any engine i sell, to be sure the installers are at least attempting to do the job correctly. claiming wanting to help the community with affordable rebuilds so far hasn't really seemed to live up to that, my rebuilds have ranged in price from $1200-1600 over the years and not one customer has ever been left feeling like they did not get their money's worth... well maybe one, who happened to overheat his engine after he installed it and wasn't monitoring water temps and tried to get me to pay for shipping both ways even though i covered the reseal for FREE(even though my warranty coverage specifically sais it does not cover overheating due to negligence).

back when RX7 store was selling engines i received one from them for a customer to install, the oil pump gear was about to fall off the pump and this was a $3600 "race" engine with used housings and a street port on it. i had to argue with jason to actually allow me to disassemble the front of the engine to fix the problem, he was adamate that it was "normal", when i removed the front cover guess what? the retaining nut was loose and barely holding the lock washer to the gear/pump. since then have i ever recommended them for a rebuild that i could not get to first? no. even though i am a rebuilder i do refer work all over the country.

if you dive in feet first without checking the water, you might just wind up with broken legs.

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Rotary Evolution rotaryevolution.net Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 248 Rep Power: 15	if they're advertising their rebuilds as built with new housings and they are not, let them worry about that, lawsuits will ensue if they are. i find it strange that i have never once heard anyone mention this, because it's rather obvious if an engine has new housings or not even without cracking it open. you can ignore the other thread if you wish but it's just making things look worse for you. a rebuilt engine also should give an average compression figure and tow starting should not be the first resort. i saw your posts on the other forum, but you couldn't answer the phone or call the customer back? of course you can claim it wasn't you, but anyone with an ounce of common sense could tell it was. everyone has to deal with constructive criticism at some point but owning up to mistakes determines whether you will succeed or fail. by the way, i have never built an engine and let it leave the shop that produced virtually zero compression on ANY rotor. if your procedures are exactly the same as every other shop, yet theirs start with little difficulty, perhaps you need to rethink your claim. what i suggest is refining your build procedures and put them to actual real world testing before selling them. i include a 3 page nearly 100 step installation manual with any engine i sell, to be sure the installers are at least attempting to do the job correctly. claiming wanting to help the community with affordable rebuilds so far hasn't really seemed to live up to that, my rebuilds have ranged in price from $1200-1600 over the years and not one customer has ever been left feeling like they did not get their money's worth... well maybe one, who happened to overheat his engine after he installed it and wasn't monitoring water temps and tried to get me to pay for shipping both ways even though i covered the reseal for FREE(even though my warranty coverage specifically sais it does not cover overheating due to negligence). back when RX7 store was selling engines i received one from them for a customer to install, the oil pump gear was about to fall off the pump and this was a $3600 "race" engine with used housings and a street port on it. i had to argue with jason to actually allow me to disassemble the front of the engine to fix the problem, he was adamate that it was "normal", when i removed the front cover guess what? the retaining nut was loose and barely holding the lock washer to the gear/pump. since then have i ever recommended them for a rebuild that i could not get to first? no. even though i am a rebuilder i do refer work all over the country. if you dive in feet first without checking the water, you might just wind up with broken legs. __________________ http://rotaryevolution.net Last edited by Rotary Evolution; 10-21-2013 at 11:38 AM.