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Unread 07-25-2009, 10:07 AM   #1
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South florida shop that has full page adds in most vette mags charged the customer over $15k for a heads/cam/piston job on his like new 07 Z06......won't stand behind any of it.

These were sent to me by the customer....since he is in Miami he had HP Sales do the tear-down for inspection. It left the shop the first time w/11# oil pressure and he was told "it will get better when it breaks in"....second time they blew it up on the dyno, and this is what he got the third time. Sad.

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So it seems that the cylinder bore was not straight as it had 3 different measurements with the scope, the crank must have been bent as you can see all the heavy metal added to balance it and all the big dings in it, and the scoring visible on the crank and the bearings and bolt "thing" ( I am drawing a blank) anyways so you see the whole thing is useless now and the real kick of the whole thing is.....right after Roger takes apart my motor my lawyer goes through a mid life crises and calls me to tell me " He is not sure if he wants to be a lawyer any more" so now again I am screwed!


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Unread 07-25-2009, 10:13 AM   #2
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holy sh!t
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Unread 07-25-2009, 04:04 PM   #3
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Lawyers are a dime a dozen, I'd find one quick. The customer gave the builder several chances to make it right, that was professional. And these are the results
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Unread 07-25-2009, 05:45 PM   #4
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HOLY CRAP !!!!!!!! Chris about came out of his chair when I showed him this !!!

SO sad and ridiculous these shops keep getting business after all this kinda crap !!!
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Unread 07-25-2009, 06:51 PM   #5
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Ouch.... If I decide to get a built 427 for my C5Z, I would be SOOOO pissed to have something like this happen. But I seriously doubt whomever I would pick to do my engine would be in the same class.....
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Unread 07-25-2009, 08:56 PM   #6
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It gives the whole builder community a BLACK EYE
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Unread 07-26-2009, 01:50 AM   #7
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Well, that's why I put that Board of Inquiry forum on this site. For people to name names so everyone else will know to steer clear of them for future work. Until people start dragging them onto the carpet, they've really got no incentive to change their ways. Public peer pressure is the BEST way to get things like this resolved.
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Word of mouth advertising (or BAD advertising!) gets around the Corvette community REAL QUICK! I'm likely to pass up places with bad advertising should I need to have something done. Just make sure that you don't embelish the story when it gets put up on the forums, because once it's up there, not only is it info, but it's also evidence! Keep it truthful and keep it simple!
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Well, that's why I put that Board of Inquiry forum on this site. For people to name names so everyone else will know to steer clear of them for future work. Until people start dragging them onto the carpet, they've really got no incentive to change their ways. Public peer pressure is the BEST way to get things like this resolved.
amen rich!!!! i couldnt agree more....people have got to start putting names out there....we get people all the time come to us to fix others mistakes and while we would never throw names out there we believe its something that should be called out but we leave it up to the customer to do so.....more and more people are getting away with it and its getting old....i feel so bad for the customers and the tons of $$ they spend just to get screwed!
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I'll go this far....the customers name is James, and his email is: jmfam26@hotmail.com

Feel free to email him....he is a good guy that has made no progress trying to get the shop to make good. Maybe a little help from the corvette brotherhood would help.
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