• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

Another horrible build gone wrong:

XtremeZ07 said:
This is true!!!! I got my baby back and running strong!!! Thank you all who helped me by listening and or giving advice. I appreciate it all. I want to give a special thanks to the guys at RevXtreme!!! I have to tell you all....They helped me in every way with this, from diagnosing the parts to listening to me cry about it for the past 8 months....and they did it all for FREE!!!!! They did this because they are amazingly excellent and professional people that realize it is not only about money but people come first. Thank you RevXtreme!!!
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I am so glad your car came out ALIVE in the end !

The good thing is a good lesson was learned ,the bad thing is it was expensive :(

Enjoy your new car :)
 
MRS. XTREME said:
I am so glad your car came out ALIVE in the end !

The good thing is a good lesson was learned ,the bad thing is it was expensive :(

Enjoy your new car :)
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looks like this new motor is kinda sorta SICK ! and not in a good way. this forged stroked beast is making stock H.P. #'s. this james posted on digital corvettes. the motor was built in pompano bch buy a well none shop. is it the builders or is it ummm, JAMES ?


TODA
 
I feel your pain. I got totally hosed on some engine work on my 65', and Corvettes West, out of Sarasota, has completely blown me off. Tommy has never even acknowedged any type of a problem. Among all the things they did wrong, when the roller lifters were installed, they never installed any locking bars on them, so of course they spun in place and completely destroyed both the camshaft and the lifters themselves. Rollers don't operate very well when they 90 degrees to the cam lobe....:eek: Pushrods were too long allowing them to go right past the rollers on the rocker arms and bash into the underside of the rocker arm itself. I posted all the pix in my thread, "motor work gone south".

And he was supposed to be a friend....:banghead:
 
Formula Outlaw said:
I feel your pain. I got totally hosed on some engine work on my 65', and Corvettes West, out of Sarasota, has completely blown me off. Tommy has never even acknowedged any type of a problem. Among all the things they did wrong, when the roller lifters were installed, they never installed any locking bars on them, so of course they spun in place and completely destroyed both the camshaft and the lifters themselves. Rollers don't operate very well when they 90 degrees to the cam lobe....:eek: Pushrods were too long allowing them to go right past the rollers on the rocker arms and bash into the underside of the rocker arm itself. I posted all the pix in my thread, "motor work gone south".

And he was supposed to be a friend....:banghead:
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From your signature:
65' - originally L76 - now full roller motor - est. 128 rear wheel horsepower- 4.11 Posi - original parts mothballed / 1,657 coats of wax, AND the clock works...
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Yeah, If I were only getting 128 horsepower, I'd be REAL pissed as well....
 
Formula Outlaw said:
I feel your pain. I got totally hosed on some engine work on my 65', and Corvettes West, out of Sarasota, has completely blown me off. Tommy has never even acknowedged any type of a problem. Among all the things they did wrong, when the roller lifters were installed, they never installed any locking bars on them, so of course they spun in place and completely destroyed both the camshaft and the lifters themselves. Rollers don't operate very well when they 90 degrees to the cam lobe....:eek: Pushrods were too long allowing them to go right past the rollers on the rocker arms and bash into the underside of the rocker arm itself. I posted all the pix in my thread, "motor work gone south".

And he was supposed to be a friend....:banghead:
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Stop in and we can fix you up.....we had another one of theres w/only 700 miles on it....the cam button was to large and they just forced the iming cover on it so it pushed the cam backwards and had similar issues. The cam was nearly wiped out & they had a big dual quad set-up on unported heads and a baby cam. Valvetrain geometry was all wrong as well.

When we were done it made 150 more whp.
 
RevXtreme 1 said:
Stop in and we can fix you up.....we had another one of theres w/only 700 miles on it....the cam button was to large and they just forced the iming cover on it so it pushed the cam backwards and had similar issues. The cam was nearly wiped out & they had a big dual quad set-up on unported heads and a baby cam. Valvetrain geometry was all wrong as well.

When we were done it made 150 more whp.
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Wow RevExtreme to the rescue.
 
RevXtreme 1 said:
Care to explain you comment?
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I took that as a positive comment for you guys. Rescuing yet another botched engine job by Corvettes West. Tommy should just stop doing engine work and concentrate on body work. He obviously has no one there who knows what they're doing....:ack2::ack2:

If I were still down there believe me, you guys would have my work. You backed me up when this mess first came down for me with Tommy. Bet he didn't acknowledge or do anything about that motor you were talking about either...: down:: down:

Thanks.....: up:: up:
 
Formula Outlaw said:
I took that as a positive comment for you guys. Rescuing yet another botched engine job by Corvettes West. Tommy should just stop doing engine work and concentrate on body work. He obviously has no one there who knows what they're doing....:ack2::ack2:

If I were still down there believe me, you guys would have my work. You backed me up when this mess first came down for me with Tommy. Bet he didn't acknowledge or do anything about that motor you were talking about either...: down:: down:

Thanks.....: up:: up:
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Mucho Gracia's! (or thank you:thumbsup:)
 
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