• 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.

MY 383LS1

Tomorrow I'll be going out to Bluntstown to get the rest of my parts ans car and trailer it to a shop in Panama City to be finished. Wonder how much more this is going to cost me.GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
 
For this reason has anyone thought of having a shop owner post a bond for 1.2 x the project cost for the benefit of the car owner for custom projects such as these? In case the shop owner does not finish the project, goes out of business or parts end up missing, these types of bonds protect the car owner. I know this is a standard practice in the commercial construction and is required on public project, but I have never heard of it being used in the car hobby. After reading the top three threads in this section it seems that may be a good idea if I ever have any mods done as an extra protection.
 
Just talked to John Arnald the owner of the building where Chris used to work out of.He will be there for me to get my car and hopefully all the parts I'm missing.This nightmare is finally coming to an end.
 
Well I did mamage to get my car out of the shop today.Also found my rocker arms,lifters,pushrods and oil catch can. Chris notified me by text he will be there Mon to find the rest of my parts. Like Rich posted in his thread the shop is a mess with parts everywhere.I do know the ARP crank bolt I paid $40 for was not there,MAF,Throttle body,coil packs,thermastat housing and a few other parts.Hard to find anything in there now.
 
vetteguy61 said:
Well I did mamage to get my car out of the shop today.Also found my rocker arms,lifters,pushrods and oil catch can. Chris notified me by text he will be there Mon to find the rest of my parts. Like Rich posted in his thread the shop is a mess with parts everywhere.I do know the ARP crank bolt I paid $40 for was not there,MAF,Throttle body,coil packs,thermastat housing and a few other parts.Hard to find anything in there now.
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I can't comment because we're not in the BOI. At least you got the car. :thumbsup:
 
Well even with my car out of xtreme motor sports my luck is still running bad on my car. Received a call from the shop I tookk it to and the shop manager told me tey tried to turn over the short block by hand and it wouldn't move. I called LME who built the motor about it and was assured that it turned very easy before it left their shop. I am at a loss as to why it won't turn now. Any one have any thoughts on this?I'm open to all salutions short of sending the motor back to texas to have it redone. My wallet can't stand anymore cash outflow.
 
Does it budge at all? ANY movement at all? Maybe the shop manager is the 90 pound weakling everyone kicked sand at on the beach? Is he using a long breaker bar to put some OOMPH behind it? At this point you don't have anything to lose to see what breaks before it breaks loose. It HAS to be something!

I'd be curious if anything can be heard binding further back in the drivetrain. Of course, separating the drivetrain from the block is going to cost you as well, but you would have to do that before sending the motor back to Texas anyway.

Have you been over there yourself to scope out the situation?

Man, I hope this is just something real simple that they are overlooking.
 
vetteguy61 said:
Well even with my car out of xtreme motor sports my luck is still running bad on my car. Received a call from the shop I tookk it to and the shop manager told me tey tried to turn over the short block by hand and it wouldn't move. I called LME who built the motor about it and was assured that it turned very easy before it left their shop. I am at a loss as to why it won't turn now. Any one have any thoughts on this?I'm open to all salutions short of sending the motor back to texas to have it redone. My wallet can't stand anymore cash outflow.
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I don't think LME would ship an engine that wouldn't spin. How well do you know the new shop?
 
I plan on going over there first thing in the morning.They open at 7:00 am and are actually there at 7:00 am. The shop manager is about 6'2" 200lbs.I'll find out something tomorrow I hope.
 
Well Bob this is the 2nd car from xtreme they have had to finish building.The owner of the shop is a corvette guy and assured me that my car would not leave their shop unless he signed off that it was 100% ready to drive with no problems. I sure hope is something small and be corrected at a very little cost to me.$$$$$$$ are passing by my eyes.
 
Do you have an automatic or a manual? And when you say turn over by hand, I'm assuming you mean putting a breaker bar on the crank bolt, locking the flywheel (if you have an auto) and rotating away?
 
Well Mike, here we are in the wrong forum again so I won't say what I think. I'm sure that there are others reading this stuff that get as upset as I do reading these posts. I have seen your exchange with Rich about his other engine and it just makes me sick that you may not have any other options. That's so far removed from what you had planned but it's great that Rich is offering you a way out if need be.

My previous post was just expressing a concern about the other shop and I was curious as to whether you knew them or if you had the means to check them out. It just seems strange that the engine won't turn over. I'm glad to see you are going out there to confirm what's going on with it.
 
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