Hah I was about to say the same thing. How do you warranty a motor for racing? People are just going to purposely beat the crap out of it expecting a replacement.

 

Lovely email...but what exactly do you know about 2 dollar hookers and the Navy coming into port??

 

At the time they offered a 12k mile/1 yr warranty. That's specifically why I went to them for it. They were replacing another engine that the previous shop refused to warranty when I had a dead motor with 1,200 miles on it that had problems before I was even handed the keys. They dropped their warranty shortly after my engine went.

They did build and tune it. I incurred less cost because I handed them a car with the old engine already out and partially disassembled.

The shop that fixed their engine (rather, completely replaced) said it was one of the worst quality builds they'd ever seen. Almost everything touched was done wrong. The valve lash being off was what killed the engine. Cobb partially rebuilt both heads.

And I will tell you now, that most of my Subaru engine failures (I'm on #7 or 8 now) are due to shoddy worksmanship, not due to me. I've had 3 engines alone fail with under 1,500 miles on them. My last engine is the only one ever warrantied. I had a rod knock at 500 miles.

 

You've had 8 motors self destruct and you're blaming the shops...
I'm not trying to be dick... but I see the common factor in all of these failures

With all the insane crap I've owned and worked on over the years... I've only seen a handful of motors blow up that were the fault of the engine builder.

 

Close, but not quite.

Oil pump seized (~50k miles), threw a rod the 1st time I floored it (1,200 miles), personal Spy Hunter smoke screen courtesy of Clark Tuner (17k mile old engine didn't last a full tank of gas after the tune), heads incorrectly assembled (dead engine in 1,200 miles), valve lash (10k miles), rod knock at 500 miles.

Go ahead and try to pin it on me.

 

I love you man

 

Mods, can we change this guy's title to the above quote. I feel 'Technical Know it all' is somewhat misleading

 

I am going to leave that right there for you to think about kid.


now back on subject, cobb's cheep *** $.05 sticky pads on a $600+ dollar part.

 

How is it misleading? You consider setting the valve lash wrong, using entirely too much piston clearance (always ran very loud), and torquing nothing properly acceptable work? The only culpability I carry is picking the wrong shops.

Similar question proposed to you: Throwing a rod thru the top of the block is normal the 1st time you got WoT on a newly broken in motor?

 

 

Making you proud makes me proud Yoda. We all feel that way :respect:

 

100% your fault, you admitted to doing it at 1200 miles (motor not yet or just BARELY broken in) and I suspect your full of **** saying you "never" mobbed on it before that point.

After reading your sob story (In my thread no less) I have to say if I was a engine builder, I would tell you to FO if you came in for a new motor. You sound like a nightmare of a customer who can't keep his crap in line, abuses cars, and pretty much have no clue about mechanical care/upkeep.

Personal responsibility kid, try some.

 

Daaaamn - I wasn't gonna take it there...

 

I want in before this gets ugly

 

Gay Rambo strikes again!