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Old 11-09-2009, 10:02 AM   #21
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Bill at ATECO is a proven builder. He's not the quickest but he makes up for it on thoroughness. His engines are rock solid and he stands behind them. As with all good craftsmen the can be a little quirkey, but thats how it goes. If you search way back on these boards, you will find a lot of great things said about his engines. Right now there is some scorned moron trying to ruin his reputation, funny thing is this guy was burned by someone else, NOT BILL!!!. Well, as they say a "happy sailor is a *****in sailor. Good luck.
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Old 11-09-2009, 11:51 AM   #22
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Bill built the engines in my Cig Bullet you can see the boat on his web site

The boat is run hard and never had a problem in 5 years.

he will soon be building me a 540 for the cig 20
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Old 11-09-2009, 12:30 PM   #23
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Bill at ATECO is a proven builder. He's not the quickest but he makes up for it on thoroughness. His engines are rock solid and he stands behind them. As with all good craftsmen the can be a little quirkey, but thats how it goes. If you search way back on these boards, you will find a lot of great things said about his engines. Right now there is some scorned moron trying to ruin his reputation, funny thing is this guy was burned by someone else, NOT BILL!!!. Well, as they say a "happy sailor is a *****in sailor. Good luck.

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Old 11-09-2009, 04:01 PM   #24
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bill built me two 632ci last winter,i only have about 5hrs on the engines and they run great.get started now if you want your engines for next summer.they build quality equipment.
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:06 PM   #25
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Old 12-09-2009, 11:51 AM   #26
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+1 for Gene at Lightning Performance. Since you are local to LOTO it makes sense to stay local. I looked at Bill too, and while he seemed very nice, knowledgeable and was always easy to get him on the phone, I had qualms about dragging the boat way up there to him and then if there was a warranty issue, I would have to drag it back. Maybe more than once? no thanks.

gene was great. He was fair, timely, and he built me two rock solid supercharged 502's. communication was great, and he warrantied his work. had a couple minor issues and he arrived at my dock to take care of them. he cares very much about his reputation and it showed in his service. I would definitley use him again.
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Old 12-10-2009, 08:14 AM   #27
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I bought a long block this summer from Bill and was in a hurry he delivered what he promised in time and on the $ he mentioned.

PS; I have not blown up that one yet, not for lack of trying!

With it in our MTI.

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Old 12-11-2009, 04:50 PM   #28
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Old 12-11-2009, 05:34 PM   #29
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