Originally Posted by mmb

Joe Irwin at Fast Forward Race Engines! Best engine builder I have ever seen and I have experiance with some of biggest name engine builders out there.

Time Frame well that is a loaded question for any shop. It depends how many engines are in front of you when you drop yours off. Might be a month. Might be 3 months.

I have never personally worked with an engine builder that has taken more than 3 months to do my engines.

Originally Posted by vintage chromoly

Rebuilding an old engine vs. starting from scratch shouldn't make much difference. In fact, scratch should be faster as the shop doesn't have to tear down, clean, inspect and fix worn parts as he would if brought an exsisting engine.

Any shop telling customers that it's taking forever because it's a fresh build is blowing smoke up your ass.

Originally Posted by Full Force

With all the threads I see with horrible reviews on engine builders I am just curious, who are some good solid builders that are not praised enough? we all know Teague, RM, Marine Kinetics, Young and such are great guys, any more that should be praised there should be a post to help these guys that seem to have issues with blowing things up, taking forever to build and such.

What is average timeframe ? I hear so many guys say "I missed 2 seasons waiting" that would NEVER happen to me, I would find a new person or have a lawsuit, to me a timeframe should be in contract if you are building some engines and there may be issues with timeframe.

There are 2 sides to every story, so I try to give benefit of the doubt, lots of guys complain it takes forever to get engines done, but leave out that they do not buy parts, or pay in a timely manner, but super quick to bash here on OSO.

I use Victory Engines in Cleveland Ohio, small shop, been machining for me for over 20 years with zero issues with work or timeframe, in a pinch Ray has dropped what he was doing to full machine 2 engines for me and did it in a week or so to get me back on the water.... I assemble so that saves time.

if you are looking for a local guy in Cleveland Ohio give Ray a call, https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...83339334,d.cGU

I have used Gellner once for headwork and had zero issues with them so far and had my heads in 2 weeks.... Dean will get backed up and take forever on engine work but he is a good builder and I known him for 20 years also, there has been time issues with him, but again that can be a 2 sided story....so I have no comments there, Dean has ALWAYS taken time to chat engines and help me with advice for years....

So who are some of the good guys here????? what is a "normal" timeframe to expect?