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Motors look great, nothing like doing it right, congratulations.
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Wow. Looks great. Should run great too. Congrats!
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Originally Posted by Knot 4 Me
(Post 2344081)
Wow. Looks great. Should run great too. Congrats!
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Who says money can't buy happiness?!
Engines look great. Best of Luck. Now ENJOY! |
Mark is a great guy to do business with. His shop is immaculate and he is a top shelf engine builder/rigger.
Congrats looks like you are set now!! |
I know this is going to sound redundant...and also not trying to hammer on your engine builder, but if he has had to rebuild them more than once for his own mistakes and yet still is handing you a bill, and then you and he are "hoping" he's got it right this time, then with all due respect you are falling into a bottomless pit and it is time to hit the "eject" button and move on to another/better marine engine builder.
Find a hi-perf marine engine builder who is straight forward and has an excellent track record when it comes to marine hi-perf engines, and....do a lot of asking around. |
Originally Posted by Blue by You
(Post 2638022)
I felt I had to post again...18 months to the day almost and I don't have my boat for another boating season. The motors are being rebuilt a 2nd time after punching 2 holes through my oil pans. Since Jan 07....Sept & Oct 07 are the only 2 months the boat ran somewhat right. I'll keep the board posted but all of this $$$ and the very unsafe situations of blowing motors, has caused my family to refuse to get back on the boat. So I'm going to have to leave performace powerboating. MER is fixing it...however how many times is too many, considering each time it blew was due to a builders mistake? Each time I get another bill for something.
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If you had hp500's (502's) which have 4.0 stroke and 4.446 bore how did they get built up to 540's if you kept the stock cranks-most 540's use a 4.25 stroke crank? Sorry to hear of your troubles. I would probably NOT post on a thread telling of your problems IF the engine builder is standing behind the motors blowing because next thing you know the engine builder will get a attitude about the bad publicity and tell you your on your own,not saying to keep it a secret BUT you don't want to ultimately get in a pizzing match with them and end up with another 15,000$ repair bill,Smitty
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You spent close to $60K and they failed twice due to builder error-AND you are handed a bill each time? Something is wrong w/ this picture. If it was a build issue that caused problems, why are you getting a bill?
I wish you would have heeded my advice and taken them to Joey Griffin in NC. You'd have lots of money in your pocket and motors that run!!! Seems to me - YOUR builder should be giving YOU money instead of the other way around. |
Ouch...and I was *****ing about $200 for 4 steering lines.
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