Jegs and Summit Racing 502MAG Overhaul
01-31-2008 | 11:20 PM
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I'm in Ohio- in Summit's hometown and not far from Jegs. They're both great companies, have tons in stock and excellent customer service & policies. Neither are even close to being the lowest priced on anything they sell and other than a few isolated instances of employing a knowledgeable hobbyist, they have mostly order-takers in their sales departments. They don't rely on expertise to sell their products, they rely on strong marketing. Contact one of our members- mrhorsepower (gellner) or young's performance and get the straight skinny.
02-01-2008 | 12:00 AM
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From: Lake Conroe, TX.
Taking a chance on the catalog comanies is not worth losing a season of boating.
Call one of the advertisers here on OSO.
I am not doubting your mechanical abilities, I actually support the DOI guys becaus I started in this business as 1 of them.
Any of us will be more than happy to help you out with tech advice just to make sure U get it right the first time and maybe get a referral out of it.
Good luck with your project.
Call one of the advertisers here on OSO.
I am not doubting your mechanical abilities, I actually support the DOI guys becaus I started in this business as 1 of them.
Any of us will be more than happy to help you out with tech advice just to make sure U get it right the first time and maybe get a referral out of it.
Good luck with your project.
02-01-2008 | 08:29 AM
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Fortay is an Italian musical instrument!!!!!!
Normally I wouldn't touch this subject but for everyone on the boards knowledge sake and of course to express my opinion why not try them and then try us lets face it were here on the boards to support all of you that are of the OSO family? As noted earlier if you are just looking for "Stock" replacement parts I'm sure a generic federal mogul kit can be supplied that would meet the O.E spec's
But if your looking for knowledge and expertise and the opportunity to get the very most power back from your engine after the rebuild you may want to try one us many OSO supporters? Our (CP'S) real fortay is taking originally equipped stock engine applications and helping provide you the parts to make it a better engine through the use of premium JE forged pistons, moly rings, H-14 bearings, better gaskets, improved camshaft grinds, ECU Re-programming, and more.
In my experience the cost of doing the job with superior parts just doesn't seem to be that much more money. We are direct master distributors of JE, Fel-Pro, Comp Cams, etc. just like the folks at Jegs or Summit nothing against them they are great companies but lets face it there specialty is cars. Car's run fast for seconds and boats run fast for minutes believe it or not there's a huge difference.
What I would need to know is what bore size you will be using, what bearing sizes you will need and what your idea of a kit consists of and lastly the quality or parts or brands you choose and I will be glad to see how we stack up against all the other guy's. A liitle friedly competition might surprise everyone.
Thanks for the consideration
But if your looking for knowledge and expertise and the opportunity to get the very most power back from your engine after the rebuild you may want to try one us many OSO supporters? Our (CP'S) real fortay is taking originally equipped stock engine applications and helping provide you the parts to make it a better engine through the use of premium JE forged pistons, moly rings, H-14 bearings, better gaskets, improved camshaft grinds, ECU Re-programming, and more.
In my experience the cost of doing the job with superior parts just doesn't seem to be that much more money. We are direct master distributors of JE, Fel-Pro, Comp Cams, etc. just like the folks at Jegs or Summit nothing against them they are great companies but lets face it there specialty is cars. Car's run fast for seconds and boats run fast for minutes believe it or not there's a huge difference.
What I would need to know is what bore size you will be using, what bearing sizes you will need and what your idea of a kit consists of and lastly the quality or parts or brands you choose and I will be glad to see how we stack up against all the other guy's. A liitle friedly competition might surprise everyone.
Thanks for the consideration
02-04-2008 | 12:36 PM
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We got things apart and know for sure that we are going to replace the piston rings, the rod and main bearings and all gaskets. So those are the hard parts we are looking to purchase. We are sending the head out to get a 3 angle valve job done on them and check the springs.
We think the compression problems that we seeing were do to the valves.
We think the compression problems that we seeing were do to the valves.
02-12-2008 | 08:40 AM
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From: Batavia Oh.
