The engine has landed...

[lleone]

OK, for those of you who know I was awaiting my engine to be returned from Scott (Elite), it arrived today. Hopefully I'll have the car on the road by late next week. I which case, while I have missed the summer, I'll at least be able to get the car back in my garage before the snow flies (which is the following Monday around here).

Hopefully this time it'll hold together...

Lou

 

[Fiorano]

What happened?

 

[ChicagoGTS]

Jeez, you've got to be joking right? Snow in September! That *****!!!

 

[lleone]

OK, I here's the whole story:

I purchased the 2001 from Keith Rutherford in late March of this year (2004). He had just gotten the car back from Elite and had forged internals put in the motor along with some other work. The engine had ~100 miles on it. I have emails from Keith and from Scott stating how strong and reliable the engine would be. However, very quickly the motor started smoking badly. Scott had me do the injector harness upgrade and then every test known to humankind. I have extension email conversations for those who need the gory details. Eventually, I took the car to some good folks up here and with a boroscope discovered a large groove in cylinder #10's liner corresponding with where the wrist pin should be (or not be in a healthy motor). Because of Scott's unresponsiveness (we're 8 weeks into it at this time), we dismantled the motor and found that the wrist pin in #10 had slide out and eaten a fine groove in the liner. Fortunately it didn't get into the block. Anyway Scott had the motor shipped to FL so he could fix it. Finally, it's back - 4 1/2 months later. I've footed the bill for the engine dismantling and at this point, will pay for the reinstallation. Thanks Keith and Scott.

Lou

 

[2MANYTOYS]

OK, I here's the whole story:

I purchased the 2001 from Keith Rutherford in late March of this year (2004). He had just gotten the car back from Elite and had forged internals put in the motor along with some other work. The engine had ~100 miles on it. I have emails from Keith and from Scott stating how strong and reliable the engine would be. However, very quickly the motor started smoking badly. Scott had me do the injector harness upgrade and then every test known to humankind. I have extension email conversations for those who need the gory details. Eventually, I took the car to some good folks up here and with a boroscope discovered a large groove in cylinder #10's liner corresponding with where the wrist pin should be (or not be in a healthy motor). Because of Scott's unresponsiveness (we're 8 weeks into it at this time), we dismantled the motor and found that the wrist pin in #10 had slide out and eaten a fine groove in the liner. Fortunately it didn't get into the block. Anyway Scott had the motor shipped to FL so he could fix it. Finally, it's back - 4 1/2 months later. I've footed the bill for the engine dismantling and at this point, will pay for the reinstallation. Thanks Keith and Scott.

Lou

Sorry to hear about your problems. That *****.

 

[SilverBlueGTS]

With the limited gory details you have provided, why would anyone think that your most recently repaired motor will live any longer than the first one? I hope for your sake it lives 100k miles. You might want to have it thoroughly inspected before you put it back in the car.

 

[lleone]

SilverBlueGTS, those thoughts have certainly crossed my mind.

Lou