Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog

[Rmondoh]

Move to TX. Take your car to Cobb to fix it. Enjoy your Evo X all year round. Win for everyone! :D

[Kracka]

^He missed out on the cruise, we had a lot of great presents for him :D

[mlomker]

Scheides had MAP assemble his short block. From what I've seen in my brief time in this hobby, it's best to have that done by an experienced machine shop. I base that comment on national threads and not just local people.

If DB doesn't want to grow their business by adding techs then that's their business decision. That will sometimes result in customers taking business to another shop with more capacity. That's all it is, no need to read more into it. I take my small jobs to RS because they are convenient to me and have more staff.

[311evo]

Please don't think I'm blaming the failure on DB, I am not. All I am saying is Murlo gave DB the opportunity to take care of his engine and if they're unable to then I see no reason why they'd be upset no matter where he decided to go to accommodate his timetable.

I'm just trying to look at the situation as a neutral outside party.

I concur, I misunderstood the first time I read it.

[Murlo26]

DB built you a motor, it failed, they can't promise you a timeframe to get another one done, so what right would they have to be pissed no matter who you chose to build your next engine...their rival or not?

I don't know...all I know is that lets say for instance my "awesome" luck continues and more motor problems occur and I get the "finger pointing" scenario because two shops are rivals then what? I get screwed.

I don't think DB is mad at me I haven't done anything wrong, I just think having two rival shops work on my car at the same time invites problems but hey i could be wrong.

[Halon]

Sell it.

[Murlo26]

Sell it.

Best idea ever.

[scheides]

Sell it.

Best idea ever.

Don't be silly. I say use all resources (local and national) necessary to get it back on the road asap. That's what I did, but I assembled it all in my garage.

IMHO? Talk to MAP about building you a 4b12 motor (read: no core required). Have DB rebuild the motor that's already in there and then sell it once its complete. Whoever has time to assemble/install said engine once it is completed, have them do it. If it's DB, maybe they'll help you out, maybe not. If it's MAP maybe they'll give you a deal, maybe not.

You're right, you're in a pickle. You gotta do whatever you can to keep moving forward, I learned that hard when my motor went. It wasn't easy, but I had to move every piece through whoever could help me get it done quickest.

I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year for this reason. Second option? Sell the honda and buy a different honda (S2000!) and enjoy it for the summer. I found that having my evo down was a lot easier with the fact that I had the GLI (turbo, sporty) to drive every day.

Just my $.02. Use the community you have around you :)

[cmspaz]

Dave, you're reading into this way too much.

Yes, drama exists. Deal with it if and when it ever comes up. Your current plan is to throw money away because you don't want to cause problems? Who cares. That's between the two shops and has zero bearing (heh, bearing) on what you need to do to quickly get your car on the road as cheaply as possibly (i.e. not shipping it to Chicago).

Long story short, just do what you need to do. Nobody's going to turn themselves into Luther Mitsu on you over a fucking motor.

[Murlo26]

Hmmm, yea still no idea what to do. All I know is modding is spensive.