Speed-o-motive . Real close to you as well . Dont have have the number close by but they are in covina . I think .

-beerjet-

Speed-o-motive . Real close to you as well . Dont have have the number close by but they are in covina . I think .

-beerjet-

       Thanks beerjet ill look them up

Speed-o-motive . Real close to you as well . Dont have have the number close by but they are in covina . I think .

-beerjet-

Thanks ill look them up

  oldsmobile is there a problem theres alot of boaters that run olds  (so whats with heh heh heh you need to stop showing your age  )

He does that petafile laugh  I on the other hand do the pervert laugh "GIGIDDY GIGIDDY !"

Just make sure whoever does the work knows that it's goin in a boat and the proper oiling mods need to be done . I will assume they know what to do . If everything is done properly that olds should live forever ! Good luck and keep us posted .

-beerjet-

Speed-o-motive...

-beerjet-

A close relative had a real lousy experience with those guys! $13k for a 14.5:1 540 and it spun the main and rod bearings right out of the box. It ran on the water for about 15 minutes and it lost oil pressure. We never even got on it. On teardown, we found that the rear main bearing installed was the wrong bearing, the oil hole in the bearing shell only slightly aligned with the oil hole in the bore. It wiped out the crank and required an align bore. After several calls and being told we installed the engine incorrectly(we dropped the engine in complete minus oil pan and the intake, right out of their shipping box!), they told us it wasn't their problem. We couldn't even get a gasket set out of them!!!

Beware of those guys!

To be perfectly honest I'd beware of all machine shops since I'm sure everbody knows somebody who's had some kind horror story with some machine shop somewhere. If you were to pick a machine shop based on horror stories then I'm sure you'd be up shit creek . I dont think anyone runs a 100% satisfaction guarranteed shop.

The old saying goes . "If you do a good job , they'll tell 5 people . If you do a shitty job , they tell 10 ." Do you homework Woody , I'm sure theres more shops close by .

-beerjet-

True dat, although I've had some really good luck with my most recent dealings with Performance Machine in Manteca. Quality work at reasonable prices and generally on time.

I was just following up on a promise I made to Speedomotive about letting anyone thinking of using them know what kind of treatment we got from them. 

A close relative had a real lousy experience with those guys! $13k for a 14.5:1 540 and it spun the main and rod bearings right out of the box. It ran on the water for about 15 minutes and it lost oil pressure. We never even got on it. On teardown, we found that the rear main bearing installed was the wrong bearing, the oil hole in the bearing shell only slightly aligned with the oil hole in the bore. It wiped out the crank and required an align bore. After several calls and being told we installed the engine incorrectly(we dropped the engine in complete minus oil pan and the intake, right out of their shipping box!), they told us it wasn't their problem. We couldn't even get a gasket set out of them!!!

Beware of those guys!

  Heatsinker Thanks for the insight  im sorry to hear about your pain in the wallet  they should of stood behind there work

What about the Hotboat Olds build-up from last year?   TIMINATOR