Shaw City Engines DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO ANY BUISNESS WITH THIS COMPANY EVER !!!!!! fresno California

Purchased assembled 496 long block from alan at shaw city motors on ebay,complete misrepresentation of ad, dose not honor his poor quality work

PURCHASED 496 BBC FROM SHAW CITY MOTORS ON EBAY, ITEM NUMBER 231732046281 ON 11/2/15 SHIPPING MISREPRESENTED ON EBAY AD CALLED ALAN AND WAS TOLD SHIPPING WAS 700.00! DEMANDED CASH ONLY IF I PICKED UP WHICH I DID (ESSENTIALLY EXTORTION), CHARGED 150.00 FOR THROWN TOGETHER CRATE THAT PROBABLY COST 20.00

ROLLED IT OVER TO PUT THE PAN ON AND THE FIRST RED FLAG WAS THE GOUGES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CYLINDERS WHERE THE DIE GRINDER HE USED TO RELIEVE THE BOTTOM OF THE CYLINDERS GOT AWAY FROM HIM, NOT ONCE BUT 4 TIMES!!, CAUSING GOUGES IN FINISHED BORE

SECOND, I WENT TO ROTATE THE MOTOR AND IT WAS TIGHT TO THE POINT OF ALMOST BEING LOCKED UP, WHICH LED ME TO LOOK FURTHER AFTER PULLING THE PISTONS OUT NUMBER 7& 8 WERE ALMOST LOCKED UP ROTATIONALLY DUE TO ALMOST NO THRUST CLEARANCE IN THE CRANK .0096 !, ROD SIDE CLEARANCE ON 7&8 WAS .0012 !!

THIRD THE BOTTOM OF # 6 CYLINDER THERE IS A CRACK LOOKING FURTHER ALL THE LIFTERS WERE TIGHT IN THE BORES 5 WERE .OOO42 TENTHS NOT THOUSANDS !!

FOURTH PULLING THE CYLINDER HEADS OFF SOLVENT POURED OUT OF THE WATER JACKETS !

5TH THE VALVES ARE NOT MANLEY AS STATED IN HIS AD (FALSE ADVERTISEMENT/FRAUD)

6TH (AND I REALIZE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DONE BY PRO COMP) THE SEATS WERE PRESSED IN COLD CAUSING GALLING AND ARE NOT SEATED SQUARE IN THE COUNTER BORE ALSO LEAVING CHIPS EXPOSED AND READY TO FALL INTO THE BORE, ALONG WITH THE GUIDE BORES BEING COMPLETELY NON CONCENTRIC,ANY COMPETENT MACHINIST WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS AND CORRECTED IT BEFORE ASSEMBLY, IT SHOWS HE DOES NOT CARE OR TAKE PRIDE IN HIS WORK

7TH THE SPRINGS ARE INCORRECT AND NOT A DUAL SPRING AS STATED IN HIS AD THEY ARE A SINGLE SPRING WITH A DAMPER, THE INSTALLED HEIGHTS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP & THE SPRINGS HAVE NO LOCATERS, THE ON THE SEAT PRESSURE IS 5 LBS UNDER THE MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR THE CAM (VERIFIED BY ELGIN) AND AGAIN NOT A DUAL SPRING

8TH THE ROD & MAIN CLEARANCES ARE NO WHERE NEAR THE ADVERTISED .002 THE TIGHTEST WAS .0012 !! 9TH THE TIMING CHAIN BOLTS ARE GRADE 5, I ASSUME THEY WERE BOUGHT AT THE LOCAL HARDWARE STORE I HAVE PHOTO DOCUMENTED ALL DAMAGE AND MISREPRESENTED PARTS, AND ALL TOLERANCES AND DIMENSIONS HAVE BEEN VERIFIED ON A CMM WITH A PRINTOUT (A CMM IS ACCURATE TO A MILLIONTH OF AN INCH) I HAVE ATTEMPTED CONTACT VIA TELEPHONE AND E MAIL WITH NO RESPONSE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND ON EBAY SELLER CLEWWHO 40