Watch out for this guy :!: :!: He just ripped a guy a new one on YB on a engine, He has a ad on here ad# 1770028, Just a warning to all :!: :!:
622paul
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*** Warning, save yourself the trouble of dealing with 622paul ***
I purchased a long block from 622paul, it was advertised as having only 20 passes on it and it is ready to go 1080hp, and he said it has never been damaged.
I received the engine and removed the heads and oil pan for inspection of the bearings, rings, lifters, etc. So far I have found the following items that are either damaged or not as advertised:
1 Broken front mounting boss on the block.
2 Block broken under front passenger side of intake manifold.
3 Holes in block with stripped threads.
4 Holes in block with heli coils.
5 Block bore was supposed to be 4.60”, is actually 4.625” (max recommended by manufacturer is 4.60”).
6 Oil pan is heavily damaged, two corners dented in, and bottom of oil pan smashed to the point were the oil pump pickup has almost gone through the oil pan.
7 Oil pan was suppose to be a Jeff Johnston ball bearing pan, I don’t know what brand it is but it has doors instead of the balls.
8 It has the wrong head gaskets, and they are blown out between the cylinders.
9 Wrong head studs, several studs only go through the head about 1/8”, they put the nuts on and only captured about 1/8” of threads.
10 Front passenger corner of the engine shows signs of being dropped or hit on the block and head casting, and head stud nut is smashed.
11 Rocker arms are a different ratio than advertised.
12 Cam is not the specs that were advertised.
13 Cam is not even the brand that was advertised.
14 Connecting rods are not the length that was advertised, the block has been decked about 0.080” and I think that is why they used a shorter rod than what is typical in this engine.
15 7 of the 16 lifters are unusable.
16 Connecting rods are aluminum and were supposed to be new, the serial numbers come back to 1997 vintage and have been damaged on the big end on a couple rods, they evidently also changed out a couple rods and switched cylinders on a couple.
17 No flexplate was included, was supposed to have a CSR flexplate.
All this and I haven't taken apart the short block or disassembled the heads yet.
I just want to get my money back from him and I'll send the engine back. I've contacted him several times by phone and emails, and he says that he doesn't have the money to send back to me. Well... when the engine came up for sale, I didn't have the money either, but I sold some stuff to come up with it.
If he wants to make this right, he can come up with the money.
More info here
http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=203653
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