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like a 'surgeon general's warning'. Surgeon General's Warning on built motors and big Z projects: Same goes for going down the road of having a built motor and trying to keep it together. Damon's advice above is pretty sound, in that it helps to have someone you have a comfortable relationship with and a solid exchange of information back on forth on. But, everyone is going to come across issues. What separates the wheat from the chaff is how they deal with those issues. I don't recall who this Rich is who some are claiming has never had an engine issue (and I'm not making a statement about him/his shop/his work), but EVERYONE I know who is in the business (and that includes some of the best, not just in the Z world, but in the Supra world, in the street rod world, in the domestic world, and in the sport bike world), without exception, has had issues at some time or another with something out of their shop. It all comes down to how they handle the issue. Bottom line: 1) Get references
2) Do your homework/educate yourself
3) Communicate your expectations clearly and document everything with your builder
4) You get what you pay for. If you want a built motor with 'XYZ' specs built, installed, running and tuned in 15 business days, no exceptions, for XX,XXX dollars, including parts/labor/machine work, and you want a 3 year unlimited warranty that covers 'xyz' circumstances under street, racing and competition driving conditions and/or will last for XX,XXX miles, understand that you will need to do #1 above to find a place that even offers this type of package, do #2 to be able to understand what is involved and have a detailed discussion with the builder/tuner regarding your specs and the work before/during/after, #3 to communicate and follow through on the deal, and, of course, #4, have the funds to pay the cost on your project. If it is anything like the list above, it is likely you will not even find anyone who can deliver on those kinds of demands, so better start paring stuff off of that list.
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