that was motor 1-- the one that was lifting. Motor 2 was never driven, as r0mey has stated.

Exactly. How difficult is that for everybody to understand??? OK, so r0mey may be to blame on the first motor. But what the hell does this have to do with the inspection report we have been waiting for on the 2nd GTM motor???

Answer: NOTHING!!!

So let's quit with the diversionary tactics and get back on topic.

post it Rome.

Edit...oops ok i read the posts above.

So the shop at fault should pay for this second motor to be fixed minus the free repair of the first one....I am getting this right.

What was the relevance of the video? **I get it now**

An attempt at diversion? Anyway, I can't wait to see the results and whether or not these "vendors" are willing to keep their word.

IMHO, a man's word is more important than almost anything!

Ok here is the report...
Service is performed at the request of Jerome (Larry) Currence, Jr. owner of the engine.






The engine was delivered as an assembly without the intake system. The first step was to remove the front engine cover to expose the timing chain, cam gears and crankshaft gear. The cam timing was set correctly (see photos).



The next step was to perform a “leak down” test to check the integrity and condition of the piston rings and valves for proper sealing. The leak down was as follows - # 1 cylinder was 8%, with small leak from intake and exhaust valves; #2 cylinder was 15% with leakage from intake and exhaust valves; #3 cylinder was 10% small leakage from exhaust valves; #4 cylinder 8% small leakage from exhaust valves; #5 cylinder 6% with small leakage from intake valves; #6 cylinder 8% with small leak from intake and exhaust valves.






The cylinder heads were removed next. Checks were made to see any valves were bent, all are fine. Next valve lash was checked on both heads and found them all be within spec.






The now exposed cylinders were checked to find that the left side of the engine (cylinders 2, 4 & 6) were clean having not fired with a slight coating of oil. They appearance was that they were just installed. We saw that fuel was being injected but the cylinders were not firing.


The other bank of cylinders (1, 3, & 5), all appeared to have been firing and were covered with a fixture of black carbon and oil. It is obvious that these cylinders were firing but miss firing.






The pistons were then removed to inspect piston rings and condition of the cylinder walls. There is a trace of slight scuffing but should affect the overall operation of the engine. All connecting rod bearing clearance were then examined and found to be in spec.






Please note that we were not able to perform a compression test and see the condition of the spark plugs.






SUMMARY






It is our opinion that the left side bank of the engine, cylinders 2, 4 & 6 were not firing do to lack of fuel or ignition more so the later based on a fuel spray pattern noticed on cylinder #6 (see photo). It also appears that the right bank was firing on all three cylinders but seam to have and overly rich fuel mixture.










Please review and let us know if you need anymore details.


Joe & Bert



IMP Motorsports

Te way the report reads is a bit inconclusive...It doe ssay that one side of the engine was not firing, However also goes to state unacceptable leakdown percentages on a brand new motor that was not run. The valves are not fully seating, we had nothing to do with the valves. Rome is under the impression that the summary is the end all, but only explains "why didnt the car run". Well we already knew why the car did not run, it was not firing on 3 cylinders.. What the summary does NOT include, that will be added by Joe and bert, is that the leakdown numbers are not within accpetable range. I asked Joe if the car would runif it had spark and fuel, he said yes, but not 100%. The bottom line is MRC is liable for the fuel and spark diagnosis. GTM should be liable for the repair of the heads, as the heads were in their possesion when Romes bottom end got done, and were dissasembled and sand blasted at GTM.When we got the heads back they were spotless..

Our compression on a brand new motor was 145psi across 3 cylinders and 110psi across the fualty ones, clearly NOT a fuel or spark issue.
We will make good for our "portion" of the repairs we agrred upon. We are not 100% Liable for Romeys issues however...

I dont know you dude but dont come on here making stupid treats and demands. Yes Romey might be your best bed buddy but you dont need to lash out at MRC beacuse of your personal problems with them.

Yes they agreed to fix the motor but if you brake it intentionally then you can go **** yourself

He's a nobody from my350z, just dropping his 2 cents in.

I'm curious... What was the cause of the fuel and/or ignition failure?

soooooo


Sam- Send new heads or repair the crappy ones

MRC- Figure out where your fuel and spark is on the left bank

Romey- if you feel the car isnt running right or sounds funny LIFT OFF THE GAS PEDAL!

me too, thought that what these report were suppose to say

Julian, why would you give a knowingly give a customer a car back that is not in proper running order, which motor 1 definitely was not? If Sharif gave me back my car KNOWING it had headlift, I'd be beyond pissed.

And furthermore... Why wasn't this fuel and/or spark issue diagnosed by MRC prior to starting this sh*tstorm on the forums???

Hi many of you don't know me. My name is Tommy I'm an admin on the local NJ boards where julian is a member and r0mey is another admin.

I was one of the people there that night that Rome took possesion of the car. I am writing this as unbiased as possible and just stating my point of view of the events occuring that night.

We we arrived rome was not in a huge rush to pick up his car. Especially since we were coming from a house party that night to pick up the car. We were in no rush due to all the minor problems Rome was already iffy about picking up it up.

Julian already had the assumption that the heads were in fact lifting... and already expressed his concerns to rome. Matt tried to keep Rome calm and described other possibilites for why the car was overheating. But advised that Rome just drive the car how he would normally drive it.

Julian took the car for a test drive, and as we were leaving we clearly heard the dumps opening up from full boost. Julian was gone for a good 25 minutes and fully "tested" the car. He came back and mentioned how LOUD the dumps were when he hit it next to other cars and how they sound like gunshots. Julian also drove this car the way it was meant to be driven even with the possibility of head lift.

When he pulled back into the lot the coolant was boiling, and julian again expressed his concerns but told rome to just "drive it". Matt refilled the coolant and meth, and let us off on our way.

Rome definately drove the car hard that night but he did so under the assumption of the knowledge of his tuner.

Edit: oh yeah this is motor 1 not the one julian started this thread over blaming sam. The car moves as you see in the video. Too bad his "friend" lifted his head on the dyno then gave him his keys