A prospective customer from Saint Marys, Ohio that owns a pristine 1986 944 Turbo 2.8 litre had an unfortunate experience of his motor getting hurt because of an over-boost situation. Since the block was hurt and had to be replaced, he thought why not do a 3.0 litre motor this time around. So he called a Southern California tuner and was told he could build him a 3.0 litre short block and he could then his 2.5 litre head and save money.
PowerHaus warned him that a 3.0 litre block and a 2.5 head is not the proper way to build a turbocharged trouble free motor, thus PowerHaus will not build another motor with that combination because PowerHaus provides a 6,000 miles warranty on their motors, and that combination is trouble waiting to happen.
PowerHaus told him that the price he was quoted for the
3.0 litre short block was not the whole picture and that the 2.5 litre head
would become a problem. PowerHaus told the customer that they had in inventory
a 500+hp 3.0 litre 16 valve turbocharged motor which includes custom headers
and intake manifold that are thermal coated and with bigger injectors and
bigger turbocharger and mass flow and chips and comes with a 6,000 mile
warranty, and as a matter of fact that the 3.0 litre 16 valve turbo motor that
will out perform the 8 valve set-up and the “Big Red Twin Cam Valve Cover” is
gorgeous.
So the total PowerHaus package with the labor for his
mechanic to install his wire harness and the two motor swap should cost him
about $20,000.00 and he would be back on the road in one to two months.
But based on the lure of a “Big Saving” he chose to not
buy the finished PowerHaus motor and went with the 3.0 litre short block deal.
“Well that’s where this story starts getting ugly.” Months passed before he got
the short block, which was not fully prepared for the turbocharged application,
so he had to pay to have that work done.
His 2.5 litre cylinder head was sent to Oklahoma for
turbocharging modifications and when it was installed by his mechanic the
leaked water like a “Sive” inside and out. So he had to pay to have the head
removed and buy another head and go through the whole process again. Guess who
paid for all that non-sense not to mention the additional down time?
The end result is that the “Big Savings”deal took one
year and went $11,000.00 over His projected budget and $6,000.00 over the
Powhaus deal.
This story comes from the customer himself and will
varify this nightmere. So if you are serious about having an engine built call
PowerHaus and get the straight scoop.