[Mr. Evo IX]

Originally Posted by sabastian458

His receipt for the engine work clearly says "24 month 24k mile warranty"

It is sadly funny that this is what is transpiring. In the other videos, and threads, you can clearly see the list of parts he was charged for and paid in full for. Then after their "warranty repair" after 1 month of being on the road, you can see what parts really got put into the engine.

Im sorry, IF any of the vendors on here sold any of us a complete built engine with top parts, then after a month of running they warrantied a rebuild and used cheaper parts to fix it, there would be a MAJOR stink about it.

What carteck did was fraud, and they took advantage of a good customer. They got caught and admited they used crap parts, but wont fix the problem.

Ok first of all I'm just average joe internet Evo owner. Not affiliated with anyone involved. Something about the videos and then his post just didnt seem right and I read a little more. Anyhow my point is there are 2 sides to every story and the whole premise of his claim seems fishy to me. The dyno video is almost laughable. No 2 Dyno's are identical and why would the owner think the engine should make the same power as built after beating on it? All engines can lose power under heavy use.

I disagree with you, If you buy a race engine and beat on it for a month and then blow it up at a track event from oil starvation I think you'd have a hard time getting anyone to warranty it. 2yr 24k normal use probably doesnt include racing. Probably the only reason why they did honor that warranty was because he bought such a large build from them and they felt obligated.

And if a shop did help you out and replace the engine that you destroyed, would you complain if they used Comp cams lifters instead of Morel lifters? I think not.

The piston size issue is the most retarded part of this story and that's what got me to thinking this whole claim is more slander than reality. Why would you put in .005 oversize pistons in a fresh new block in the first place? I know if I bought a new engine I would run it standard bore first and then oversize if it needed to be freshened up later.