King's Performance rebuilt engine
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From: VA
hi,
i have been a member in this forum and owner of very modified s2000s probably longer than allot of people here and the owner of 2 record holding cars ( 6 speed and stock chassis no wheelie bar S2k)
i have tried everything and experienced allot as well. i built several engines and full builds from inline pro and i have also build allot with kings during the past years. Both companies are great to be honest and i never faced any issue with either.
any modified car or build will always face issues that's why its called modified regardless of who builds it, there are so many other factors involved other than an engine build that can hurt the car (eg tune, fuel system, oil system, spark, quality of fuel and more)
trying to destroy a companies image in forums in not a very nice thing to do, mistakes happen and there are so many ways to learn and fix it. if you had a bad experience with kings it doesn't mean everyone did.
fernando does go out of his way to fix issues and help all his customers and i honestly dont think he would ruin his shops reputation by selling bad parts or builds. moreover when somebody buys a used engine you cant expect it to be as good as new especially when you are paying half the price of a new one.
finally i believe i have spent allot more with my builds than what you paid them but honestly they are a good shop and if they do mistakes they take full responsibility to fix it as we all know no one is perfect.
i have been a member in this forum and owner of very modified s2000s probably longer than allot of people here and the owner of 2 record holding cars ( 6 speed and stock chassis no wheelie bar S2k)
i have tried everything and experienced allot as well. i built several engines and full builds from inline pro and i have also build allot with kings during the past years. Both companies are great to be honest and i never faced any issue with either.
any modified car or build will always face issues that's why its called modified regardless of who builds it, there are so many other factors involved other than an engine build that can hurt the car (eg tune, fuel system, oil system, spark, quality of fuel and more)
trying to destroy a companies image in forums in not a very nice thing to do, mistakes happen and there are so many ways to learn and fix it. if you had a bad experience with kings it doesn't mean everyone did.
fernando does go out of his way to fix issues and help all his customers and i honestly dont think he would ruin his shops reputation by selling bad parts or builds. moreover when somebody buys a used engine you cant expect it to be as good as new especially when you are paying half the price of a new one.
finally i believe i have spent allot more with my builds than what you paid them but honestly they are a good shop and if they do mistakes they take full responsibility to fix it as we all know no one is perfect.
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Although the money is an issue it isn't the main point here.Its more the lack of thought/ respect for the time and messing about that this issue has caused and is still continues to cause.
It doesn't seem to matter to Kings or anybody who supports them that this issue is long running and untill I take the bull by the horns and throw more money at it to get the job done properly it will be on going.
All this initually came about because of somebody "penny pinching",and although they see spending money as a big issue.Squandering and spending my money/ time and any enjoyment that I could be having by using the car is of no consequence at all to them.
This is not a "willy waving",I've spent more money than you issue,it's a I want the car to be the best it can be an I will do what's needed to get that as my end result.
Fernando has got a short memory,because I've had a lot of interest in my build thread and people have asked my advice on which direction to go(although I'm no authority on any of this)and what suppliers to use,I would always point them in Fernando's direction for parts and advise.On one occasion I halped somebody with deciding on a turbo kit,put him in touch with Fernando and he bought the kit,only to find that the welding on the boost pipes was so poor he got boost leaks and had to have them re welded.That made me feel as if it was me who let somebody down who had asked for my help/ advice.
It doesn't seem to matter to Kings or anybody who supports them that this issue is long running and untill I take the bull by the horns and throw more money at it to get the job done properly it will be on going.
All this initually came about because of somebody "penny pinching",and although they see spending money as a big issue.Squandering and spending my money/ time and any enjoyment that I could be having by using the car is of no consequence at all to them.
This is not a "willy waving",I've spent more money than you issue,it's a I want the car to be the best it can be an I will do what's needed to get that as my end result.
Fernando has got a short memory,because I've had a lot of interest in my build thread and people have asked my advice on which direction to go(although I'm no authority on any of this)and what suppliers to use,I would always point them in Fernando's direction for parts and advise.On one occasion I halped somebody with deciding on a turbo kit,put him in touch with Fernando and he bought the kit,only to find that the welding on the boost pipes was so poor he got boost leaks and had to have them re welded.That made me feel as if it was me who let somebody down who had asked for my help/ advice.
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From: lymington
Whoever welded my boost pipes from Kings performance ,,i would love to slap if they had actually fit I would never have found the massive amounts of left Burrrs inside on the joints. I mean ##### sake give that monkey a file.
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From: LA
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Kings performances was on my radar for purchasing a turbo kit until I saw this... They haven't tried to rectify this situation its seems to be outright denial and a 'we couldn't have got this wrong' approach. That's not want I want to see as a potential customer with a $10-15k budget.
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From: Donington
Yup.
Hard to believe too and I've seen pictures of the broken cam followers and the damaged pistons from the first engine that was supplied by Kings performance.
Id have thought after that embarrassing f@#k up Kings Performance would have gone 100% on ensuring that what ever happened Mr Pitts would be looked after. But it seems they are just f@#king him over now.
Disgusting.
Hard to believe too and I've seen pictures of the broken cam followers and the damaged pistons from the first engine that was supplied by Kings performance.
Id have thought after that embarrassing f@#k up Kings Performance would have gone 100% on ensuring that what ever happened Mr Pitts would be looked after. But it seems they are just f@#king him over now.
Disgusting.