A machine shop butcher job. Pics and video included.

So I had a machine shop assemble my lower end 10,000 miles ago with wiseco pistons, new rods, and a "polish" on the crank.

I took it apart because there was metal in my oil. The machine shop told me that metal in the oil was normal for the first few oil changes. (I know that is bullshit) but I went with their word anyway; I'll play their game.

I yanked the motor and inspected the lower end and this is what I found

Check out my sideskirts after 10,000 miles:

Cyl1
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160121.jpg
Cyl2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160132.jpg
Cyl3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160139.jpg
Cyl4
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160148.jpg
Cyl5
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160157.jpg
Cyl6
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160207.jpg


And my full-floating pistons....they fucked those up too!
Cylinder 1's rod doesnt float on the pin properly
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCOoqr_2G5s

And here's a kicker. A big issue. The rods came with ARP2000 bolts, and i explicitly told them to torque them to spec, but they didnt. They gunned them on. How can I prove that? Well, if they did it by hand they wouldnt have BENT the alignment dowel for the rod cap and RUINED the rod, bearing and my crank!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160254.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_160302.jpg


All my rod journals on the crank also have crack marks that line up perfectly with the rod caps.

Oh, and my thrust washers! They're cooked too!
But how? This is the only thing I don't understand. I am thinking my crank is warped, because only my flywheel-side thrust washer has damage on it. But it has damage on the front and back! (but the thrust washer didnt spin. so how does the backside of a thrust washer take damage unless the crank was pound-pound-pounding on it?

Front
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_161547.jpg

Back
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...419_161556.jpg


The crank pulley side thrust washer looks brand new.



DO NOT go to Headmasters Inc, in Saddle Brook, NJ. STAY THE HELL AWAY

Wow, that sucks man. I take it that isn't a glare in that 1st pic? It's really worn that bad? That alignment dowel is totally unacceptable. Just horrible

vid is private BTW

that isnt glare. well it is, but the wear really is that bad.

video fixed.

holy fuck.

Damn. That sucks. You have any recourse against them to get some of the money back?

The receipt from the machine shop reads "SIX MONTH WORKMANSHIP WARRANTY ONLY ON WORK PERFORMED BY HEADMASTERS"

I had the block done in June of 2012. In Sept I brought the car to them complaining of metal in the oil. They had the car for the week and all I was told when they gave it back was "The motor isn't making any noise, so bring it back if it starts making noise"


I had an OA done on it, and Blackstone said the oil was fine...which I find weird, because there was visible copper glitter.

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Originally Posted by Keyan

that isnt glare. well it is, but the wear really is that bad.

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Glare because the black is gone lol

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Originally Posted by Keyan

I had an OA done on it, and Blackstone said the oil was fine...which I find weird, because there was visible copper glitter.

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That is weird

Moly assembly lube(or ARP bolt lube) can look very glittery & take forever to flush out with changes-
Nasty workmanship for sure, Id be choked-at least you caught it fairly early.