Just had a long conversation with Dave W. at Evans Cooling. There are no known issues with Evans NPG+ and Teflon-Encapsulated Viton O-Rings or Plain Viton O-rings.



Still waiting to hear from Pineapple Racing.

 

Here it what I am thinking:



I will pull the engine and tear it down, WITH A VIDEO CAMERA RUNNING the whole time, that way we can see what actually came in the engine!!

 

lol yeah, you have an autox to go to....

 

Just got ahold of Rob. He is going to go thru the engine and tranny again. e asked me to perform a couple of quick tests before I pull it out. Will keep everyone posted. He is also concerned about the dyno results I had with this engine. John

 

That is terrible. I'd respond with, how about this, if you drink a bottle of that crap and surive the week I'll put it in my motor.



Try to conduct all your communication with them through email or snail mail. This will allow you to build a paper trail of the transaction. At the very least it reduces the chance of a misunderstanding. Remember, you can rarely foresee yourself being screwed over. For this reason you have to adhere to certain policies at all times.



I believe coolant seals cannot be reused after a motor has been cracked open. I would ask for the old ones back to give them less incentive to reuse them. I think it's more than reasonable to expect them to cover the shipping charges.



I've spoken to Rob a couple times and he seems like a very nice guy. Chances are everything will work out.

 

I am really starting to have second thoughts about letting Pineapple TOUCH my engine under the so-called warrenty.



I hate linking to the evil forum but read this:

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?s=&p...265#post2355265

 

That's a bummer bro, hope everything works out for you.

 

Damn, and I thought they were one of the few builders around without a bad reputation.

 

First off, block sealer does not harm your waterpump and radiator if you follow the directions on the back of the bottle, moron. I have used block sealer with great success in an emergency situation/urgent water leaking out of motor on the false grid situation. You flush the stuff out, schmuck



Second, john send the motor back its under warranty and rob will fix it. Make sure you tell him that you have already shared your misfortune on the internet and with the RX7/rotary community, and it would be unwise for his business to continue making crap motors.



A customer said that to me once, i kissed his *** and now he is winning races and endorsing(sp) us

 

Actually, Pineapple is very PRO evans... They sell the stuff on their web-site.. so I wouldn't worry about that being a liability against the warranty.



This is really sad to see, I'm only a few miles from Pineapple racing... and they are usually good guys, its sad to see they would recommend something as stupid as block sealer to FIX the problem.