Earl . I really dont know. the owner of the shop i used didnt disclose what machine shop he used or who put the 4.1 back together. he just stated it's the same guy who builds his motors. he is a mopar man, and has a 9 and 10 scnd nitrous dodge cuda. I just told him to make sure the clearences were tight, and to not build it like a chevy small block. but there's more. when I dropped of the GN October 2013, car sat there for 5 mos before motor was ready. had to wait for forged pistons to be ordered , made, then delivered. no hurry , since i was in the middle of buying a house. the Xgf and i had a Bad fallout, so the very weekend my motor was to be installed, her son takes his car to have the brakes done at the same shop im using. he drops his car off on friday, my car gets broken into on saturday. Hmmmm.
since they can't steal it, they cut all my guage wires and take the guages.
I find this out as on Monday morning i drop by to check on engine installation. as i drive up I see the kids car in the parking lot. well im no rocket scientist,but.
owner says he will take care of it and put my GN back together. 2 days later, he says he won't pay for Gauges. so i go and replace all gauges ($1500) sm, temp, oil, egt, electric fp, wt. i patiently wait for them to install my motor which was on engine stand when they broke into my car. after they install my engine, they keep a few days. owner calls me tells me GN is ready for me to pick it up. when i arrive, he hands me another bill for $3700, says thats what i owe, labor, on top of the $4000 i had pre-paid for R&R and motor re-build. needless to say, i didn't pay $3700 as i told him he was responsible for my ride while it was in his shop, regardless if the X's son did the damage or not. so i took my GN home and haven't spoken to owner since. I get home and install all my gauges, and comb the engine bay. which i had to correct the hack job they did on the wireing along with vaccum hose's routed to where no vacumm hoses' go. so now comes this delema, of the smoke. do I go back and make him tell me who put motor together so that i know exactly what was done, with the possibility that I punch him in his face for the shit work they did. and get arrested. do i let bygones be bygones and stay out of jail or come here to our community and have you guys help me sort this out.