ghostrider_85
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I mean seriously now, this sucks! Rick Ribbus, Richard lee, tom joy, and countless others have now experienced the wrath of poor quality and craftsmanship. I know that I don’t own a syclone anymore, but part of that is due to all this crap. I am tired of people coming to the aid of others, when their work simply speaks for itself. I mean lets be realistic, there has been a continuing tread here for a while, and someone has to finally put in his or her honest two cents and experience. Ok, they are nice guys and all, but I would be too if I could put together engines for thousands of dollars and have them continually fail after a few hundred miles. So don't get me wrong, I think they are nice, but who wouldn't be? Anyway, that’s not the point; the point is that ANYONE thinking of using his or her shop should tread very carefully. For instance, I was NEVER going to say anything about these guys, and I was going to keep my mouth shut, but I am sick and tired of always hearing about McCoy blunders from friends that I trust. No one here has to take my work for it, but at this point, not even owning a syclone or typhoon, why would I have any bias? Here is just some of the crap that I had to go through. We first went to get the truck, 30 grand later, and supposedly got a "SUPER MOTOR PLUS". McCoy says the tranny is slipping, so what the hell, lets put one of those SUPER 4L60's in too. Remember, NO FAILURES http://www.tobefast.com/trannypricing.htm , yeah right. I got home and put a total of a whooping 20 miles on the SUPER 4L60 and it was cooked. I didn’t even get one good launch over 15 psi ever in this truck. I only got a half dozen launches, and they were all in Kentucky, pretty weak if you ask me. anyway, the tranny was cooked. I was at a traffic light, and I was pulling out, the thing stuck in 1st gear. I just pulled out like I was driving a mini van. heck that time the truck only lasted a week before something major, which I payed to have "built" blew. now don’t get me wrong, I could accept this a little better if I would have been beating the hell out of it at the track, but I drive my minivan harder than I drove this thing. back to the details. McCoy said, "send it back". yeah right, and get some shawdy work again? I think not. I had a good friend here at home, who is a certified mechanic, who I trust dearly, and we took apart the "SUPER 4L60". we found that there were various materials used, such as various clutch packs with different composites. The entire housing was shot. It was a total hooch job from start to finish. most, if not all the parts were used. well, the story gets better. for McCoy to save face he tells me that he will get with his "tranny guy" and get to the bottom of this. I found out, through another source, that the "tranny guy" is his cousin. so McCoy knew what was going on. o, for all you skeptics at this point, it gets better. I was charged by McCoy for many new part, but found that my truck received used ones. the starter, electric fan, spark plug wires, valve covers, air intake system, dual air intercooler, distributor, ect. this list could probably be endless if I wanted it to be. that is another shady practice. if he wanted to charge me for new things, then give me the new things. don’t lie about it. another example, we took it back to him because the headers were melting everything under the hood. he told us that he solved the problem by re-routing all the wires under the hood. this was not true, we went back to pick it up and more things melted on the way back. we must have spent every night, for about a month, fixing careless mistakes. the tranny lines were leaned against the crossover pipe. they melted through. we had to replace them. the lower radiator hose was leaned against the crossover pipe that also melted though, leaving me stranded. see what I mean? carelessness and low quality of craftsmanship.
now here comes the dandy. the engine just blew up on the fellow that bought the truck from me, so I know his pain. we are talking a $35,000 motor that just falls apart after a few hundred miles of street driving at extremely low boost levels. come on now. I know for a fact that this is now just one of many engines that have prematurely failed from McCoy’s shop. I think that people should be forewarned that this shop is not what they make it out to be. the smartest thing to do is to do it yourself, or have someone local do it that you trust. then have someone, like a Brian Green, tune the truck. that’s the only way that you can assure yourself that you are getting what you are paying for. I have heard that the bottom end was shot in the syclone. the bearings went. that’s all I know at this point, but I am sure that more will surface as time progresses.
at this point, I really don’t care what anyone says here to this. it doesn’t matter to me, but I do think that you should all be warned, because I doubt anyone wants to wait a year, and have a truck for a week before it breaks and be out thousands of dollars in the process. like I stated before, I no longer have any ties, other than friends, to this community, so this is my truthful experience, no BS or BIAS here, just facts. I could easily go on and on with all the little things along the way, but that’s a total waist of time. bottom line, if your going to spend $40000, or $40, be wise in your decision, and take the advice of others that have already walked certain paths in the community. there are a lot of opinionated answers on the BB. and a lot of friendships, so I don’t mean to trample anyone's toes. but the bottom line is that I have NOTHING to gain by this, than to warn others, so they don’t fall into the same situation. Actions speak louder than words, and if business was good, would Ribbus, Lee, Joy, and countless others have experienced the same problems? I think not...
i can explain in more detail if neccessary :lol: , drop me a e-mail sometime if anyone wants to know anymore.
now here comes the dandy. the engine just blew up on the fellow that bought the truck from me, so I know his pain. we are talking a $35,000 motor that just falls apart after a few hundred miles of street driving at extremely low boost levels. come on now. I know for a fact that this is now just one of many engines that have prematurely failed from McCoy’s shop. I think that people should be forewarned that this shop is not what they make it out to be. the smartest thing to do is to do it yourself, or have someone local do it that you trust. then have someone, like a Brian Green, tune the truck. that’s the only way that you can assure yourself that you are getting what you are paying for. I have heard that the bottom end was shot in the syclone. the bearings went. that’s all I know at this point, but I am sure that more will surface as time progresses.
at this point, I really don’t care what anyone says here to this. it doesn’t matter to me, but I do think that you should all be warned, because I doubt anyone wants to wait a year, and have a truck for a week before it breaks and be out thousands of dollars in the process. like I stated before, I no longer have any ties, other than friends, to this community, so this is my truthful experience, no BS or BIAS here, just facts. I could easily go on and on with all the little things along the way, but that’s a total waist of time. bottom line, if your going to spend $40000, or $40, be wise in your decision, and take the advice of others that have already walked certain paths in the community. there are a lot of opinionated answers on the BB. and a lot of friendships, so I don’t mean to trample anyone's toes. but the bottom line is that I have NOTHING to gain by this, than to warn others, so they don’t fall into the same situation. Actions speak louder than words, and if business was good, would Ribbus, Lee, Joy, and countless others have experienced the same problems? I think not...
i can explain in more detail if neccessary :lol: , drop me a e-mail sometime if anyone wants to know anymore.