Buyer Beware - Rick Ehrenberg
#1. You bought it. I got a new bad motor sitting in my neon. I didn't tear it down right away and if I had, I would've caught the bad water pump that probably caused the knock that it has. My fault, nobody else's.
#2. I LEARNED the phrase 'caveat emptor' from Rick via Mopar Action. Given his 'New York Heeb' way (his words, not mine), I very highly doubt he would even SAY he stood behind it.
#3. Who's to say that rust didn't form under YOUR watch? You took your sweet time with that motor, too, y'know.
#4.
Posting this on every Mopar board does not make the OP right.
FACT: You bought an engine that had been built long ago by someone else.
FACT: You obviously do not have the tools or skill to build an engine yourself so you had to rely on someone else to assess the quality of the build.
FACT: Rick admitted that he did not build the engine.
FACT: You did a poor job of inspecting a used engine.
FACT: The engine sat for years but you decided to paint it and run it anyway.
FACT: New engines get by with synthetic oil because they run tighter clearances for the piston, have thinner rings and have tighter ring gaps. Older style engines and synthetic oil is a crapshoot as to how well the rings will seat.
FACT: People that do not understand something often feel that they were "cheated" when something goes wrong.
FACT: Unless you saw the engine run, you do not know exactly how well it will run, no matter WHO built it.
This is a sad attempt on your part to cover your own mistake. YOU should have done a better job inspecting the engine.
Kerndog is right, you should've verified the condition on ANY rebuilt motor you bought, ever. I got a sweet rebuilt 408 sitting in my basement, makes 800 horse and I'll make you a deal on it. I know it LOOKS like a bone stock 5.2, but it's a sleeper.
Would you fall for that? My guess is, probably.
Btw, how would even know what cam you had, what heads, what crank, etc without a total teardown. You spent THOUSANDS on a motor and won't spend a hundred on gaskets? Really?
Yes you are right to a point, but if Rick said it's good and he guarantees it, than that is it, there is no argument. Rick should back up his word.
I agree but GET IT IN WRITING, and don't expect it to be valid ad infinitum.
OP, this is on you, dude. Rick is smart enough to know better, so should you be.
And I damn sure wouldn't count on someone as OLD as Ehrenberg to be around to make it right after so much time. He's liable to drop any minute.
Edit, since this post was edited, let me clarify: I called Rick E. a 'new york heeb' WITH MARKS around it, because that's what Rick calls himself, in print in the magazine.
The marks were added because those are HIS WORDS, NOT MINE.
So before you bums edit my post, look it up. Single marks are routinely used to indicate a quotation that the person quoting the quote does not agree with the language in the quote.
So I'm restoring my post to the best of my memory, because the statement lacks credibility without context. If you don't like the words I use, learn some context.
Second edit: I don't like you implying that I'm racist. I'm a prick but not racist, I don't like that ****. Imma run for president someday and I don't need you Papa John'ing my run.
