A quick rant, and a heads up for engine parts and equipment coming up for sale.

[SShep71]

First off, I am never on here anymore, I cruise on once and a while but don't bother posting. This website has been a blessing and a curse, as three times I have been burned EXCESSIVELY buy people through this site. For well over $20,000 between Pat the scumbag body guy and some retailers who bent me over pretty far I don't even bother anymore. I still have my projects but rarely have time.
--Yes Pat you may have moved, but I won the lawsuit and you will forever owe me the 10k you embezzled while I was in Afghanistan you POS.--


That being said. I am helping two engine rebuilder shops combine assets as one is closing. There is a bunch of stuff that needs to be scrapped and sold. There is still a seat and guide machine for cylinder heads, a 24x48 flat belt sander for surfacing heads, a rather large boring machine for stuff up to big diesels, a wash tank and a bunch of misc. stuff. There is a ton of engine parts that will either be scrapped or sold. I have to help the guy go through everything over the next few weeks. The shop did engine machining and rebuilds in the same spot for the last 30 years, a lot of high performance race work, some diesels, and the traditional stuff. If you know any car guys that are looking for engine parts and you want to reach out to them, let them know that I am going to put a list together. Just in case anyone wants anything they are going to have to act fast as this guy is in a hurry to get everything out. He has to turn the building over by the end of May. I am going to post a list on here and a few other places as lists get compiled. He has a lot of engine rebuilding tooling that is going to go on the sale block as well.

[Motorcitydak]

Sorry to hear about the rough do you had on here. The tools available sound cool for the people in the same line of work. Please put up a location of all the cool equipment

[SShep71]

Yeah, it really put me off to this site and several others. I still like seeing everyone's progress on their builds, but most stuff moved to Instagram or any of the social media sites. I am coming up on 20 years this year on here too.

The equipment and parts are located in Temecula, Ca.

[chevelletiger]

Let be know sir I'm local to Temecula might need more stuff for my houseany ls stuff there?.

'm in south corona now,as I work for cnusd now as a welder.

BTW did you ever make the gas tank for the watts set up for the chevelles?
I misplaced the pdf you gave me for the plans.
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Doing a torque arm and will need to do a tank for the ly6 6.0 ls I'm swapping.
Sorry to hear about getting burnt,who's pat?
Like to know,so I can stay away from him.
Are you still working on your car?
I still am! But I do go to the Elsinore stadium when they have there autocross events.
Hit me up we can go there one of these days.
Phil

[raustinss]

watts link chevelle gas tank pdf ?????

[chevelletiger]

Yes to clear a ph or watts.

[raustinss]

that was always a reason i never looked into a watts link ..zero clearance with a 12 bolt

[SShep71]

Yea, it was to clear the Watts link. I am still trying to dig up the drawings, I have notes with all the dimensions so redrawing isn't a problem.

I had a few people reach out and ask about the issues...so here is a short few.

I know they used to be the "go-to" guys for suspension, but the guys at SC&C took a bunch of cash and gave me partials of parts. Half of the Chassis works shocks I ordered, the housing for a 9" instead of a completed rear, some brake stuff, etc. I tried to to a charge back with my CC company, but since payment was over a year earlier and some parts did show up I never got my full chargeback. Even the guys at Currie told me that SC&C took a nose dive into the **** pool.

A few others may still have some salvation in their future and I will leave them unmentioned.

Now the show-stopper the biggest clown around, the scumbag that put me in a worse place when I was already in a bad place. I hope some of you personally know him and I hope this gets back to him. Patrick Smith formerly of Ramona, you are a F'ing disgrace. I will explain in some detail just in a new thread no reason to booger this up anymore.

[raustinss]

Oh snap .. new drama .. grab the beers n popcorn. Someone not named Ron Sutton ..or prodigy.

[SShep71]

Oh snap .. new drama .. grab the beers n popcorn. Someone not named Ron Sutton ..or prodigy.


I luckily learned my lesson from others misfortunes when it came to those types, SC&C is local to my home area. I have heard all the good stuff about him hiding from people to the point of almost having to hire security. I don't know if it is true or not, but knowing the area and the people, I wouldn't doubt it. These are people who really take problem with being jerked around when it comes to the little money they have, and the amount of work they put out to get soo little in. I cannot confirm this so take it for what it is worth, allegedly, Marcus was crying and sobbing like a child to one guy (that he really gave it to) when the guy showed up at his place with "intentions of an other than holistic nature". I have heard several stories when I started to call friends back home to find out what the hell is going on, all hearsay, but allegedly Marcus is a bit of a tear factory.

If you haven't read his book, put on your Dr Seuss reading glasses and get ready for an adventure. I do suggest you find a free copy and read it. His book on "how to make a muscle car handle" is good for a few things, heat in the winter, heat in the summer, fuel for Smores, leveling a table, preventing coffee stains, etc.

To break down his book:
-Fifty percent of the information in there is just an attempt to steer you toward his store.
-Twenty percent are just baseless assumptions that have been proven wrong about the kinematics of suspension motion.
-Ten percent is pure hubris.
-Five percent is sentimental notions of how things used to be done.
-Five percent is poorly derived BASIC Newtonian physics.
-The last ten percent are observations that a 11th grader could have made about muscle car chassis.

It is the "I just bought my first tool box" of reading materials for chassis.

I am not much of one for drama but I am heavy on helping people avoid the snake oil. I will just leave it at this. The dude is out of business, and people are starting to wake up to just how full of **** that guy really was. That is all that matters, he no longer poses a threat to people their hobbies and their green.


But still **** Pat Smith formerly of Ramona, Ca

[raustinss]

LOL well im glad i never did buy that book as i did consider buying it