Fast N Loud Bandit T/A

[SPLATT71MC]

I find the show entertaining and find it easier to watch than the show Boyd Coddington had. Now that being said i wouldn't let them touch my car ever.

[Nothingface5384]

What was the api oil rating
all the newer ratings have a heavy calcium concentration package which works against zddp
if they did a lil homework all they would of really needed was Z-paste for cam break-in, and use break in oil from job gibbs br30 after breakin switch to joe gibbs hr2/hr4 or amsoil z-rod oil
ZDDP is a awesome additive but makes no sense to add to oil with Calcium detergent(sn-GF-5) though older api oils have more then enough calcium even down to SJ
which means every off thr shelf oil has too much calcium unless you find a non detergent oil in your local wal-mart.

Its just stupid proof if you use oil made for our car versus rolling the dice on using a calcium detergent based oil, even adding zddp isnt sure proof

[Nothingface5384]

This Time on the TA, they used Joe Gibbs Break-In Oil - there was a shot of Jordan putting it in. The Motor Guy missed a lot of Stuff in his 1st Build.

Whoever Wins the Car in the Monkey Giveaway needs to put a LS in it!

T.C.

lesson learned is See. hope he used their cam lube as I doubt they used the Z-Paste brand

[BMR Sales]

I was bored last night, so I watched Episode Two again. I think the 2nd Engine Deal was for Dramatic Effect!

[Ketzer]

I believe that is the second build they've had a fresh engine go bad... from that same builder. Drama or not, that doesn't seem smart or good PR for that engine builder?


Jeff-

[rchaskin]

......if they did a lil homework ......

LOL.....nobody at GMG is going to do any homework.....

[badazz81z28]

I believe that is the second build they've had a fresh engine go bad... from that same builder. Drama or not, that doesn't seem smart or good PR for that engine builder?


Jeff-

lol...yeah, I bet his business has declined....who would want to go to his shop now? Despite him fixing it, what a PIA it is to pull and install an engine X2!

[BMR Sales]

I bet their business has gone up just from the TV exposure.

T.C.

[SPLATT71MC]

I believe that is the second build they've had a fresh engine go bad... from that same builder. Drama or not, that doesn't seem smart or good PR for that engine builder?


Jeff-

lol...yeah, I bet his business has declined....who would want to go to his shop now? Despite him fixing it, what a PIA it is to pull and install an engine X2!

Without knowing what GMG did as far as priming and break in it would be hard to pin it on either side without more info.

[vintageracer]

GMG is entertaining television with an engaging host & No social redeeming value.

Pretty amazing since there is no real "Villiage Idiot" in this successful show!

You always need a great "Village Idiot" for a reality TV show to be a hit. Look no further than "Chum or Uncle Si" for inspiration!

I guess there is always the "Exception To The Rule"!

[MrQuick]

Its just hard to pin point the idiot in the village....when there is a village of them. : )

[chevnut55]

I felt better after watching them have fresh engines go bad as everytime I had a motor built it had to be pulled out and re-done or brought to another builder. the lesson I learned , no one around can build a motor correct and buy a crate motor.
Im surprised that with all the money Richard is dumping into his businesses that they do not have a in shop machine shop to build motors and their own interior shop because that dragon lady charges way too much and does not seem to know how to do headliners.
The t/A is nice ,makes me miss mine,but it was built for the show like the nomad, they are both give away cars.

[BigMikeIndy]

that dragon lady charges way too much and does not seem to know how to do headliners.

Her prices are all over the place for sure. I was starting to think maybe the no headliner thing was a Texas thing.

[BMR Sales]

Interior Work is a Pain in the Ass & someone needs to know how to do it. The Ass Monkeys would never keep a Shop Guy Busy enough to do it in-house. Sometimes Sue, the Dragon Lady is Super Cheap, othertimes she is High. But they also want her to do stuff pronto, which is tough to do.

[Thephranc]

The 'I need it now' thing is whats ruined engines and why she charges so much for some things.

[mmosley]

The 'I need it now' thing is whats ruined engines and why she charges so much for some things.

Yep... seems like these guys are always in a hurry, I guess the show would not have as much drama without the stupid deadlines. If you ran a real shop with crazy deadlines like that and did not spread some extra money around your good techs would eventually leave. Every engine I have built to go in one of my cars or the race cars I used to crew on had the machine work done by a good machine shop. I measured every part and used plastigage to double check and verify clearances on rods and mains. Camshaft centerline gets checked. Distributor is installed before the valve cover goes on so I can verify the correct rotor phasing. I use assembly lube (lubriplate) on most parts, prime the oil pump with grease before attaching it, use the cam manufacturers' assembly lube on the cam, lifters, pushrods, and pre-lube the engine before firing. Engine gets an initial 20+ minutes run in @ 3000. When I ran a shop we bought crate engines when it was appropriate or needed to be a quick turn, otherwise the machine shop assembled the short block or long block. I always pre-oiled the engines. We used to use old cut down distributors or other tricks. I still have my hex drive for pre-oiling my Mopars. These days you can buy the nice pressurized canisters. I've never flattened a cam, but I have seen it happen. Usually when someone starts an engine and lets it idle. 25 years ago mechanics had to know how to build engines, do they just not do that any more? If I was doing high end stuff for customers these days I would have the machine shop / builder break it in on the dyno, set the lash, do some pulls and ship it with a dyno sheet and a mpeg video.