ATS Racing - Thanks!

Bak@EMSPowered · 09-07-2007, 11:58 PM

This is a long read. So here's the story on my up until earlier this year:

About 2 years ago I bought a brand new 5s ChrisK stroker motor with 9:1 CP pistons, Pauter rods, a high flow oil pump, basically an awsome all around motor that was built to hold up to around 650-700hp. Late last year I started having various problems. Eventually it got to the point that I was giving up and wanted to sell the car all together.

After all of the frustration and giving up, I decided on purchasing a motor from Aaron at ATS Racing. I purchased a 5s stroker motor with 8.3:1 pistons, eagle rods, a ported head with 264 cams, a highflow oil pump and basically the works.

Aaron scheduled to have my car picked up and trailered to ATS Racing. They took great care of the car while it was at ATS. While it was there I also had them install a new custom ATS/Clutchmaster 6 puck clutch, and ATS axle upgrades along wth the engine swap.

Here's the kicker...

After the motor was swapped I asked Aaron if they could pull the head off of the old motor and just check it out as far as its current condition goes. While they were opening up the motor they also noticed that instead of the super expensive Pauter rods, ChrisK had taken it upon himself to substitute cheaper Eagle rods. Great!!! Wonderful!!! Thank you ChrisK (being sarcastic of course

) There was some other shoddy work as well. Needless to say, as much as I've defended ChrisK in the past, I am very disappointed with the fact that what was said to be in the motor was not actually there and was swapped for cheaper parts.

So, back to ATS...

Aaron and the gang kept me up to date and when the work was completed ATS had the car trailered back to Austin for me. The car sat for a little over a month while I pieced together the remainder of my trunk mounted intercooler setup and some other little things here and there. A couple of days ago I finally got to start her up. The car started right up, revs much smoother and better than with the old motor, and the clutch is GREAT!!! It holds very well, and is also easy to drive with if used as a daily driver.

Now the motor idles steady as a rock at around 900rpm, even with the 264 cams, oversized valves, and ported head.

I'm very pleased with the transaction. The quality of the work on the installation is great. The quality of the motor is great. All around a very pleasant experience. And on top of all of that, my car is purring like a kitten and just about ready to be tuned into a 450rwhp monster

Thanks ATS!

Bak@EMSPowered · 09-08-2007, 12:01 AM

Moral of the story, don't buy from ChrisK... Sorry Chris, after this incident you've lost my trust.

MR2TRD1 · 09-08-2007, 05:06 AM

Sad to hear Chris doing shady work.

Bak@EMSPowered · 09-08-2007, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR2TRD1

Sad to hear Chris doing shady work.

Ya... oh well, live and learn... Just glad we have people like ATS around.

09-07-2007, 11:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bak@EMSPowered Banned Seller Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 5,925 Thanks: 30 Thanked 193 Times in 165 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (49/93% )	ATS Racing - Thanks! This is a long read. So here's the story on my up until earlier this year: About 2 years ago I bought a brand new 5s ChrisK stroker motor with 9:1 CP pistons, Pauter rods, a high flow oil pump, basically an awsome all around motor that was built to hold up to around 650-700hp. Late last year I started having various problems. Eventually it got to the point that I was giving up and wanted to sell the car all together. After all of the frustration and giving up, I decided on purchasing a motor from Aaron at ATS Racing. I purchased a 5s stroker motor with 8.3:1 pistons, eagle rods, a ported head with 264 cams, a highflow oil pump and basically the works. Aaron scheduled to have my car picked up and trailered to ATS Racing. They took great care of the car while it was at ATS. While it was there I also had them install a new custom ATS/Clutchmaster 6 puck clutch, and ATS axle upgrades along wth the engine swap. Here's the kicker... After the motor was swapped I asked Aaron if they could pull the head off of the old motor and just check it out as far as its current condition goes. While they were opening up the motor they also noticed that instead of the super expensive Pauter rods, ChrisK had taken it upon himself to substitute cheaper Eagle rods. Great!!! Wonderful!!! Thank you ChrisK (being sarcastic of course ) There was some other shoddy work as well. Needless to say, as much as I've defended ChrisK in the past, I am very disappointed with the fact that what was said to be in the motor was not actually there and was swapped for cheaper parts. So, back to ATS... Aaron and the gang kept me up to date and when the work was completed ATS had the car trailered back to Austin for me. The car sat for a little over a month while I pieced together the remainder of my trunk mounted intercooler setup and some other little things here and there. A couple of days ago I finally got to start her up. The car started right up, revs much smoother and better than with the old motor, and the clutch is GREAT!!! It holds very well, and is also easy to drive with if used as a daily driver. Now the motor idles steady as a rock at around 900rpm, even with the 264 cams, oversized valves, and ported head. I'm very pleased with the transaction. The quality of the work on the installation is great. The quality of the motor is great. All around a very pleasant experience. And on top of all of that, my car is purring like a kitten and just about ready to be tuned into a 450rwhp monster Thanks ATS!

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09-08-2007, 12:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bak@EMSPowered Banned Seller Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 5,925 Thanks: 30 Thanked 193 Times in 165 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (49/93% )	Moral of the story, don't buy from ChrisK... Sorry Chris, after this incident you've lost my trust.

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MR2TRD1 pimpin' valet ;-) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,180 Thanks: 1 Thanked 37 Times in 34 Posts iTrader Rating: (19/100% )	Sad to hear Chris doing shady work.