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Keep your head up Joey. This will get worked out and you'll be loving it this spring when you're ripping through back roads.
I agree, hang in there Joey. Bob
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I think ur previous cam was degreed thus the crank sprocket being off and whoever swapped your cam didn't check. So if a new cam was swapped in and was lined up dot to dot on a previous crank gear that was degreed, Dot to dot would be incorrect. Your timing would be all off.
when I swapped mine, I called AES to see if they degreed my cam and they said they degree every cam they install.
when I swapped mine, I called AES to see if they degreed my cam and they said they degree every cam they install.
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Would you be willing to post those photos? I am sorry if you already have and I missed them.
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Tuning would not help. It will hit but won't run. Tried changing sensors. It has feed a nd signal
Continuity all the way through. More than likely the reluctor IS on backwards. Motor is coming out. Crank is coming out. I am going to talk with AES and Callies.
Continuity all the way through. More than likely the reluctor IS on backwards. Motor is coming out. Crank is coming out. I am going to talk with AES and Callies.
Called AES twice today. Left my info with the person that answered. Said he'd get with mike to get this all ironed out. Told me to have it ready to ship? But who was paying for shipping is beyond me. The quote for pulling the motor and crank and reinstalling is around $1400.00. Still waiting on a call back.
man this is scary i was just over there last week, did a tour of the shop, brought them some parts and paid them for a new killer 408 built for boost. I hope this gets figured out asap and i also hope this isn't contagious if ya know what i mean.
in there defense. alot of my friends have there motors. badss, allout06, mike13, and Sirnemisis, and all there's have done well as far as I know.
Im just that lucky. I am anxious to see what can be done. Spring is coming and I want to be running 5.70 index in a street car.
Im just that lucky. I am anxious to see what can be done. Spring is coming and I want to be running 5.70 index in a street car.
Mine started right up. But, I did have have some issues with their customer service at times... for 3 months I was told it would be ok for me to come in and build my own engine and at the last second they said they couldn't. No big deal I guess. What kinda pissed me off was that I ordered a long block with a specd cam. I think everyone would agree that when you order a "cam package" that it comes with a cam, spring kit and pushrods right? When I went and picked up my motor, they made me pay another $110 for pushrods when I got there after I called like 2 weeks prior and "paid it off" or so I thought. I asked what I owed, they told me, and I paid it just to get there and them say "by the way, you owe us another $110 even though we said its paid for on the phone". Again, its only a $100, but still, it was a surprise... Also, I never got my specd cam. After I asked for one. I gave em all the info to spec it, they supposedly flowed my heads and they put a cam in it. Come to find out, its the same cam they put it everyones 390.. 238/240 .605/.609 112lsa. So I had to sell it and lose money and purchase a cam that was made for my setup... just little bs like that kind of turned me off.
Mine started right up. But, I did have have some issues with their customer service at times... for 3 months I was told it would be ok for me to come in and build my own engine and at the last second they said they couldn't. No big deal I guess. What kinda pissed me off was that I ordered a long block with a specd cam. I think everyone would agree that when you order a "cam package" that it comes with a cam, spring kit and pushrods right? When I went and picked up my motor, they made me pay another $110 for pushrods when I got there after I called like 2 weeks prior and "paid it off" or so I thought. I asked what I owed, they told me, and I paid it just to get there and them say "by the way, you owe us another $110 even though we said its paid for on the phone". Again, its only a $100, but still, it was a surprise... Also, I never got my specd cam. After I asked for one. I gave em all the info to spec it, they supposedly flowed my heads and they put a cam in it. Come to find out, its the same cam they put it everyones 390.. 238/240 .605/.609 112lsa. So I had to sell it and lose money and purchase a cam that was made for my setup... just little bs like that kind of turned me off.
This is honestly shitty customer service. If shops started treating customers like gold and not like **** then they would make more money in the long run. If they made a mistake and said it was paid for you owe nothing, then oh, btw you owe $110. Suck it up as a shop and say we made a mistake, we will take care of it. Thats what happens at the MB dealer I work at. You create a happy customer who will remember it and return for future business, instead of an angry one who will go elsewhere next time around, just my thoughts on it.
I am in the same boat with my experiences with AES. I will definitely be going into detail in my build thread about them, I just haven't wanted to take the time to type about it yet.
I agree, Brian is awesome to talk with on the phone. He always took the time needed to go through things and discuss options. However, it was always a pain to get him on the phone. I left voicemails, sent emails, called numerous times to no avail. It seemed like when Brian or Mike wasn't there, nothing would ever get done. Nobody else knew about anything in the shop.
They are disorganized to put that in a blunt way.
They can't maintain a schedule for the average consumer. Many of my calls were to check on progress. They would respond it would be done the following week. I called the next week and they hadn't touched it. Another week. It never ended.
When I first agreed to have them put my engine together, they had a fairly decent name for themselves. It was soon after that, more and more came out about them. It has been nothing but downhill since then. Even after I got my engine, I didn't think much about the company, but still thought they could build a good product. Now that even has me scratching my head.
Sucks the OP has to go through this. It is frustrating to say the least. Hopefully they do something for you, but I would be shocked if they do anything financially. Get that thing back together and let's see some HP numbers and videos tearing up the road.
I am starting to get the urge to put together a post or two in my build thread. Maybe later this week. Continue to warn future consumers!
I agree, Brian is awesome to talk with on the phone. He always took the time needed to go through things and discuss options. However, it was always a pain to get him on the phone. I left voicemails, sent emails, called numerous times to no avail. It seemed like when Brian or Mike wasn't there, nothing would ever get done. Nobody else knew about anything in the shop.
They are disorganized to put that in a blunt way.
They can't maintain a schedule for the average consumer. Many of my calls were to check on progress. They would respond it would be done the following week. I called the next week and they hadn't touched it. Another week. It never ended.
When I first agreed to have them put my engine together, they had a fairly decent name for themselves. It was soon after that, more and more came out about them. It has been nothing but downhill since then. Even after I got my engine, I didn't think much about the company, but still thought they could build a good product. Now that even has me scratching my head.
Sucks the OP has to go through this. It is frustrating to say the least. Hopefully they do something for you, but I would be shocked if they do anything financially. Get that thing back together and let's see some HP numbers and videos tearing up the road.
I am starting to get the urge to put together a post or two in my build thread. Maybe later this week. Continue to warn future consumers!
I am in the same boat with my experiences with AES. I will definitely be going into detail in my build thread about them, I just haven't wanted to take the time to type about it yet.
I agree, Brian is awesome to talk with on the phone. He always took the time needed to go through things and discuss options. However, it was always a pain to get him on the phone. I left voicemails, sent emails, called numerous times to no avail. It seemed like when Brian or Mike wasn't there, nothing would ever get done. Nobody else knew about anything in the shop.
They are disorganized to put that in a blunt way.
They can't maintain a schedule for the average consumer. Many of my calls were to check on progress. They would respond it would be done the following week. I called the next week and they hadn't touched it. Another week. It never ended.
When I first agreed to have them put my engine together, they had a fairly decent name for themselves. It was soon after that, more and more came out about them. It has been nothing but downhill since then. Even after I got my engine, I didn't think much about the company, but still thought they could build a good product. Now that even has me scratching my head.
Sucks the OP has to go through this. It is frustrating to say the least. Hopefully they do something for you, but I would be shocked if they do anything financially. Get that thing back together and let's see some HP numbers and videos tearing up the road.
I am starting to get the urge to put together a post or two in my build thread. Maybe later this week. Continue to warn future consumers!
I agree, Brian is awesome to talk with on the phone. He always took the time needed to go through things and discuss options. However, it was always a pain to get him on the phone. I left voicemails, sent emails, called numerous times to no avail. It seemed like when Brian or Mike wasn't there, nothing would ever get done. Nobody else knew about anything in the shop.
They are disorganized to put that in a blunt way.
They can't maintain a schedule for the average consumer. Many of my calls were to check on progress. They would respond it would be done the following week. I called the next week and they hadn't touched it. Another week. It never ended.
When I first agreed to have them put my engine together, they had a fairly decent name for themselves. It was soon after that, more and more came out about them. It has been nothing but downhill since then. Even after I got my engine, I didn't think much about the company, but still thought they could build a good product. Now that even has me scratching my head.
Sucks the OP has to go through this. It is frustrating to say the least. Hopefully they do something for you, but I would be shocked if they do anything financially. Get that thing back together and let's see some HP numbers and videos tearing up the road.
I am starting to get the urge to put together a post or two in my build thread. Maybe later this week. Continue to warn future consumers!
\side note
Joey just texted me (I8UR4D) and said AES is paying for shipping to and from Chicago and tear down of the engine. He has to pay for the removal of it. which i think he should be reimbursed after they determine it was an assembly error/bad crank from callies. I would definitely look into reimbursement for the labor of pulling/installing it joey.