How much power will I make? UPDATED

[Ryan Singh]

I was going to have them do just the one but I think I'm bailing on that block. Time for another one. Fuck, at this rate my car will never finish. 

[kevin derhouson]

the club.. welcome to it.   

[Brett Haviland]

I guess if I ever find a good 6 bolt block I should hold onto it. Seems the same way with heads. 

6 bolt blocks are getting to a be a bitch to find a good one nowadays

[Ryan Singh]

I guess if I ever find a good 6 bolt block I should hold onto it. Seems the same way with heads. 

6 bolt blocks are getting to a be a bitch to find a good one nowadays

Yes sir...and with this in mind, I've decided to go ahead with a Magnus built bottom end, and an RG built head. They're just looking into the details for me so hopefully all goes well.

Doing the shortblock stage 1:

http://magnusmotorsports.com/products/engines-and-internals/dsmevo-shortblock-stage-1/#.UeTOMo2Tjgw

[Jordan Kruger]

Slowboy racing offers a similar bottem end for about 500 less.   Atleast, thats what I saw in the vendors section on DSM tuners recently.

[Rob Armstrong]

Buy my 2.4 and build it for less then that.
You also need to send them a good block.
Not sure if you seen that.

[Rob Armstrong]

$1500 or so for rods and pistons. $400 for block and $1000+/- for machining.

[Brett Haviland]

i think ryan is staying away from used blocks ahah,  i think the block with the gouge in it was from your old 2G rob?  lol i figured that engine had some bottom end issues.

[Rob Armstrong]

Pretty sure that's why I gave it away for nothing.
Also sure I told him to have you look it over before he purchased it. (Not from me)
He's gonna need to buy one for somone or Magnus for $500 regardless.

[Ryan Singh]

All good guys...I found a block for dirt cheap, but if I factor in shipping and cost of it...and then what if it gets there and it's not usable (or not to their standards?) then I'm out more cash...so fuck it! I'm just paying the extra $500 for a good one...biting the bullet this time. It's peace of mind for me mang. No disrespect to you Rob or Travis, you were both very upfront on the status of that block and I was just trying to cut corners and save money hoping that it would all work out in my favor...lesson learned brohiems. No bad vibes anywhere. 

I just want to get it going again because taking the fuckin bus sucks balls...yeah there are lots of women on transit, but there's nothing like having your sunroof open with tunes playing in your ride with your hair on fire like Goose and maverick asking to buzz the tower one mo' time. 

[Ryan Singh]

So I think I'm going to ditch Magnus for the built block. These guys are taking way too fucking long doing anything at all. It took them 3 weeks just to send a quite to RG. I'm considering going with a Built4G63.com block now. It's not a local vendor, but they seem to have way better reviews and customer service then the Magnus jokers.

[Rob Armstrong]

Even they say 4-6 weeks for delivery.
How much longer is Magnus supposed to be?
What did you need a quote from them for? Are the prices not posted on their website?

[Ryan Singh]

Well, RG's been trying to get hold of Magnus to start the build since June. At first they were saying that they had no cores and couldn't find any...kinda funny considering that they build motors but don't have a steady flow of these? Makes the company look not as professional as I once though it was.

So anyway, RG calls and no one answers so leave a message and no one replies. Then when they do reply they tell RG that they will be closed for all of August but oh wait...we have cores now so yeah, you still have to wait though until after August.

Then in September they try contacting them again and it seems like they're having to pull teeth just to talk to someone. 3+ weeks ago, Tariq told me that he was waiting for Magnus to get back to him with a quote and they never did. So a few days ago I emailed Magnus directly and asked where the quote was and why it was taking so long, the next day they sent the quote to RG with inflated prices. The guy said...yeah our prices on our website are out of date and I need to update them. Original price is supposed to be $22xx.xx plus $500 for a core so like $2700-2800+tax and shipping. The new price he gave is something like $3500+tax and shipping. So with this kind of fucking around on their part...if it takes them this long (5 months) just to get them to sell me something, how long would it take to get service if there was a defective or malfunctioning part?

Too shady for my liking...I don't mind paying a bit extra in shipping and currency differences from Florida, even if it takes another two months to get it from Built4g63.

The quote was because they have options on which pistons you go with, there's a slight difference in price and compression ratio.

[kevin derhouson]

sounds typical for magnus.. bunch of bullshit, delays etc.

[Matt Vangaalen]

Have a look the thedsmgraveyard.com