[DeTomaso] A new engine in my future?

[boyd casey]

I have no intention of giving a good shop a bad rap. I am in New York and
have no interest in supporting or knocking any business in Arizona. When I
Googled "Tuff Dawg engine reviews" that is what came up. Regardless of the
fact that tuff dawg may not be affiliated with the other builder there were
enough derogatory reports on Tuff Dawg specifically to make me wary. One
poster said it appeared that it was "hit or miss" whether you got a good
engine or not. This information was the result of spending five minutes
researching "Tuff Dawg" Personally I would prefer to buy an engine from
someone that I had a harder time finding some dissatisfied customers. My
apologies for the misstatement about the affiliation with the other names.
Boyd

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Lee, Patrick Q <patrick.q.lee at rbc.com>wrote:

> Re Phoenix Engine Builders and Muscle Car.
> Sorry Boyd, but you are wrong. Probably honest mistake.
> Tuff Dawg is owned by Darl Mumbai. The other 2 shops are owned by Ralph
> DiRocco.
> The shops are in 2 completely different parts of Phoenix. I know because
> I spent a couple of hours driving around Glendale to find the
> Tuff Dawg shop this spring when I was there. It looks no different than
> a zillion other engine shops that I have seen.
> My stroker was delivered on time as promised, runs well except for a
> small oil drop and is so much faster than my 351 4v that it is not even
> worth discussing. I am running 393 ci with 11.5 compression through
> ported alloy heads and 12 degrees of initial, all in 38 degrees at 3000
> rpm,
> with a Crane solid lifter flat tappet cam and oiling mods.
> If I had to do over, I might go local as some of the boys say, but it is
> no guarantee either as I have seen many disputes with local race
> engines.
> It is the nature of the beast when you diverge from a stock engine.
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