MAHDAVI MOTOR SPORTS

[Jaimecbr900]

Im under the impression that mahdavi doesnt do the internal engine building, they send it off to a machine shop.

Yay for the middle man!

Sending a head(s) or block to be machined somewhere is not sending your engine to be built elsewhere. There aren't many shops around that have a machine shop on the premises too. If a shop takes the motor out, apart, sends SOME parts out to be "machined" or "trued", then puts everything back together again........I'd say they "built" the engine in my book.

Besides, some machine shops REQUIRE they put certain things in themselves (sleeves, sometimes crank, sometimes pistons, valves/springs, etc) in order to offer a warranty.

I promise you that if you take your motor to be "rebuilt" ANYWHERE, you either A: don't have the time; or B: don't have the knowledge to do it yourself.

Everyone is a "middle man" if you really want to split hairs. No shop around here MAKES a piston from scratch. So by your definition that would make them a "middle man" too now wouldn't it, since they ordered them from somewhere else?

[eh2]

Sending a head(s) or block to be machined somewhere is not sending your engine to be built elsewhere. There aren't many shops around that have a machine shop on the premises too. If a shop takes the motor out, apart, sends SOME parts out to be "machined" or "trued", then puts everything back together again........I'd say they "built" the engine in my book.

They dont assemble it either!

Are you sure they dont make their own pistons :jerkit:

If you are going to build a motor and you cannot do it yourself then take it to a machine shop, or a creditable**** shop that will assemble after everything has been honed,milled, etc by a MACHINE shop.

so , YAY for having him make that $$ call for someone else to dissasmble, do the machine work, and assemble your motor and bring it back to the shop so you can say "They Built" your motor, Which sucks anyways...


x 1000000000000000000000000000 = pissing it in the wind

[Sam]

We only use ARP bolts so that's probably what you got.
When doing anything in life there's is always someone who specializes in a certain field which makes them extremely good in that field, like tranny guys, and machinest. Finding these two things and good ones at that means you have a gold mine. We send all blocks and heads out that require machining because that the machinest job. If a block is getting bored or sleeved then I always have the machinest put it together because he'll do it better than I can since he cut everything, and if you trust him. However, if a block is getting replacement pistons and rods with a block gaurd and minor build up then we do that in house. We have built many motors that way, but 90% is sent to the machinest. We only have them install crank, pistons, and rods, and I assymble everything else. I have been blessed with finding a great machine shop and trust him with anything. We have used them for over seven years and have had not one problem, and we're talking over 1000 motors easy. The race car's motors lasted the whole season, and I don't plan on touching it. He builds the best short blocks around. He remans heads, but doesn't do any custom port work, simply because he's covered up. I send those jobs to KMS and he has done beautiful work for me also for 7 years.

So after my long story, the moral is: if you don't have to do it or don't have time, then find someone good as shit to do it. I build all the cars and do some swaps, but there is no way I can build the motors, build the trannies, and build the cars, and make one quality product unless I am only doing a few a year. That's why we have engine builders, and tranny guys. Because anyone who can say they can do it all, means they are lacking somewhere, or not giving 100% in each field. Sorry to bore you, had some time to kill, rare. Good pm.

As for the 98 front end conversion, I agree it should be taken to a body shop. But we have done JDM conversions like the one on our employees then had it painted, but it turned out beautiful, thanks to good parts. I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding with my sales guy, he probably had a 99 civic conversion in mind.
I use Napa T-belts on even the race cars, and have been since day one and had not one break or fail. So it depends on what aftermarket brand you go with, there are actually a lot of reputable brands that are just as good and much cheaper.