G'day fellas, I'm pretty new to this so bare with me. I wish I found this forum earlier. I recently had an ordinary experience with an engine rebuild. I had my r32 gtst for about 2 years when I blew the engine while in the gong. I live in neutral bay so I got the car towed to a workshop in brookvale that I had the car serviced at previously. They said they did rebuilds so I got a quote and they got started. It was supposed to have Arias forged pistons, metal head gasket, HKS cam gears, Tomei cams, the usual head work/machining etc.
Anyway, the basics are, I know very little about the mechanical side, I don't work on cars myself, but I had the money to have some fun with it. I handed over a Chq for half of what I intended to spend, six months later, the knob hadn't even started ordering parts for the car. I was losing it. I ended up getting the car back, engine rebuilt, yet without cams, cam gears, metal head gasket. Basically headwork and pistons. The guy is a complete rort. I'm currently compiling a court case.
Sorry about the long winded whinge, just be careful who you trust.
