West Coast Engines Reviews
West Coast Engines Overview
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West Coast Engines has a 1.0 star rating from 2 reviews; sentiment is mostly negative with reports the company may be out of business and customers advise staying away.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- West Coast Engines reviews highlight serious quality and assembly problems with purchased engines.
- Expect customer complaints about billing, warranty claims, and poor customer service.
- Consider alternatives and verify business status before placing an order.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Faulty engines, head gasket and cam failures leading to rebuilds.
- Allegations of taking orders while going out of business and deleted contacts.
- Poor warranty support and high price level reported by reviewers.
Positive Feedback
No positive feedback appears in the available reviews.
The generated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
West Coast Engines has a 1.0 star rating from 2 reviews; sentiment is mostly negative with reports the company may be out of business and customers advise staying away.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- West Coast Engines reviews highlight serious quality and assembly problems with purchased engines.
- Expect customer complaints about billing, warranty claims, and poor customer service.
- Consider alternatives and verify business status before placing an order.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Faulty engines, head gasket and cam failures leading to rebuilds.
- Allegations of taking orders while going out of business and deleted contacts.
- Poor warranty support and high price level reported by reviewers.
Positive Feedback
No positive feedback appears in the available reviews.
Faulty engine robbed for $5K
- - Head bolts were never torqued and engine blew a head gasket.
- - They took orders before going out of business, took money, and never sent engines.
Head bolts were never torqued down. Blew a head gasket, zero quality.
It never ran right from day one. Now I'm stuck rebuilding an engine instead of getting the paint job I saved up for!!!
A lawsuit needs to be filed against them, whether they're out of business or not. I've seen many similar reviews and apparently, they took orders knowing they were going out of business, received money, and never sent out engines; instead, they disappeared!!!
- Useless engine
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: They are no longer in business due to crap engines
Yorba Linda, California
Warranty work
Trying to get warranty work done for 2nd time in just about 6months can not drive car because of bad engine and now they are out of business my warranty says 5 years what a joke
User's recommendation: Don’t deal with them
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ordered engine
Company closed up, all contacts deleted! Lost my life savings!!!××xxxxx'xxxxxcccxxxxx'I×××××÷××××××××÷÷÷÷÷÷'xxxxx
User's recommendation: Let the buyer beware
This company is now doing business under Hot rod company in Washington and still don’t stand behind there builds
Replying to
Cheap parts poor assemly process bad customer service
- - Engine came from S and J in Spokane.
- - West Coast Engines sold it; not built there; $3k less elsewhere.
- - Rings were not filed; cam failed.
they wont call me back
We purchased a engine from west coast engines in california and it turns out that they dont even build there engines, they come from a high volume production shop in spokane wa called S and J engines. the engine had cam failure and the clearances were never checked because the engine was so tight it burned up three of my starters trying to get it to fire.
the camshaft was a reground from delta cams and when I ask for help they gave me the run around and never really helped me. The day i ordered the engine I was taken back when Larry was talking negative about other companies to try and motivate me to buy from him. turns out I should have listen to my gut feeling and went with another company.After taking the engine apart I found out that the rings were never file fitted they had no clearance marks on them they were pulled out of the box and installed. this is probably why the engine was so tight.
In the end I had to have another shop fix the engine because they keep giving me the run around. After doing more research I found out that I could get the same engine for $3000 less from another builder.
BEWARE of west coast engines people. IF you want a engine that has been blue printed and clearanced stay away from this company for they do not even build there own engines.
Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution
User's recommendation: stay away and go with a better company
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I have the same issue literally ran my engine for less than 20k and it seized up. now I have to rebuild it.
I bought a 383 from Brady. It never ran very well at all.
It lasted an hour and 30 Minutes. It threw a rod , piston and part of the camshaft through the side of the block. Out about $9000. I was able to save the heads and intake all else was trash.
The heads are cheap Chinese knock offs.Now I use a local machine shop and engine builder. Lesson Learned.