Zo6vett

I recently had a motor being built by challenge your performance Chevy out of Arizona I paid them $4,500 for a complete motor 327 340 horse for my wife's car the man has taken 6 months to do the motor and now I found out that he died I have no motor and I'm out $4,500 does anyone have any advice

jimh_1962

Write off as a loss or get an attorney.

GTOguy

X2. This is not uncommon, and the customer always loses. Sorry for your loss.

roadking40

Sorry to hear. Check with the family/estate... hopefully you have some things in writing. Good luck. BTW, there are some solid builders in PHX.

OldKarz

Sorry to hear. Sorry for your loss.....just happened to a bud of mine, his (builder)wife knew nothing of the transaction when asked about motor.

90sundevil

Couple options things get your paperwork in order and talk with the family about the motor, you are probably not the only person and they might just want to get rid of the engines sitting in the guys shop. If you paid by credit card then file a complaint and see where that takes you. If not take a day flight out to Phoenix and visit the shop which is probably in the guys garage and see what you can do face to face.

I have heard nothing but good things with Phoenix Engines and they seem to be very quick with their engine builds or rebuilds.

65 fi

If you have evidence of ownership and an agreement ( even by email) you need to meet with the family now. If the family sold the engine they need to retrieve it.

1955 copper

last resort small claims you can go up to $10,000 here in Ca.

AzMotorhead

I'm here in Phoenix if you need recovery help.
BTW they dont even come up on a Google maps search

90sundevil

I searched for them also and came up with nothing.