Sounds like that Ihor should be doing just that..... Ihor should be doing his best to speak with all people waiting for engines/work/parts. Not the other way around.

 

It sounds like Ihor is trying to fix things. There was a post he made in reply to somebody in the Facebook group the other day stating that there was an ex employee that had caused much of these issues by filtering phone calls and emails and intentionally sidelining work.

Let's hope that he can get a handle on these issues, make them right, and regain the reputation the shop once had because I've seen my fair share of happy customers come out of there and have seen some good work come out of that shop in the past.

 

I'm hopeful they get back on track but they need to prove it through actually finishing cars and getting people their engines.

This cannot be blamed on a single employee. They may have been a significant factor, but this is a business, seeing this thread go on for a significant period of time and as an owner not proactively reaching out to people to fix things shows a problem regardless of one bad employee.

 

I’ve been waiting 6 months for an oil filler neck. As of 8/2 the next batch was a couple weeks out and I’d get mine in that batch. Same story about the person. At this point, I’ve given up hope on actually getting it. It will probably end up for sale if it does ship to me. I’m sure they are trying and all, but I’d avoid them. I’m a repeat customer who gave them the benefit of the doubt. I feel for y’all with extensive builds and new engine financial amounts invested.

Raceonly is getting a chance at oil filler neck dollars now. Let’s see who is faster, IRP with a six month head start to fabricate a filler neck or an Australian shop who needs to CNC a filler neck and AST delete.

 

whats crazy about all of this is they act like because they talk on the phone and re-assure you that everythings okay, If I, as a business am held to a different standard, why are they not also?

 

This couldn't be more accurate, this is a flaw with the owner, there's no point in which these issues shouldn't have been resolved, considering they are still taking orders..I would be hung in my industry for this!. There needs to be a law against queuing work like this... it leads into a long drawn out scenario where at the end of the day you have no idea whos being truthful, its very very easy to just blame someone else , and "fire" people who may or may not even of existed.....theres a "fall guy" in every big corp for a reason...

 

Im throwing this out that IRP has always done me right and has always provided top notch products and assistance. I am very grateful for what they have done for me.

 

^^would you feel the same way if you bought an engine from them 2+ years ago and still haven’t received it while others ordered their engine after you did from a different source and received it 6 months later?

because that’s the real issue here.
.

 

It is crazy how long motors are taking to get. Try buying a Rolex right now lol. I had to wait two years to get my sub.

 

when IRP rebuilt my TII motor in 2020 it took 10 months from drop off to pickup.

 

I think the point he was trying to make was that there are people that have had good experiences as well. I totally understand people being upset about not receiving something like this for that long and something definitely isn't right with this particular transaction, that being said, because one or a few people have really bad experiences, does that mean that nobody is able to have a good experience? Isn't it equally important to hear the good with the bad or is this just a bashing thread? I have no affiliation with IRP but they have been on my radar for a while as I have seen some amazing work come out of that shop and there are many people on this board that have had great work done there. One of my favorite build threads supports this fact. I also see repeat customers go there with good stories so it can't be all bad right? Who would keep going back to a shop with incredibly poor performance and experiences? If they are, then that is on that individual for not learning after repeated issues. How does that go? "Screw me once, shame on you, screw me more than once, shame on me." Something to that affect.

It is important to bring up red flags such as these individuals have because it puts issues on anybody's radar when we do our due diligence researching shops. So in this case, I would definitely be asking Ihor about specifics if I were to be buying a crate motor and even bring up these cases to hear his side of the story. If I was still uncomfortable with the answer, I would move on to somebody else selling a crate motor and avoid a possible issue with this seller.

 

Current ETA from Mazda is January 4th, 2024. they are built to order, which could be kind of neat if they chose to market it that way

"my engine was built by a bunch of skilled crafts people just for me"

 

This is how I intend to advertise my rebuilt engine from IRP when my project is done

 

No wait
No up-front payment
Just drop by and pick-up

 

this thread is about the outstanding factory engines though, and there are still people who are over two years out from having received theirs after PAYING IN FULL.

That’s what this thread is about. It doesn’t matter that you had a good experience. Honestly I did too several months ago, but it’s not at all relative to this particular issue and the fact that it still hasn’t been corrected by said vendor yet. I’m not a business, and not a wealthy person either, but I have enough credit capability to order every engine in question and place an order to resolve them all for the next delivery cycle.

just cut the apologetic “I didn’t get burned” nonsense already and show some compassion for the people who are both out of pocket and without an engine, an engine that only has to be ordered rather than rebuilt by hand, over two years later.

The very same engine others ordered from the same source afterward through various different vendors and have since received. There’s an obviousness there that your good experience doesn’t account for. Try asking yourself this:

where did that money you paid for your good experience go, and why as a result is this situation still going on?
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Well stated. Jeremy got his engine, I'm curious how many others still have current outstanding orders.

 

That seems to be incorrect. If you look at the original post in this thread, it was about a failed alternator and a core issue. Others have joined in about their experiences with different parts and builds, good and bad. I've been in and out of this thread since it started and have not read every post, but just skimming every once in a while like I have, it seemed like a general post about experiences with the shop. You prioritizing the crate motor issue does not mean this entire thread was just about the crate motors, just something you hyper focused on for one reason or another with this thread.

 

While I'm a little bothered that ltbigtoe was able to jump the whole queue, seeing someone from the list actually receiving an engine finally does give me some hope at least.

• @Fakieskater -----Ordered Oct 2020, Not received
• @Parcham79 -----Ordered Mar 2021, Not received
• NDVR ------------------Ordered Apr 2021, Refunded
• @mazda2nvblue Ordered Aug 2021, Not received
• @trident -----------Ordered Aug 2021, Not received
• ltbigtoe ----------Ordered Sept 2021, Received

Updated list, please continue to report back if you receive your engines.

 

Squeaky wheel gets the grease man. If you're too polite and patient, you fall to the back of the line. That's the case with most businesses to be fair, not just IRP.

 

I am sorry guys, I don't know where you get all this info from about kegs being soooo backed up. I spoke to a reliable Mazda source and he can get me a new REW to my door in a couple weeks ... estimated around 5600 ish... they are almost stocked back to "normal" and soon there won't be much of a delay at all..
If you have waited this long for an REW motor it is not for availablility, it is for something else... I would assume $ PERIOD.

BTW, why is IR's website still down? Or is it just me having a glitch?

 

current ETA is 11 January 2024, although you could pay the 10% or whatever it is, and get it more quickly.

 

Not just you… their original site is still down but it looks like www.shopirp.com is very much up and running.

 

Lawyer up

 

Nice website and offers crate motors for $7K ...motors they don't have but $7K donations are welcome!!!

 

7k.... man I am going to open my own "wholesale" kegs for 6k! I don't understand where they get these prices? Again, why buy from them when you can get it thousands less and actually GET your motor?