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greddytii 07-23-08 09:24 PM

SoCal rotary guys beware of "Gary", scumbag who likes to burn people
 
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I'm putting this guy on blast because I want to be last person that he burned. His name is "Gary", supposely a 20+ yrs Rotary veteran. He lives in Long Beach and has his ad in Craigslist. He claims to be an expert in Rotary, having tatoo of the rotor on each on his elbows and "Rotary life" on the back of his head. This is the story how he burned me. I'm just really getting back into a Rotary scene again, so I decided to pick up a 1987 TII shell with intention of putting an S5 JDM turboII swap. I ended up picking up a 91 JDM RHD front clip from J&R , in El Monte, which Vinnie, the owner is really cool. It was a complete running front clip (we started up the car and ran it with no smoke). So, with the hope of building a high hp car in mind I called up Garry to have my motor rebuilt. Next day, he took the motor home with him and return the next day with damaged parts that supposely out of my engine. He said the housings and rotors were gone and the bearings were shot. He quoted me $1700 for another set of clean housings, turbo II rotors, brand new apex seals (his inventory) that he has at home, brand new bearings, and a rebuild with full bridge port, plus $950 to polished most of the parts. It took him over 3 months to get done with my motor and all the parts (other than short block) were all gone. Anyhow, I've had the motor sitting for about a month and now decided to sell the engine as my project stopped. I have couple of potential buyers for the motor, and insist to know what parts are in and work that was done to it. I went back to "Gary" for a full detail but I got a different story than the first time. So I decide to crack the motor open myself to see what's in it. As I expected, all the parts in my motor were all used and are not even for my applications. Here are the list of what's in my motor now:
-Used N/A housings converted to Turbo , by removing the exhaust ports and machined the holes on the side (not sure why).
-N/A used rotors with carbon build up and the bearings are shot ( the gold are showing!!). This is suppose to be a motor that takes 15-20 lbs of boost, according to my spec that I got quoted for.
-the irons- not sure where they came from.
-Full bridge porting- can you believe the shapes of those ports? Did he just used a Makita tool to port them? WTF.
-Water pump- one of the bolts to hold the water pump broke, so now the stud is stuck in there ( the very bottom). He just decided that since nobody can see it, he just used some silicone and plug that hole without drilling it out and put a new bolt!!
There are more stuff on this motor that are wrong but I'll end this for now and let the pictures do the talking. I want to WARN anybody in Southern California not to do any type of bussiness with this guy. He took all my good reusable parts and give me crappy ones from the junkyard and put a motor back together for me. I request my old bad parts back but he said he junked them already. He's a liar, thief and a scumbag. Please don't let this POS in our rotary community. He doesn't go to any meets or big events as he knows that someone that we burned in the past will confront him. PLEASE LET'S THE WORD OUT!! Anyone that has bad experience with him please chime in, thanks. Here are the pics:

greddytii 07-23-08 09:25 PM

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greddytii 07-23-08 09:34 PM

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Please,if you want the job done right, pay a litttle more and you'll be happy. Go with the pros like Rotary Power, Mazdatrix (pricey),ect. Support our members on the board and go with JRX, Junie, Lucky 7, or other reputable shops and get the job done RIGHT!!! Keep this POS "Gary" out of our Rotary community. He has his ads on Craigslist, and claim to be from Puerto Rico, and has never been on a plane? hahah..what a fcuking joke. Anyways guys, let the words out and e-mail me for more info or pictures of the motor. Thanks and BEWARE!!

GoodfellaFD3S 07-23-08 10:06 PM

that's by far the worst "bridgeport" I've ever seen.

CHINX74RX2 07-23-08 11:22 PM

Dammm...Thats 1 more in the books for him!!!Just look out for the ''Kissing Lips'' tatoo on his neck and ''RotaryLife'' one the back of his neck!!!lol....He is definetly ''WANTED'' by plenty of unsatisfied customers!!!!BEWARE!!!!lol....

rotorholic 07-24-08 12:26 AM

rotary por vida....
 
Hes gonna shank you with a tension bolt ginded down.....:lol:

Originally Posted by CHINX74RX2 (Post 8405608)
Dammm...Thats 1 more in the books for him!!!Just look out for the ''Kissing Lips'' tatoo on his neck and ''RotaryLife'' one the back of his neck!!!lol....He is definetly ''WANTED'' by plenty of unsatisfied customers!!!!BEWARE!!!!lol....


CHINX74RX2 07-24-08 01:34 AM

LOL!!!LOL!!!I thought that cat would have left L.A. a long time ago....Hes got more lifes than a cat!!!!

greddytii 07-24-08 03:17 AM

He would never leave this place as long as there are suckers like me around. This is why we need to prevent this from happening to other members and rotary newbies out there. Keep this fucker out of our community. He also burned my other friend as well, which I feel bad because I introduced him to that piece of shit "Gary". What other mechanics do you see collect cans and bottles,not mention scrap metals for living, if he's really that good. He doesn't even have a rotary of his own!!! After all these years of burning people, I figured he should have a million dollar home already. He' had just moved to new rental house where he stores all the parts and engines that he stole from customers, including mine. Anyways, please bumping this so nobody else gets burn by this fucker.

maxg765 07-26-08 04:56 PM

Shit Joe
 
Hello Joe

Thats shit man. Sorry to here about this A-hole. I have been burnt past as well. I hate scum that take advantage of people. I do believe that what goes around come around. HE will get what's coming to him one day....

Max

turbo_dave 07-27-08 12:33 AM

i had a couple people come to me so i can fix all his f-upped work,never met him but heard alot of bad things about that guy,surprised someone like that is still standing.:greenchai :rl: is what he deserves.

red_s5_fc3s 07-27-08 11:30 AM

Wow, if only you could set this guy up, follow him home and jack all that stuff back. I'm sorry to hear about all that, that engine looked good from the outside. Thanks for the heads up.

MadChad 07-28-08 07:12 AM

He got me too,I'm a sucker. but I'm a sucker that knowes where he lives. and I have a signed contract, that doesnt mean shit because he doesnt have anything worth money.
My wife used his restroom while we where there and said his apt. is a dump---MadChad.

greddytii 07-28-08 10:51 AM

MadChad
 
Chad, sorry to hear about your story. Are you the one that got his other fully polished motor? And No, you don't know where he lives now, because he has just moved AGAIN about 3 weeks ago. I have a friend who knows exactly where he lives now,still in Long Beach. I've been the that shit hole apartment that you're talking about, but now he's in a bigger place (2bdroom) home where he can stock more stolen parts!!!!

Japan2LA 07-28-08 12:42 PM

You guys should not let this ride. File a police report.. file a small claims lawsuit.. Contact craigslist... This is grand theft and fraud.. He could actually end up doing jail time.. Get in contact with all the people he has done this to... I am sure there are more victims..

Hitokiri_Gensai 07-28-08 03:04 PM

christ... thats supposed to be bridgeporting?

seriously it looks like he took a drill and drilled out three or four holes and then used a saw to cut the rest out and then smoothed it out with sandpaper... thats terrible.

red_s5_fc3s 07-28-08 05:11 PM

If he's got enough money to afford to pay rent, he has to have something going on. This guy is going to keep ripping people off until he gets caught.

MadChad 07-28-08 11:28 PM

fully polished
 
Yes I was the one that got the other fully polished motor. did the other one even run ? was it also suppost to be street ported ? should I try to start it on a stand before installing in my sp ? how dissapointing. thank you Wacky for sending me this thread---MadChad:icon_no2:

CHINX74RX2 07-28-08 11:35 PM

Dammm,not another one!!!! I knew he was an imposter as soon as i met him!!!

red_s5_fc3s 07-29-08 12:28 AM

MadChad, I wouldn't trust that motor for crap. Test it out first, or do what greddytii and open it up.

greddytii 07-29-08 01:01 AM

MadChad
 
MadChad,
It's up to you to put the motor the way it is, but put it this way. If you put the motor in and it runs like crap, you'll have to take it back out again. In my case, I thought hey, let's make sure the motor is good before it goes in the car. You'll be spending a lil more money for the new seals if the motor is good, but now you KNOW the motor is good. Gary would have never thought that someone would be crazy enough to open his BRANDD NEWW motor after he has worked on it. YES, I"m the crazy one!! Now the whole world knows what kind of a thief he is.

red_s5_fc3s 07-29-08 01:43 AM

You might have been crazy, but you've uncovered his scam. I bet he made sure the engine looked real nice on the outside because he knew his work was shit. What an ass.

mrduece88 07-29-08 01:30 PM

Dam itsucks to know there are people out there that are willing to go so low just to make a couple of bucks dam this guy needs to get raped with a E-Shaft.

MadChad 07-31-08 07:11 PM

bone stock
 
My ass bone stock he pulls the ex. sleeves out so that should count for porting. right!---MadChad.

Battle Cat 08-25-08 02:48 AM

fuck im sooooooo glad i saw this thread thanks Greddytii, ive talked to gary a couple of times on the phone bout getting some work done by him,, but fuck that shit, thats bs what he did., hope things get resolved..


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