Ok to start off I know Fris from lucky7 since 2005 we have always done business and transactions since then but never though he will take care of me like he did. Until recently my series of events and career change has left me in a troubled situation.

Those that followed my build thread know I do all of my work. Thanks to Fris and Dave-RIP everything I know about rebuilding and porting is thanks to them. So I was building a monster streetported ALS sealed motor for my FD due to my previous stock ported 350whp motor breaking a few seals and trashing my turbo.

I will not name the shop due to their careless and shitty customer service that sold me a porting template. I recieved what was considered a "mild street port" template . So I went to town porting little did I know that porting template was a little on the large streetport side and I ended up screwing with the Side seal track.

Fast forward to my build I did it all by myself from pulling the motor,rebuilding, to dropping it back in by myself. She fires up the first try compression was 120s idled great and then it happened!!!! She died. Side seal broke seals went to ****, rear iron and front are trashed.

So i dropped close to $2500 in brand new parts for this build and lost it in less than 10 mins. I didnt even drive the car.

My luck this happens in the worse time.
1- I am moving out of my old house and putting everything in storage
2- I am reporting to a diffrent base for special military duties.
3- I dont have no time to even change the oil in my car if i had to, due to school,work,driving,and family life.

Fris aka -Lil Red- with his kind heart picked up my car the day after. Knowing he had no room he still did. Then it went on to the tear down where I lost half the motor in damages. Quickly we sticked to a plan and executed.
1- picked up my car over 100miles away
2- tear down
3- sourced a middle iron for me
4-rebuilt it
5- trouble shooted another issue with my turbo

But my credits dont stop there.

Francisco Declet aka FJDRX7
Rotary engine builder in West Texas and number 1 source for parts
gave me a set of front and rear irons for FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

not only has he saved my *** but he has in the past too. When my motor blew he sold me a rotor and housing for practically shipping cost!!!!!! to help me and a fellow service member out.



So to recap everything for those that dont want to read the story.

Guy blows motor,
guy rebuild motor a lot of money spent
guy gets wrong template and screws porting up
guy blows motor wasting over $2500 plus parts and 10 days of leave vacation
Guys friend come to his rescue and helps him
Guy writes a cute story about friends.

Thanks to
Fris C
Francisco D
Tony
Willow
Louie
Lucky7 racing
FJDRX7 of texas

I WILL POST NEW PICS OF THE REBUILD TO THE REBUILD OF THE REBUILD.

 

right on lucky 7! glad to hear things worked out for the better alex!

 

Nice. Definitely some quality folks in so-cal

 

Glad to hear good people still do exist in this world....

 

Fris is a cool ****, if I ever go rotary (20B or 4 rotor) someday I will probably go to him for help. Get that **** on the track again where it belongs bro!

 

Lucky 7 and folks, thank you.

Can someone PM me the shop that sold the template?? I want to make sure I am not going to the wrong shop.

 

Fris is an okay guy...he still has yet to throw the grand opening BBQ

 

Dont blame the motor, blame the driver. On this case, i think alex cant drive for ****. Lmao

 

fixed

 

By the way Alex, welcome to the neighborhood. I am in Irvine. We really should have a monthly Tustin / Irvine / OC meet. Where we can get together and take a look at each other's cars...

 

I am down bro lets do this

 

Lucky 7 is a great shop run by amazing people!

 

Now that's a quality post.

 

OC Great Park always have Farmer's market on Sunday mornings. We can always gather there. Otherwise like my other post, Tustin District have tons of parking. I am up for Sat morning meet and head over to C&C...

 

I hear nothing but great things about lucky 7, and its nearby which is even better.

 

+7 for Fris, and crew. They helped me get my 7 running reliably as a daily

 

I'm also interested in who the cruddy shop was.

 

Who the f is the shitty shop?! Tell us so we dont get screwed over to!!!!!!

 

I've only met Fris a handful of times, but he seems like a stand up type guy and always answered any stupid questions I had when I called the shop. It's people like him that keep the community a live and running.