Should a crate motor come with Warranty?

[Merv and Sharon]

Except eBay, which has Buyer Protection, that turns out to be Seller Protection. I got some damaged, unuseable goods and they 'found' in favour of the seller. Not to be recommended for Cobra parts!

[Zedn]

Hi Rog,

I am aware of that requirement. It also says that if something is faulty when purchased you are entitled to a full refund regardless of shop policies. The only problem is that these guys are basically a specialist mechanic who i assume buy bulk lots from Holden or HSV and then resell or install in customers cars. They are not a retailer and technicaly these would be counted as second hand even though they are brand new.

As i said in my second post they are a reputable company and im sure if i went to start it in 3 months time when finally installed and there was a problem they would help me out.

I might just see if i can talk to the owner of the shop tomorrow and work something out.

Stiff,

You can actually buy plastic motors for mock up, i have seen these on American Hotrods (love that show) but from memory they were about $400 plus shipping when i researched it. I thought about this but i would rather spend that on the motor and the way its looking at the moment cheap crate motors are an endangered species.

WASP no longer sell crate motors, i spoke to them the other day and they said they just cant get them any more. He said Holden are not selling them as bulk lots anymore. Its the same everywhere, eagle auto parts are selling LS3s for $9900. Holmart has just received stock of some L98's that they did a special purchasing deal at the same time as Holden. They are selling these for $6380. Holmart were the ones that told me that there will likely be some LS3s in about 12 months when HSV change motors.

9 months ago LS3s were between $6-7k. Now out of about 6 places i phoned there were only 3 that had them and cheapest was 8k.