M&R engines AKA M&R motors and machining sell junk motors

Crooks with a capital "C". Same crappy engine builder, same crappy management, with a new name. Here's my horror story: Purchased a 489 BBC stroker for a 71 Nova. The motor was professionally installed at $105/hr. Once the exhaust was connected, that's when the problems with the motor could be heard.
On the drivers side a loud thumping sound could be heard deep to the cylinder head. It turns out that Matt Leedy(owner) took the motor off the dyno with a collapsed lifter and shipped it to me. That's not all. Because the valve cover had to be removed, we noticed that he installed rocker arm studs that were too short for the application(Matt was contacted, and he confirmed that he knew about this before the engine was shipped out). That's not all. I went ahead and authorized the mechanic on my buck to have these items repaired. Matt agreed and paid $635.00 towards a $1700 bill(I'm negative about $1,100) after I had to drive to his shop and frankly show my behind. His wife susan is his co-captain and she is just as intent as Matt is on screwing people out of their money. The motor was closed up but now there is noticeble valve train noise on the passenger side of the car(loud ticking sound, motor has a hydraulic roller cam..... supposedly? Chris one his techs told me yesterday he installed a mechanical roller. what the f__k, I ordered a hydraulic roller. So now I have hydraulic roller lifters with a mechanical roller cam?) Matt explains over the phone to me that the ticking sound is normal. I'm like yeah right! My mechanic tells me to come get the car and have M&R motors
and machine AKA M&R engines fix the problems with the motor. I didn't even make it out of the shop, the engine starting leaking oil out heavily just in front of the transmission. The mechanic pulled the trans cover off to find the rear main 2 piece seal was leaking. Apparently, he used an older style 'stroker crank' for a new block which required him to use an adapter. Cheap skate crook! So I went back to him to ask for a refund to purchase a true GM BBC from corporate, he basically told me to go screw myself, and is wife locked me out of the shop. Mustangs fans, this is not your place. My suggestion is buy directly from ford racing
and skip the corner guys, ebay sellers, and anybody else who has not invested millions in R&D on their crate motors. GM Performance Parts....Yes I like to order your GM 572, you know the one that's validated, blue-printed, comes with a real warranty that covers labor and parts. Hint: If you watch Barrett Jackson, the cars that fetch the most money have corporate Ford or GM motors in them. Hhhhhm!

If you want to read more horror stories about this company, go to www.stang.net

under the search link, click M&R engines on ebay. Don't say i did'nt warn you!  

I have used M&R engines now known as M&R motors in all my cars and have reccomended them to all my friends. they do sell a quality engine at a reasonable price. sounds to me like this guy had a little bad luck and ius trying to brag about how much money he is spending on his nova $105 an hour is a riddiculous rate oh and try to gte your warranty through GM right now bet it doesn't work out. I bought one of there 5.1 modular stroker short blocks a few months back and it is awesome. I have it in my 99 GT and i can beat a cobra any day of the week.  

No he does not have the wrong company or guy.  They  are crooks!!  They have my $5000.00 and wont return my calls.  I have been emailing, faxing and calling for 4 days and Matt will not anwser his phone. I had a friend call from a different area code and he answered.  He needs to grow some balls and tell me where my engine is or cough up my $5000.00 deposit. I ordered this engine July 23rd 2009 and he told me 2 or three weeks its been over a month. First he was stalling me now he just wont answer my calls.  What really pissed me off is I just bought me this 1969 mustang fastback and I was all excited about putting this engine it it and going to the last couple of car shows here on the Oregon coast and now "nothing"  I wish I would have looked this company up before buying.  I am going to do everything I can to give this company a bad review anywhere I can! Bastards!  

I have also had problems with M&R engines.I ordered a factory 351w roller short block assy. all forged internals stroked to 408.well,after I had paid for the engine it took over 5 weeks to recieve it and guess what,its not a factory roller block.its an 89 pass.block.they had drilled the block for the lifter spider.well this wouldnt work with my factory roller lifters because the lifter bores are shorter.now I have to buy all the high dollar comp retro fit lifters and a different camshaft.Matt was very nice at first but now he wont answer calls or return my messages.I think they are CROOKS also.  

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