Any Info on this Ebay Motor builder schantzmd, Good or Bad for the $$$$ Reliability? Options

[Ga Dan]

I am trying to see if anyone may know this engine builder schantzmd. If you know of this builder, how does this engine compare to the Raby 2270 engines? Dont get me wrong, I would love a Raby turnkey 2270 or maybe a kit, but both are out of my reach when all is said and done. With this being a turnkey and everything set up to run would this be a decent engine and reliable? Just not as much power as Jakes Massive type 4s. I could except less power if I could get a turnkey like this if it is reliable and still has more than stock (stated in the ad - built for 150Hp)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...em=370201454753

[Jake Raby]

The parts to comprise one of my MassIVe engines cost the same as what the buy it now is on this Ebay engine....

You will get exactly what you pay for. Spend it now or spend it later, either way its going to be spent.

There is no comparison between this engine and anything that has my name on it. Period.

Here are some reasons why you should quiz this seller more before buying this engine... These things were noted while I did a quick scan of the description of the engine..If I wanted to pick the description apart, he gave me some good ammo.. Here are the highlights.

The idle RPM and ignition timing settings are currently set @ ~900 RPM & ~39° BTC.

What the hell is that?? Is this engine running 39 degrees of advance? What is BTC?
If it is running 39* and optimizes there, that SCREAMS inefficiency! If I build a pump gas engine that optimizes with more than 32* of timing I consider the engine design a failure.

It can also be used in ALL late model Porsche 912Es

How can a vehicle have a "late model" when its one year only??

Parts Build List:

New 104mm AA Hypertuenic Aluminum P/Cs, ~9:1 CR

What the hell are those??? Never heard that term before.

Scat C35 Grind 285 duration, .498 Int, .501 Ex lift Camshaft and Solid reground German Lifters

A new cam with reground lifters?? Thats going to work really well, especially if the lifters were not re heat treated after regrinding! The stock heat treat on the lifters is only .003 deep and any resurfacing will break through it based on my previous experiences.

Rebuilt and Polished VW 009 2.0 Distributor

Wow! Its been polished!

If nothing else I'll take some more pics of the engine so you can at least see how great it looks

I am sure it looks GRRRREEEEAAAATTTT!

Anyone who doesn't know the proper terms of the components used in an engine probably shouldn't be assembling it... If he set the timing to 39* with a 009 dizzy with the advertised 9:1 CR this engine's life span will be measured in minutes!

And now for my favorite part :-)

As the graph below shows this 2.4L engine was built for 150Hp @ 5250 RPM and 175 ft-lbs of Torque @ 3750 RPM which as you can tell far surpasses even the 914-6 2.0 (See Graph below for Hp and Torque Curves based on engine build data specs).

So..... This is an assumption of the power this engine is going to make based off of it's "data specs"??? So in other words the engine has NOT been individually evaluated for it's performance and efficency evaluations.

You are trying to compare an engine that was built by someone "between classes" to an engine thats designed, assembled and evaluated by a team of highly motivated developers that are known world wide for unparalleled attention to detail and over achievement with anything they do... There is no comparison. You won't understand that until you experience it first hand.

What we create isn't just a bunch of thrown together parts that come off someone elses's shelves as generic offerings... Hell, a set of our brand new CNC ported cylinder heads run 1/2 as much as they want for this entire engine that features 35 year old heads...

This post has been edited by Jake Raby: Jul 21 2009, 09:02 AM