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

[DBCooper]

Jake no one is "against" you and NO ONE has disparaged your ability to build engines. Re-read this entire thread, it NEVER HAPPENED. But not everyone has $12,000 to spend on a turnkey engine to put into his $3000 (or whatever) car, so people NEED to discuss the alternatives. We don't have an option, we HAVE to have these discussions, and it's just not helpful for you to jump in and tell us that if we buy from anyone but you our engines will grenade and everything will be lost.

Look Jake, you may be very very good (no one here has ever said differently) but you aren't the only engine builder out there. There have been a hundred thousand of these cars out on the road over the last forty years, and who knows how many on race tracks. When they were rebuilt almost every one of them was done, for better and for worse, by a builder other than you. We need to be able to say those other builder's names out loud and then talk about them, both good and bad, without being told to STFU. Really. Please.

To preempt the usual "You bully! Don't hurt Jake!" reactions I'd like to point out (once again) that I have never ever said one bad word about Jake's engines.

So can we now get this thread back on track? It's not about Jake, it's about the e-bay engine. The question was does anyone know this guy, have any direct experience with him? If so please speak up. If you don't have any direct experience then there's no need to post, and certainly the best advice given here was from Rich, just give him a call.

[Chris Hamilton]

Look Jake, you may be very very good (no one here has ever said differently) but you aren't the only engine builder out there. There have been a hundred thousand of these cars out on the road over the last forty years, and who knows how many on race tracks. When they were rebuilt almost every one of them was done, for better and for worse, by a builder other than you. We need to be able to say those other builder's names out loud and then talk about them, both good and bad, without being told to STFU. Really. Please.

How dare you talk about other type IV engines. You KNOW they don't work! Time and time again we see people who try to get their engines built elsewhere, and the money ends up getting spent in the end anyways.

Remember if you can't afford one of jakes engines you shouldn't be driving a Porsche. This is the volkswagen mentality I keep seeing everywhere, and I'm sick of it. If you want inexpensive parts you don't deserve a 914!