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#1 · (Edited)
Since I have closed the major VT Engines thread, I would like to have this thread be a place for VT Engines customers to discuss the situation.

This thread is only for customers whom have placed orders with VT Engines Inc. (Not VT Competition Engine Development) recently and have not received their parts.

Please keep this thread drama free and civil.

Regards,

Eric
 
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#43 ·
Have you talked with the Tymenski's? I bet they can hook you up. I chose VT for this build because mine is an all out NA 324" with Darton sleeves and nobody has more experience with those than the guys at VT now VTCED. I wouldn't hesitate to have MP build me a motor though.
 
#45 ·
Modular Performance is building mine right now. John has been great so far to deal with. Wish I had gone this route first never mind the money issues.
 
#49 ·
Jackers, PM sent
 
#50 ·
wow! So i just learned of all this VT owes me about $8600 +/- for a 305 long block build they were doing for me that i ordered this past spring... guess i will be contacting my credit card company as well.... I hate to bring this up but has anyone thought about some type of class action law suit against the owners of the company espcially those of us having a hard time getting our money/parts back?
 
#51 ·
thanks, i've already contacted the credit card company and started that process.. I also mentioned it to a lawyer friend (although she is not buisness lawyer)... but she said that depending on the situtaion the company that purchased VT could be held responisible and/or the owners if there was deceit/fraud involved... i dunno its not my area of expertise... if my credit card company gives me the money back i won't worry about it most likely... just start looking for another builder.
 
#52 ·
Check with VTCED. They had a number of engines built and waiting for payment from VTE so yours might be sitting there already finished. That is the case with mine and I just received it yesterday. I did the charge back, paid VTCED and they shipped it right out.
 
#53 ·
If I can add a little to this to the guys who have or may have engines at VTCED, instead of relying on e-mail, call these guys. They are as interested as you are in getting their money out of the work they performed.

You have to remember from Jim and Scott's posts, VTCED did machine work and assembly, not purchase any of the parts, which is the expensive part. I would be willing to bet they would take whatever they were charging VTE for the work and ship your engines. You may be out a little more cash than originally anticipated, but at least you may not be out all the money and have nothing to show for it.

Also, as Jim Fitzgerald said earlier, the typical modus operandi for CC companies is to issue a temporary credit to your account. They send a letter off to VT about the dispute. VT has 60 days to respond with their side, if they do not respond, the credit is perminant.
 
#54 ·
They also have my entire longblock. Paid $8995 got the engine a year ago with a leaky head, sent it back this past July to get fixed and they still have it. Who do I call to just get it shipped back to me and cut my losses? My heads are someplace completely different last I heard. Do I call the 989 number? Has anyone had any luck actually getting a hold of someone?
 
#67 ·
I sent VT Engines a check for the deposit for the amount of $2,000. Scott (VT Engines) talked to me about the situation before he left the company and told me who to contact about getting my engine back. I talked to Scott Brown (VT Competition Engine Development) about my engine. He is ready to ship it, but now I have to fight with VT Engines to get my deposit money back in order to have the full amount that I am going to owe VT CED.
 
#68 ·
Well, last night I got a letter from my credit card company, Citi Diamond Preffered. It basically said the temporary credit to my account was now permanent. Now I filed the dispute near the end of October, so maybe closer to 60 days is what it takes to resolve these disputes. Good luck to everyone else involved.
 
#72 ·
Well, last night I got a letter from my credit card company, Citi Diamond Preffered. It basically said the temporary credit to my account was now permanent. Now I filed the dispute near the end of October, so maybe closer to 60 days is what it takes to resolve these disputes. Good luck to everyone else involved.
Jim...got your e-mail on the site and I replied. Let me know!

Thanks! :salut:
 
#70 ·
Thats good to hear! I haven't got a confirmation letter yet but i had already reordered my rotating assembly from Jim's ebay store he has. It's all the same parts i had ordered from VT but he cut me a killer deal and it was through paypal so it made me feel a little better. Thanks alot Jim, it helped my see your true character after dealing with you personally. Good luck with your new business! And i hope you all get your stuff/money back.
 
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