Reece Pettersen
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- May 6, 2021
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I want to send a huge thank you to @John@Outfront for the incredible service and attention. He recently built me a new motor, installed it, and had me running in 1 weeks time! Here is the story....
I bought a light weight 2 seat Alumicraft with a no-name Subaru EJ motor. Immediately after buying the car and rolling off the trailer I had issues getting it to run. After a week of chasing electrical issues and calls to John, we got the car running. My first trip with the car I knew that the motor was a ticking time bomb... It was making 28 pounds of boost and what felt like 600-700hp in a 1,600lb car. I immediately noticed the head gasket was damaged due to overheating issues. After the weekend, I called John and he said to bring the car straight to him for a new head gasket and dyno to turn the boost down to 15lbs to make it though the season. Once John pulled the heads off, he found a piston was hitting, block was toast, and the car would need a fresh engine. I had two options; build a new Subaru motor or replace the Subaru with a new 4 piston racing K24 engine that I had my eye on, but I would miss the rest of the season. John made the decision pretty easy for me when he told me that he could pull the old motor, build me a new RA engine, utilize my old heads, install the new motor, and dyno it within a weeks time for my birthday weekend... I was shocked and didn't really believe it would happen.
After giving John the green light, I got status updates every day from John and his full attention when I had questions. He did everything he said he would and had the car done in a week utilizing a computer and software he was unfamiliar with. The end result was a ~500hp RA Subaru on 12 lbs of boost with forged pistons and 1/2" head studs. The first drive with the car far exceeded my expectations and the finish work was spot on, not one loose bolt/wire/hose clamp. The car has more bottom end than I could have imagined for a turbo engine, pulls hard though the powerband and is a blast to drive.
I want to thank John again for the great experience doing business with Outfront Motorsports.
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I bought a light weight 2 seat Alumicraft with a no-name Subaru EJ motor. Immediately after buying the car and rolling off the trailer I had issues getting it to run. After a week of chasing electrical issues and calls to John, we got the car running. My first trip with the car I knew that the motor was a ticking time bomb... It was making 28 pounds of boost and what felt like 600-700hp in a 1,600lb car. I immediately noticed the head gasket was damaged due to overheating issues. After the weekend, I called John and he said to bring the car straight to him for a new head gasket and dyno to turn the boost down to 15lbs to make it though the season. Once John pulled the heads off, he found a piston was hitting, block was toast, and the car would need a fresh engine. I had two options; build a new Subaru motor or replace the Subaru with a new 4 piston racing K24 engine that I had my eye on, but I would miss the rest of the season. John made the decision pretty easy for me when he told me that he could pull the old motor, build me a new RA engine, utilize my old heads, install the new motor, and dyno it within a weeks time for my birthday weekend... I was shocked and didn't really believe it would happen.
After giving John the green light, I got status updates every day from John and his full attention when I had questions. He did everything he said he would and had the car done in a week utilizing a computer and software he was unfamiliar with. The end result was a ~500hp RA Subaru on 12 lbs of boost with forged pistons and 1/2" head studs. The first drive with the car far exceeded my expectations and the finish work was spot on, not one loose bolt/wire/hose clamp. The car has more bottom end than I could have imagined for a turbo engine, pulls hard though the powerband and is a blast to drive.
I want to thank John again for the great experience doing business with Outfront Motorsports.
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