Anyone using or recommend ATK engines?
Jul 24, 2019 | 11:11 AM
#11
You're absolutely correct that some people have no business installing engines. However, some people have no business building them, either.
OP asked for opinions on a forum, that's what I linked to...you can believe the good, you can believe the bad, or you can read 'em all and judge for yourself.
Richard
OP asked for opinions on a forum, that's what I linked to...you can believe the good, you can believe the bad, or you can read 'em all and judge for yourself.
Richard
I would put money on the failure rate from the customer being an idiot over the builder doing something wrong especially with a larger company at 1000:1 or more. Everybody screws up... but the "car guys" out there seem to fall into the screw up category at a pretty high rate.
If you find a rash of guys complaining then maybe look into it... otherwise it's just one guy.
Jul 24, 2019 | 12:02 PM
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You're absolutely correct that some people have no business installing engines. However, some people have no business building them, either.
OP asked for opinions on a forum, that's what I linked to...you can believe the good, you can believe the bad, or you can read 'em all and judge for yourself.
Richard
OP asked for opinions on a forum, that's what I linked to...you can believe the good, you can believe the bad, or you can read 'em all and judge for yourself.
Richard
With this particular line of engines, I have read a couple of instances of there being issues but ATK as taken care of the customer 110%.
Jul 24, 2019 | 12:31 PM
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I would put money on the failure rate from the customer being an idiot over the builder doing something wrong especially with a larger company at 1000:1 or more. Everybody screws up... but the "car guys" out there seem to fall into the screw up category at a pretty high rate.
If you find a rash of guys complaining then maybe look into it... otherwise it's just one guy.
If you find a rash of guys complaining then maybe look into it... otherwise it's just one guy.
As with pretty much any product or service, you're going to have a mix of reviews. I sure see a lot of bad ones. They can't ALL be idiots. Remember, half the people out there are below average.
Richard
Jul 24, 2019 | 02:05 PM
#14
I have no dog in this fight so I'm out at this point and will just leave y'all with this: if you google "atk engine reviews" you'll see it's more than "just one guy" lol
As with pretty much any product or service, you're going to have a mix of reviews. I sure see a lot of bad ones. They can't ALL be idiots. Remember, half the people out there are below average.
Richard
As with pretty much any product or service, you're going to have a mix of reviews. I sure see a lot of bad ones. They can't ALL be idiots. Remember, half the people out there are below average.
Richard
Jul 26, 2019 | 12:16 AM
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I've never heard anything BUT good about ATK.
However I'm a tech by trade and have installed many engines in my years. I have had an overwhelming amount of good experiences with used engines and also and overwhelming amount of bad experiences with LOW COST rebuilds. A quality rebuild is very expensive. If you don't want to spend the money go used.
I installed one of their hemi 5.7 rebuilds in a charger, it was an excellent engine. But it also cost 6k if I recall correctly.
However I'm a tech by trade and have installed many engines in my years. I have had an overwhelming amount of good experiences with used engines and also and overwhelming amount of bad experiences with LOW COST rebuilds. A quality rebuild is very expensive. If you don't want to spend the money go used.
I installed one of their hemi 5.7 rebuilds in a charger, it was an excellent engine. But it also cost 6k if I recall correctly.
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Jul 27, 2019 | 02:28 PM
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