Shaw City Engines

Do not buy from Allan. Professional scam artists. I bought a 496 from him within hours of break in it lost all oil pressure. He pretty much called me a liar. I returned it through eBay. He came up with some bs and told eBay I didn't return the same item. I ended up suing him and he returned the money though pay pal saying I sold him an engine. A month goes by and he opens a claim saying I sold him an engine and he never received it. Guy deserves to be left in a ditch somewhere.

Jan 06, 2025 · Kenny Melton

Bought engine and got it with a bad cam. Engine looked good but cam was crazy from the get go. Bought through eBay so messaged seller and came to an agreement of 2100 dollars for a refund to replace cam an components damaged. Shaw city wanted to refund through PayPal and I got it no problem 7 months later they make a claim on PayPal that I sold them an engine an they never got it an filed a claim for 2100 dollars. Come to find out they sent me my refund through PayPal marking it for goods an services like I was the seller so they could make the claim I never sent them an engine. Shaw city is a scam and a fraud do not ever buy anything from them they will scam you.

Jan 10, 2023 · Tony V

Buyer beware! Purchased a pair of pre assembled heads only to have them fail on first start up. One of the valve's stuck and contacted a piston bending a pushrod. After contacting the seller they refused to help me in any way. There claim was all of the specifications should be visible by the naked eye. These heads were rated well above my needs and on a low mileage motor certainly should have lasted more than 15 minutes. Extremely disappointed and out of pocket not only for the purchase but also the thousands in repairs

Nov 10, 2020 · Kiel

I tried to contact the seller through eBay but too much time had passed. We ordered an engine from eBay through this company. When the sale had completed, I finally found out where it was coming from and looked the company up. I was so concerned about the engine I was receiving that I tried to send it back but eBay said I had to take possession of it for them to help me. When the engine arrived, much to my surprise it appeared to be clean and well put together (visual inspection only.) We went ahead and finished putting it together. I never was able to get the engine past the break in point, it never ran right and we later found out why. It ended up exploding a piston within 300 miles, once we started tearing the engine down we found out the head bolts hadn't been torqued properly for starters. We were able to break most of them loose easily with a half inch ratchet. The bearings were in bad shape, and Chinese. (Who knew that was a thing) I took a different block to a machine shop to try to salvage what was left, and they found a hairline crack in the crank. Basically long story short, $3,500 is completely out the window. There is nothing I was able to salvage out of the engine. Mind you we put together everything very carefully and never ran it hard, because frankly it had no power due to water intrusion into the cylinders because of lose head bolts. I think maybe if a guy were to buy one of these engines and tear it down, and check everything carefully you might be good to go but I'm not sure because we didn't check the machine work. ( Block ended up being trashed.) I wanted to give this company the benefit of the doubt because it's only the right thing to do, but the more I tore into it, the more I found out I have been had. I feel like these engines are just thrown together haphazardly and quickly to get them out the door with no regarding to what happens afterwards.

Jun 10, 2020 · Rebecca Bible

I won an e-bay auction for an engine from this company.I was originally quoted a $400 price for crating and shipping.They then inflated the crating and shipping charges to over $1000,found out later by ups that it cost them a little over $200 to ship.I won the auction at a good price so the extra shipping cost added it was still a good deal so I paid the $1000 shipping. When I got the engine I begin checking it out ,the valve size was much smaller than stated in the description,the engine cubic inch was smaller than in the description.I voiced my concerns to him and to ebay. I was told by him and E-bay to ship the engine back at my expense and loose the $1000 shipping charged by them. So he makes $800 on the shipping and gets his engine back to re-sell to another victom. Alan has no problem taking your money and not giving you what you paid for,and I bet he goes to bed with a smile on his face. He does know how to work the e bay system well and to his advantage and hides behind them. His new e-bay name now is (seperformance5) He is simply a con man and should be behind bars for all the people he has burned. Beware of this person and company never buy anything from them. BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE

Mar 02, 2019 · Gary Gatternig