Detonated and melted the #8 piston in my 2012 Cadillac CTS-V with 30k miles 3 years ago. When the catastrophic failure happened, the car previously put 540whp on a dynojet with a 2.4 pulley, ID850 injectors and 19* of timing running 93 octane. Held it too long or had bad gas with knock sensors not working properly. A friend and I pulled the motor and brought it to kevin. He did his magic and rebuilt the LS motor from the crank up. He was patient and allowed me to order the parts (forged pistons, rods, head and main studs, cam, lifters, oil pump, timing chain, lower pulley/harmonic balancer, heads, valve springs, trunnions etc) he balanced the rotating assembly and put it all together ready to be dropped back in the car. Quick turn around time with excellent communication. The motor runs excellent and has not burned a drop of oil that I can measure 3 years and maybe 5000 miles later. Cold starts are quiet and the engine has plenty of oil pressure. I estimate it makes in the 650whp range now (but haven’t dynoed it again) and Kevin stated that the motor will reliably make much more. More than reasonable pricing especially considering how much labor was involved in my build. If you are in the same position as I was, don’t let just anyone touch your motor… Thank you Blockhead.
Hes done work for me in the past and currently doing a turbo motor. Hes the best i know and he takes care of your needs very reasonable. His reputation is well known.
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