I also know of 3 other cases, i'm sure there are more out there Ty has in his skeleton closet :
1 - A guy in Japan has just only recieved a partial 351 Cleveland motor after paying $14 grand and waiting well over 12 months, this too was ordered as turn key ! This engine, by the way, is still in LA as they let him off with pre - paid freight to Japan just to recover what they could.
2 - John at CHI heads in Melbourne Australia sent Lofstrom 3 sets of 3V heads and intakes to him and TLI's website still reads "Premium" CHI Cylinder head dealer....Truth beknown, it took John 8 months and legal action to get the money from the a$$hole !
3 - A guy in Melbourne also has just phoned me concerned, as he and his brother are in for $35 grand. They paid money in December last year for engines due in March, including an $1100 carb that was due in January - So far they have nothing and now Lofstrom is asking for more money !
I urge anyone who has not yet recieved anything from him and has paid up front, to forget your engines, use legal action and try and recover your deposits. Believe me, it's the better option as i could'nt even give away my engine that has cost me over $15 grand.
Lofstroms name needs to be spread all over the internet and his business shut down before he rips more innocent people off. I would love to hear his doors are shut and he's been arrested.
Oh, i almost forgot, here's another satisfied customer, there's that many of us, it's hard to keep track of them all !
Subject: crook in Medina Tx
Re: Ad #1178177
Message: I got hosed too. I live 60 miles from him, took my daughters malibu to this "pro" to get all the horses that I could not find. When I finally got it back hedder gaskets blown, 550 dollar bill, custom "Ti" carb would not stop flooding. I installed stall speed converter as he instructrd me to, and we lost 2 tenths at the track and Im out over 900 dollars to go slower. I took the carb back to the prick and after 3 months of calling him I picked it up...un-touched. I sold my Rebuilt "Ti" carb at a swap meet for 30 bucks,...and I feel I screwed the guy.His facility is a old gas station, and I dont know if he ever actually got the dyno working. The black car with flames on the hood is my daughters, he did nothing but screw it up, what little work he did. I should make him take the picture off his web site. Anyway your right, he cant be trusted.