Tach Motor Works

Stay far away from Tach Motor Works
So I decided to do a complete build on my car, but wanted it done right so decided to take it to a performance shop. What a mistake…
1. The car was suppose to take 2 months to complete, it took them almost 6 month
2. When I got the car it was winter so it got towed ran very little
3. For one week I tried to start the car, it would not start
4. Call the shop and we went back and forth trying to figure out the issue, finally took the spark plugs out and all black fouled. My throttle body was full of motor oil, while doing the my wheel well was smashed with a hammer by the mechanics to the point the weld that joins to the frame is cracked.
5. Finally got the car started and it just kept on stalling, again emails to the shop indicated try to adjust the TPS, that seemed to keep the car idling.
6. Finally took the car for a drive, kept on stalling had to have my foot on the brake and gas had to come back home.
things get worse…
7. Lifted the car motor oil dripping everywhere on the drivers side from the top of the engine all the way to the exhaust, wait for the good one 3 bolts that connect the tranny to the engine almost falling off.
Now I got worried and started to look at everything…
8. They disconnect my windshield wash fluid hose to use as vacuum hoses for the waste gate so now I have no windshield hoses
9. The heat was not working on the car, I went back and forth with the shop nothing so I went for days trying everything, even flushed the whole cooling system to find out the thermostat was an aftermarket when I was charged for an OEM replaced it for an OEM, well finally figured it out no vacuum connected to the heater cotroll valve went to buy the vacuum hose connect and finally working
10. Got the car started ran for a couple of days and guess what died againg, took the plugs again throttle body full of oil, spark plugs foul again two sets gone.
11. There is so many thing unplugged under the hood, that I’m trying to figure it out
12. Coolant fluid leaking from the bolts beside the spark plugs
13. Every time I get the car started I loose about ¼ quart of oil from the leak
14. Even after I changed the plugs again, the car has a hard time keeping it’s idle, TPS is turned all the way, and oil leak
At this time my car is an ornament on the driveway, till I can afford to fix what Tach Motor Works Srewed up.

I brought my car here and lucky quoted my a very good price for an engine build and got it done in a timely matter. My engine is strong but still has oil leaks. I told him I was daily driving it and I wanted that it was being sent back to cali. Long story short, I felt that the shop had very very poor customer service skills. None of the techs couldn’t even answer basic questions and always passed the phone over to Lucky who didn’t really have the time to handle his customers. I mean I confronted him about this and he still hasn’t called me back like he said. If you can’t handle it then hire someone who will. As for the problems with my car, he just basically blamed the customer, me, saying that I didn’t bring the right parts. So 4 bolts missing in the bell housing is my fault but yet he knew about it and failed to let me know that I only have a couple bolts holding it up. It wasn’t until I had a free courtesy check at another shop was when I found out about these things months later. Oh how I love piecing it together or either that waiting til something breaks. Not to mention all the other things missing that was fixed after the car was finished. I feel the car wasn’t looked over enough to insure that everything was good since the car was literally being sent to California right after. Yeah, he gave me a great price but I found other shops with slightly higher price that I would of gotten more professional customer service. Your excuse can’t be, «oh its a shop that how we act.» Unacceptable.

These guys are one of the top performance shops in Long Island. I’ve spoken to Lucky, the owner, about some work that needed to be done to my car. And he couldn’t be more accomodating. The whole business transaction was done professionally and quickly. Most Performance Shops out there are poorly ran with the lack of customer communication, bad service, and shady business practices. TMW is far from the average shop. With their custom fabrications, to the fast and professional work and also hosting one of the best tuners on the East Coast (Junior Tuned), TMW is one of the best in the area and will be argued as The Best from some people. They specialize in all makes and models and are not limited to working on just high performance vehicles. They are a full automotive service business. They will maintain your car, modify your car for max performance, or build you a full blown race car. I personally have a car with over 500whp and don’t just let anyone touch my car. I’ll never have to worry with TMW working on my car. Roll cage coming next. I’ll post pictures on my profile for anyone interested.