has anyone ever heard of ATK engines
 

ATK engines
high-performance-engines.com

they seem legite and i have a 1990 RS with a 305 tbi that im looking to swap for a 350. And they have a 350 and a 383 stroker TBI on their page for under 3300. and i was just wondering if anyone has dealt with them before.

Re: has anyone ever heard of ATK engines
 

Kind of a late reply, but my 92 RS has an ATK 305 in it. Its just a stock reman engine, but has given me no problems since it was installed about 5 years ago.
Dave

Re: has anyone ever heard of ATK engines
 

My 86 IROC had a stock 305 TPI reman from them and that was the motor that I modded to a 13.90 best before an old lady ran a red light last yr and totaled it.

Re: has anyone ever heard of ATK engines
 

Anyone can mess up, but this was enough to get me to avoid ATK like the plague.

We bought an ATK rebuild for the company beater...VW Rabbit diesel. Leaked oil from day one. When I called ATK (Hayward, CA IIRC), they told us to have a VW dealership perform a dye leak to determine where the oil was coming from and we'll go from there.

The first red flag was when I drove the car to the VW dealership for the dye test and told them what was going on. Their first statement to me was, "If that's an ATK rebuild, go someplace else." (I never mentioned ATK at that point). The service manager then told me how they've got caught in the middle of warranty hassles between their customers and ATK. "Never again."

Had another local VW dealer in San Jose drop dye into the crankcase and they determined that the oil was coming from the rear main, oil pan and balance shaft seal.

I reported this back to ATK and they told us to go ahead and get the leaks repaired, pay the shop that does the repairs, save the oily parts with the dye on them and return the parts with the repair order. ATK would then reimberse us the repair costs.

After the repairs were perfomed and before I shipped off the seals, gaskets and clutch disk to ATK, I brought them over to my father's shop and put them under his UV lamp and confirmed there was dye on the parts.

After a few weeks with no word from ATK, I called them and was told our claim was denied. They told me there was no trace of dye on any of the parts. Their attitude was pretty shitty too.

A couple of weeks later, the engine developed what appeared to be a blown head gasket (hot water pouring into the overflow tank immediately after start up). We took the car to a shop a few doors down to get the head looked at. After they tore down the engine to do the head gasket, they found a casting defect in one of the cylinders that was exposed when the block was bored. Sonic inspection my arse.