MABBCO Motors

Dan Casey a month ago

stay away. stay far far away. read the reviews, they are accurate and mine is very similar to the other unsatisfied customers. I've waited 10 weeks for a motor, still not complete. Called 2 weeks ago and was told "it'll be ready in 2 weeks." Called today and was told the same thing. Zero accountability from them, and as a customer I have no recourse other than to pay a 20% fee (about $400) to cancel my order. So I'd lose $400 and 10-12 weeks of time for the pleasure of receiving nothing from this outfit. My motor might be ready 12 weeks from payment, or it might be 30 weeks, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. the lack of accountability is alarming. buy your motors elsewhere.

John Fitzhugh 2 months ago

Purchased a short block 289 engine from Mabbco. Received in a timely manner, found no issues with the engine. Once installed , it started immediately. Currently, only have about 200 miles on engine but still have had no issues. Would recommend using Mabbco for any engine builds.

Jason Lane 2 months ago

Don’t ever buy an engine kit from these guys. The main customer service guy is pretty nice, however I was sent a rebuilt kit and all the wrist pins were so far off in different weight that the crankshaft shop would use them to do the balancing. I asked multiple times for replacements and they suggested the crankshaft shop take more off the rods and pistons. The amount needed to balance the engine correctly would have left the pistons paper thin. Maabco didn’t give a shit. I will never recommend this company to anyone. If you want things done right buy name brand not from this place.

Johnathan Hoffman 2 months ago

You be the judge and look at the pics. I installed the long block in my 1960 Thunderbird, fired it up, and the rear main was pouring oil. I pulled the engine and this is what was done to the rear cap. No rubber gasket and pin, just some half ass RTV that didn't even fill all the slot. They do not take pride in their work.

Tim Smith 8 months ago

Starting to sound like broken records with reviews on this company, this one is not much different. I own a full-service automotive and Marine repair service shop. I found this company selling engines of all kinds makes and models for all kinds of applications on eBay of all places. This particular long block that I purchased showed to be in stock and would ship out within 2 weeks. I delivered that information to my customer and they were excited to get their vintage ski boat back up and going. After approximately one week of putting in the order they finally decided to finalize the sale. This is a pretty simple but some what you need engine order as it is a Ford 302 reverse rotation. Almost exactly 12 Weeks later the motor finally shows up. As a long block, I had to transfer all of the parts from the original motor to this motor which meant I had to clean everything up like new and it worked out pretty well from that point. Until, after getting it up and running during the break-in process less than 10 minutes later it lost all oil pressure and started hammering away on the top end. I immediately shut it down and reached out to the warranty company which by the way is nothing but