I'm very sad to hear these tales of woe. Would it not be feasible for MMC to go to Omex (or SBD, Raceline, or whoever) and negotiate the supply of engines suitably set up for their cars? MMC would avoid the costs of trying to do their own engine development, they could transfer the risk to the (presumably more expert) engine supplier, and avoid all this grief with their customers?
I accept that my setup is not typical, but if Kevin Vernon, Stuart Halstead, and John Ravenscroft could come up with the Ecotec VVTi conversion which has worked brilliantly in my car for the last 35k miles, I struggle to see why MMC cannot engage someone to do something similar for all their engines rather than relying on stock manufacturer offerings and tackling issues on a case-by-case basis?
