a few years back during the dot.com boom I had a scientific company that struggled. my venture now is geovolta.com 
The Protege Saga
A year vanished as my engine installer (Jei at BlackTrax) kept shifting the motor install right. April turned in June which became July or August and now is November. He worked on pet projects like his GF's WXR STi and the cars of friends. After putting me off for almost a year Jei quoted me $1200-2000 for the install. Based on his reputation (sportscar magazines, etc) I thought it was a good idea to wait. Once completed he charged me over $4000 for installing my motor which he could not get to run because the MOTEC was too complex. He had what I thought was a good theory about the injectors being too large; with a mechanics lean I had no choice but to pay. So I collected my NON-running car and set about to fix what he said was wrong. Injectors, I ordered several types and always had the same results ("flooded car that would not idle"). Then I set about to find the proper length axle after Jei stated that my axle was too short. I went to a MAZDA only mechanic in San Jose and learned that the axle was indeed the proper one. Turns out Jei's people forgot to install the retaining clip so it would pull out of the tranny which did not get a mount (I supplied new AWR mounts). So basically at this point I feel pretty well ripped off by BlackTrax but it gets even worse. I finally decided to take the car back to TriPoint (the orginal constructors who raced it for years) in Conoga Park. Now I'm informed that many parts were not properly installed besides the tranny and axle. He did not properly install things like the power steering pump and coolant overflow jugs. Front suspension was laughable and on and on. TriPoint was not in the least impressed by Jei's work. Don't believe the hype in the tuner magazines. All that self promotion does not hide the fact that this guy is a pure amateur mechanic. Once all was said and done it cost an additional $3500 for TriPoint to un-do the mess BlackTrax created and tune the car on a Dyno. Never mind the fact the cost of transporting the car and the two years I lost in the process. I put my trust and faith into Blacktrax, paid $4000+ to have a supplied running engine installed into a race chassis with MOTEC and was robbed by an incompetent mechanic who charged for his time although he had zero results.
