from 3S rebuild my engine at a cost of 3k in 2005. After 900 miles of driving it like a retired blind grandad, yes that gently ! I was at a car show and was cleaning the car while it ticked over.. a friend moved it for me so another could be positioned on the stand and we all heard a screeching sound, bit like the belt in the wet.. anyway, he started to reverse it in and at 4000rpm the whole *bleep* engine exploded, spat the pistons and conrods out through the sump ! Something every engineer said was just not possibly at 4000rpm and I agreed, but I was there as were 20 others at the time.I called James straight away and he said i must have been on the motorway at high revs for it to happen, thank
*bleep* i wasnt personally.He insisted on his garage looking at it and obviously i agreed.
. so had the AA drop it down that night.. 3 days later i was told, nothing wrong, had to be me.. when i had the car recovered from his garage and looked at by another engineer, they said the way 3S had stripped the engine out and bits were also missing, it was now impossible to pinpoint what happened.. Since then, staff having left admitted to me, it was covered up and i was shafted by James.
. I have all the pictures, video etc and witnesses from the day, but it was useless after the engineer said they had stripped and destroyed any and all evidence of what went wrong.
. so, there you have my experience of 3S..I did everything required including having the oil change done at a local garage,I admit it was after roughly 70 miles and not 50, but thats roughly the distance i had to drive back anyway after initially picking my car up.
To this day I have never recieved a pennie of compensation nor have I have I ever been offered a replacement for what was destroyed.
MY BILLFor Mr Mike Mahon, Ref 1994 3sgte Mr2
Mileage:
Chassis No:
Date: 17/3/05
To supply and fit:
1 x Turbo Technics stage 1 turbo
new 821.32(turbo price based on exchange)Fitting 5 hours 235.00
1 x Greddy Intercooler
New 570.001 x Downpipe
New (inc post) 155.00 1 x Walbro uprated fuel pump (inc post) 75.00
Fitting 4 hours 160.00
Set of speedo clocks and facia 50.00
Greedy Boost gauge and pod
70.00Fitting 40.00
Strip and rebuild dash with wiring
(16 hours) TBC2 x Engine Flush 40.00
(Materials) TBCRemoval and cleaning of oil cooler assembly
and relief valve due to blockage reinstate with
gaskets.
100.00Replacement of drivers side window switch pack.
40.00 (charged no labour)Postage 25.00
Workshop consumables 16.00
Sub total 2381.32 Vat @ 17.5 416.73 Total inc vat 2798.05Note:
These prices reflect the customers wishes for the addition of aftermarket engine management, which will be addressed upon completion of 200 satisfactory miles of the above fitted items.
The engine management has not yet been agreed with the customer due to the variety available and recent ventures by 3s services center Ltd.It is acknowledged that the customer wishes to reach power goals of 350 bhp at flywheel of his 1994 mr2 turbo, 3S services centre is making every effort to assist the customer in the most cost effective yet safe method.
Prepared by Mr James Darby
Proprieter
PLEASE NOTE: THIS CAR NEEDS ANOTHER OIL CHANGE SHORTLY AFTER THE NEXT 50 MILES!
PICTURES
This is where it actually happened, as you can see, the claims by 3S that I must have been driving at high speed for the damage to have occurred, seems somewhat impossibly in the place the engine blew.
You can see the oil on the grass etc including one guy picking bits up at one point..
VIDEO
When I picked my car up from 3S these are the pictures of what they left after stripping the engine out to cover thier own tracks.
My advice, think long and hard before going anywhere near 3S for any work what so ever, because if it goes wrong,well, you decide
.. 
because this is what I had and loved before 3S..
I would love to be able to turn round one day and say 3S did the decent thing and came to an arrangment over all this, but sadly, since it happened in 2005 and its now 3 years on.. 
