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September 2024 by robert pierce
Giving the highest review possible. Helped me a lot with an install error made by my mechanic on a new engine. Helped fight my case. Bought a second XJ Supercharged engine from them as well. All I can say is the sound the new engine makes and the acceleration increase is incredible with the Tapa upgraded components. Any Jaguar owner should at least get the upgrades added to their engine. The difference is insane. It is not the same car.
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September 2024 by Neal Howard
Had local mechanic in Georgia install the first engine and it’s was a bad idea. Sent Range Rover on a flatbed to California and these guys were spot on! I now have the fastest Range Rover east of the Mississippi and at a very fair price!! So pleased!!
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September 2024 by Dave Pfaffle
100% satisfied with TAPA, Kieth is the right man for the job. Keith earned my trust from my very first phone call with his knowledge base of my vehicle along with his ability to communicate the repairs to me. He walked me step-by-step through the whole process. He is extremely responsive. Keith always answered my calls/texts or got back to me in minutes both before, and after my repairs were completed. Keith stands behind his work and honors his warranty, without question, he is a man of integrity. When I had a follow up concern with my vehicle, he paid to have it picked up and delivered back to me from his shop in California. I appreciate Keith and the work he performs.
Dave P
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August 2024 by Nick Jovanovic
After a lot of reviewing, went with Tapa for my engine rebuild on my 2012 LR4. My vehicle had 175,000 miles with a stuck lifter and many leaking gaskets. Basically, needed a full overhaul.
Gave the guys at Tapa a call and I could tell from the first conversation that they were the ones I was going with. I shipped my vehicle from Southern Florida all the way to California and they handled the rest.
Took them about a week and the vehicle was ready. Unfortunately, after flying there to pick up the vehicle, in route to leaving it for me at the airport, there was some new codes that popped up. However, the guys at Tapa took care of it right away and fixed all the additional issues. They brought the card to my hotel and I was ready to drive it from there on forward.
The first stretch of my drive from LA to Vegas. 118° weather and the car drove like a champion. Two weeks later, took the vehicle from Salt Lake City into Moab where I took the vehicle on several of the trails, including Hells revenge. The truck handled all the obstacles perfectly with great power delivery.
I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience at Tapa. The communication was exceptional, the quality of work is top-notch, and so far everything is working well. Highly recommended.
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June 2024 by Steven Williams
If Google had 10 stars, I would be giving a 10 star review.
It all started when my engine, a jaguar 2016 XFS.
With a 3.0L RWD supercharged V6. All of a sudden, had a check engine light as I was driving down the freeway.
This car has been serviced regularly at the dealership and was just months out of dealer certified warranty.
Before the warranty expired I asked my service writer to make sure there was not gonna be any major issues once my warranty expired.
I was assured that I had bought a great year, and that very few XF’s, if any, were being serviced at that dealership. He mentioned the biggest maintenance problem cars were the Land Rovers.
My hunt begins for low mileage affordable used engines and affordable mechanics who work from home.
I am like a dog with a bone, when it comes to research.
I begin to investigate affordable remanufactured engines.
I also began to look for experienced and affordable remanufactured engine installers for jaguars.
I’m finally beginning to realize that this is gonna cost a lot.
No one is going to buy a great looking car with low mileage and no engine.
I put it on eBay twice and both times the buyer didn’t realize the engine wasn’t running.
All this while I’m in a rental car.
Insurance will not cover me because it was not a collision.
I finally find a reman engine supplier in Louisiana, who is very helpful and even helped me locate what he thought was an experienced installer. I meet with the installer and find out he’s a former Land Rover certified mechanic.
He’s familiar with the issue add Jaguar created by mixing plastic parts with aluminum engines.
He said he’s replaced five engines this year.
Two of which were in the service bay of the garage, Sitting idly by. Waiting for the owner to invest more money into the reman engine.
Upon check out, I was asked where I found the engine, because I was going to buy it and have it delivered.
They knew the place and said, Oh yeah, we buy the same engine he gets his from.
The guy told me he built his own engine that he didn’t buy them from anybody else.
Everyone I talked to in Dallas said it would take two weeks to as much as two months and we would not know the final cost until we were able to pull the existing engine and see which part they could reuse.
I am now familiar enough with how the industry works to know that they all know each other and they all talk.
I just so happen to call the right guy at the right time.
Mr. Keith Williams, the, owner of Tapa Auto Parts
I was simply amazed at how much this man knew , how familiar he was with the problem, how he has resolved the problem and rebuilt engines till last..
He knew what causes the problem. He knew, how to keep that problem from happening again in the future, and he even knew how to creatively finance this expense..
His crew takes a movie of my car coming off the transport trailer.
The next day, he personally takes another video and assures me. It’s just bugs on my white painted car, not dings from rocks.
That was a huge relief.
The car arrive late in the afternoon. They started the next morning by the end of the day I get a picture of my car without an engine, it has been removed.
Day two at the end of the day, I get a video of Mr. Keith Williams, driving my car, showing me the odometer and the speed as he’s driving it through the city.
I am shocked and amazed, and have no words I’m stunned. I’m in disbelief. Can this be real?
And one day, my engines out in the second day, my engines in completed and being driven.
Day four I book a flight to Burbank airport. The flight is canceled and I’m rerouted to Santa Ana Airpor, 11/2 hours away. Mr. Williams drives my car an hour and a half to the new location, then texts a picture of The car and lot numbe
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June 2024 by Jason Garcia
Great to do business with and helped me all the way through the process and more. Would recommend tapa motors to any one with jaguar. Thanks again Keith
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June 2024 by Jason Selvidge
I bought a new-to-me 2015 Jaguar F-Type R in Jan 2024. Had a 170-point pre-purchase inspection done by LemonSquad, and the report showed all green lights. On day 2 of ownership though, the engine blew. The quote to swap out the head gaskets on the AJ133 V8 supercharged engine was as expensive as buying a remanufactured engine. Enter TAPA.
The decision to go with a remanufactured engine (aka “reman”) was easy: all of the flaws of the original engine (e.g. plastic coolant pipes cracking under stress) are upgraded in the remans from TAPA. TAPA does a whole bunch of other stuff to improve the remanufactured build (ask Keith for the full list). And you get a year warranty (or 12k miles, whichever comes first) on the reman, which gives you ease of mind.
I was happy with TAPA solely with that part of the story and decided to purchase a reman. After speaking with Keith at TAPA though, I decided to have them also do the work to swap the old engine with the new one, so I had my car shipped to his shop.
Let me tell you, Keith is the most personable mechanic I have known in my life of car ownership spanning 30+ years. I am so overly impressed. Keith and his team are a white-glove service; they pro-actively communicate with you on progress, sharing important photos and videos of their work as they progress. They give you estimates on completion which are spot on. Keith personally called me on many occasions to describe what he had found and what the next best steps were to correct the issues he found with the car as he performed the work.
There are so many what I call “above and beyond” things that he and his team have done while they had my car, I can’t name them all here or I’d have to write a book! Just to add a little color though: I told him I needed to have the car smogged before I registered it; he took it to a smog shop and had it smog-certified. While the car was there for swapping out the engine, I had parts to replace the rear tie rods in the trunk of my car; he replaced the rear tie rods at no additional charge.
On a different occasion, after I had had the car back for several months after the swap, and everything was running smoothly, a seal broke in the coolant system, so I shipped the car back to Keith. He replaced the broken seal under the warranty and reinforced it. Then he installed some parts I had in the trunk of the car that had recently been shipped to me (upgrades to the upper and lower air intake, and replacement struts for holding the hood open) at no additional cost for his labor. I could write more, but we’d be here forever. Class act all around!
Now that I have the car back, the engine is so smooth in comfort mode; silently cruising along in cruise control. When you take it on a canyon run though, put it into dynamic sport mode and hit it, that engine turns into a beast! Growling, snap-crackle-pops, and when the supercharger engages, it’s the sound of a British hellcat! Every time I push that engine, I’m laughing out loud. If taking it to the drag strip is your thing, you won’t be disappointed. I’m looking to get official numbers, but the 0-60 is under 4 seconds. Such a fun car to drive!
If you’re in the market for a replacement engine for your Jaguar or Range Rover, look no further. Remans are the way to go, and Keith and his team at TAPA are the best!
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May 2024 by Michelle Cole
This was absolutely the best experience I've had with a mechanic EVER. Definitely dealer quality service, and thats an understatement. Everything from communication to speed of service, and even payment processing. Keith was amazing. I absolutely recommend 100%
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May 2024 by Gurdon Hornor
Last fall my wife purchased a used 2017 Land Rover Sport from a shady dealer in Los Angeles. When she got back to San Diego the same day, the engine overheated and blew without warning. The Rover had sat at the dealership without selling for 8 months and since it had not been running, when she drove it back the coolant lines cracked and slowly discharged coolant the whole way until it overheated and blew the motor. There was no warranty due to the age and mileage.
After several very panicky days we settled on using TAPA and Keith to install a rebuilt motor. We had it towed up from San Diego. We were completely freaked out and had no idea if we were throwing good money after bad and if we had made the right decision
In less than two weeks Keith personally drove our Rover back to San Diego from LA, which was incredibly decent of him and of course, very reassuring. We were so scared to drive it we barely put a 1,000 miles on it the first few months.
Now, in April, we have logged over 3,000 miles around San Diego and it runs perfectly. I look back now at what was an absolutely horrible and financially devastating situation to us and at least Keith was able to do the best thing possible and give us back a well running Rover. Saturday night we were tailgating at Petco Park before the Sting/Billy Joel show in the Rover and I realized that I really owed TAPA a review for how things turned out in the end. I never write reviews, but for TAPA it was my pleasure.
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April 2024 by BJ Wilborn
Started searching for a new engine for our 17 Range Rover Sport and quickly found out that many will tell you whatever you want to hear to get your money. So once I spoke with Keith at Tapa and he was straight forward with me then I ended up paying a bit more for one simply because he was honest with me. Keith referred me to a local shop where I’m from to install it. They received the engine quickly and began working on it. Little did i know that these mechanics were not familiar with how to prop purge the coolant system. Long story short, i got it back and within 100 miles, i had low coolant lights coming on again! At this point I was sick. Reached out to Keith and he offered to figure it out for free if i shipped the vehicle to him. So I shipped it across the country and Keith fixed it and had it back to me within a couple weeks. Vehicle is doing great now! Highly recommend Keith and Tapa!!
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April 2024 by John Stifter
Amazing work! On time, on budget and everything works perfectly! When my Rover needed a new engine, the dealer quoted a price that made no sense. Tapa Jaguar And Land Rover Engines’ price was reasonable. Now my vehicle has a second life and drives and sounds like new!
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April 2024 by John Cadeddu
Keith did outstanding work on my Rover. When I brought him the car, it had 138,000 miles on the original engine. That engine was no longer functional. He rebuilt the engine - at half the price quoted by the dealer - and his work has been superior in EVERY WAY
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April 2024 by Sassan Falsafi, MD, MSChE
After experiencing much trepidation and frustration researching various shops to get my 2012 Range Rover Supercharged L322 fixed, Keith’s masterfully installed newly in-house built engine came as a breath of fresh air. The whole process was seamless and without any pitfalls or surprises. Keith was always available to answer questions along the way. Now, I have a car that I have loved driving for the past 12 years and will continue to enjoy for years to come. The new power train is stronger than the factory engine and runs smoothly. It also has a nice hum. If you’re looking for engine replacement look nowhere else than Keith’s shop in Santa Clarita, California: Tapa Jaguar and Land Rover Engines.
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March 2024 by Lanae Anderson
Very professional and understanding. We had a great experience with our purchased Motor for our Jaguar. Keith is wonderful to work with and very honest. We received our shipment timely in NC. When we ran into problems with the auto shop during installation, he was a Great help!
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March 2024 by Vince C
Keith is incredible. He and his team are top RR engine builders. I sent my 2012 RR Sport SC to Keith after my engine failed. Keith replaced it with a stage 2 engine he built and also put in a rebuilt super charger. He also helped sent my truck to a Land Rover dealer to have a fuel system recall taken care of. Along the process, Keith kept in close contact by text and phone. Just got my truck back. The truck's engine is super strong. Feels like 600+ hp under the hood. Thank you Keith & team. You are the best. I am so happy with your amazing work.
