jstdrift86
10-13-2008, 10:04 AM
so i had a 92 s13 with an sr20 with upgrades and it was real clean. worth i say about 6.5-7k. Now i had just traded my levin for this car and i remember y i didnt get a 240 in the first place. just not a car for me.
so the guy who bought my car was having his friend who owned a shop, stop by and pick up the quarter panel for the levin. when the guy comes over it ended up being the shop owner's mechanic.
He started telling me about this 20v levin coupe they have that was a beast and it was a great,clean car. i told him to talk to his boss and see if he wopuld b interested in trading me the levin with some cash on top. Next day, i get a call and he said his boss says to come down and bring the car. so i go and when i get there i find this "clean beast" to be a really beat up bucket. the interior was crap, the sunroof had been "deleted" with a peice of sheet metal and the firewall had a whole that was about 14x13 inches. the levin front was garbage because one fender has a huge dent in it and the other side looked like them attemped to roll it. they made "custom" headlight brackets out of a road sign. the front bumper was being held together by bondo and zip ties( not in a good way either)
Now for the engine, when they turn it on, everything seemed fine except for the massive exhaust leak. revved up fine and easy so i firgured everything was fine. When i drove it though, the car didnt feel like it had much power at all. it was smoking when it got to higher rpms as well but wat i figured was that it didnt feel strong because of the exhaust leak and it was burning oil cause it was just crappy oil. when i got back i checked the oil and of course it was black and water thin. I told the owner and mechanic that it didnt feel very fast and then he began to tell me how much faster and better it was than his 20v. him and his mechanic told me time and time again how good of an engine this car had. they said it didnt leak or anything. they also told me that the suspension was trd front shocks ,unknown aftermarket front springs and that they were every good and stiff. they replaced and then welded the diff(????!!!!) cause the old one had broke on them(wonder y).
Now he wanted 3.5k for the car and i wanted 6.5k for mine. so we settle at him giving me the levin and 2400 for the s13. and that was it. i made out a bill of sale and he gave me the pink, cash and keys. I figured that in a week or two i would have a sick corolla and everything would be great! WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
So when i left riverside, i took a drive over to M1 autosport in el monte to pick up some coilovers from them and then to back chino hills. well on the way home i notice that the engine sounded like it had low oil. so i pulled over and check and sure enough the stick was reading very low. i was like ???? i wasnt driving fast because then it would smoke and be VERY loud thanks to the hole in the firewall. so it was odd that it had such low oil because remember the car didnt leak anything and i had checked it before i bought the car. I had to flag a guy down to get a ride to the gas station to get some oil. i got some oil and filled it up with a lil more than 3 quarts. by this time i was just in phillips ranch which is 10 min from my house in chino hills. i stopped by autozone and picked up the exhaust gaskets i need and a oil filter. i went home and when i lefted the car oil started dripping like crazy out of the front and back of the trany.well turns out the front leak was the rear main seal but after i drained that oil that was left, which was less than 2 quarts, i put mobil 1 full synthetic and fixed the exhaust leak.
After i put my ear next to the headers because the way they were mounted i wouldnbt be surprized if they were leaking too. well when i started revving the engine, i heard the small knock and thats when i knew i was F**KED! I went ahead, called the mechanic and told him it spun a bearing and they need to fix this. he called his boss and he said he wouldnt even pay for the $40 bearings. Now at this point i was just a little angry. The mechanic ended up coming to my house and said he thinks its a broken cam. so we open up the head and everything was fine. My pops comes home and hears it and he thinks its pinging cause u couldnt hear it at idle only when u get to about 2000rpm. i was feelin much better. I planned to take the car to R-Rated to get it tuned and looked at to much sure everything was fine in the morning. the car didnt make it 3 miles. By this time i knew i was right the whole about the bearing. once again i call the mechanic and tell him its blown for sure and that they have to do something about it. once again he boss refuses because he says when it left it was fine. LIES! i told him about it not feeling right and he claimed that it was a good motor and it was better than his. plus the knock was so faint at first, there was no way to hear over the exhaust leak.
Now i know i lost in this deal but before i go on and have people talk crap( i know this isnt gonna help), i bought the car with intentions to fix everything wrong with it since i had the cash and i would be happy with my rolla finally.
well i pulled the motor and wow......gaabage it was. here are some pics of the crank.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/gaabageengine1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/gaabageengine2.jpg
Now heres pics of the blacktop engine i sourced from GSpeed(+++++)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/inlanddriftfaill059copy.jpg
some oil that dripped out the head
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/inlanddriftfaill054copy.jpg
as u can see, ithe original wasnt a good motor. the oil pump was seized and when u would move the con rod, it sounded like there was no main bearing. well turns out it was in the oil pan
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/gaabageengine3.jpg
the distributor cap was being held together by silicone. the water pump was bad, the distributor rotor had peices missing. the spark plugs looked like they were rotting lol. the front suspension had stock cut springs with blown shocks.
So after all this was done and over i spent over $1500 to make sure this thing runs like a champ. when i bought the car i but the current rims for 450, so i have 1950 and i spent money here and there but all basicly went to fixing the car. Now i have no money to even put the car in my name.
I went down to talk to the shop owner and i brought the oil pan, oil pumps( bad 1 and good one from the blacktop) and explained wat happened and i asked that he compensate me the 1500 and ill walk away like nothing ever happened.
He said no way and that it was running fine when it left. he tried saying that he never said it was good motor ( i have two of my friends to prove he was )and that everything sold there is as. there was no sign and he didnt want to write me a bill of sale either. he told me that he would have rather it happened to him than me and he told me he had his mechanic take the car out and drift the hell out of it to make sure it was ok.....wow.....
Ill be seeing him in court soon. i just wanted to make sure that people know that these guys will come off as ur friends but are both equally scandaless. stay away from Inland Drift in Riverside CA!
so the guy who bought my car was having his friend who owned a shop, stop by and pick up the quarter panel for the levin. when the guy comes over it ended up being the shop owner's mechanic.
He started telling me about this 20v levin coupe they have that was a beast and it was a great,clean car. i told him to talk to his boss and see if he wopuld b interested in trading me the levin with some cash on top. Next day, i get a call and he said his boss says to come down and bring the car. so i go and when i get there i find this "clean beast" to be a really beat up bucket. the interior was crap, the sunroof had been "deleted" with a peice of sheet metal and the firewall had a whole that was about 14x13 inches. the levin front was garbage because one fender has a huge dent in it and the other side looked like them attemped to roll it. they made "custom" headlight brackets out of a road sign. the front bumper was being held together by bondo and zip ties( not in a good way either)
Now for the engine, when they turn it on, everything seemed fine except for the massive exhaust leak. revved up fine and easy so i firgured everything was fine. When i drove it though, the car didnt feel like it had much power at all. it was smoking when it got to higher rpms as well but wat i figured was that it didnt feel strong because of the exhaust leak and it was burning oil cause it was just crappy oil. when i got back i checked the oil and of course it was black and water thin. I told the owner and mechanic that it didnt feel very fast and then he began to tell me how much faster and better it was than his 20v. him and his mechanic told me time and time again how good of an engine this car had. they said it didnt leak or anything. they also told me that the suspension was trd front shocks ,unknown aftermarket front springs and that they were every good and stiff. they replaced and then welded the diff(????!!!!) cause the old one had broke on them(wonder y).
Now he wanted 3.5k for the car and i wanted 6.5k for mine. so we settle at him giving me the levin and 2400 for the s13. and that was it. i made out a bill of sale and he gave me the pink, cash and keys. I figured that in a week or two i would have a sick corolla and everything would be great! WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
So when i left riverside, i took a drive over to M1 autosport in el monte to pick up some coilovers from them and then to back chino hills. well on the way home i notice that the engine sounded like it had low oil. so i pulled over and check and sure enough the stick was reading very low. i was like ???? i wasnt driving fast because then it would smoke and be VERY loud thanks to the hole in the firewall. so it was odd that it had such low oil because remember the car didnt leak anything and i had checked it before i bought the car. I had to flag a guy down to get a ride to the gas station to get some oil. i got some oil and filled it up with a lil more than 3 quarts. by this time i was just in phillips ranch which is 10 min from my house in chino hills. i stopped by autozone and picked up the exhaust gaskets i need and a oil filter. i went home and when i lefted the car oil started dripping like crazy out of the front and back of the trany.well turns out the front leak was the rear main seal but after i drained that oil that was left, which was less than 2 quarts, i put mobil 1 full synthetic and fixed the exhaust leak.
After i put my ear next to the headers because the way they were mounted i wouldnbt be surprized if they were leaking too. well when i started revving the engine, i heard the small knock and thats when i knew i was F**KED! I went ahead, called the mechanic and told him it spun a bearing and they need to fix this. he called his boss and he said he wouldnt even pay for the $40 bearings. Now at this point i was just a little angry. The mechanic ended up coming to my house and said he thinks its a broken cam. so we open up the head and everything was fine. My pops comes home and hears it and he thinks its pinging cause u couldnt hear it at idle only when u get to about 2000rpm. i was feelin much better. I planned to take the car to R-Rated to get it tuned and looked at to much sure everything was fine in the morning. the car didnt make it 3 miles. By this time i knew i was right the whole about the bearing. once again i call the mechanic and tell him its blown for sure and that they have to do something about it. once again he boss refuses because he says when it left it was fine. LIES! i told him about it not feeling right and he claimed that it was a good motor and it was better than his. plus the knock was so faint at first, there was no way to hear over the exhaust leak.
Now i know i lost in this deal but before i go on and have people talk crap( i know this isnt gonna help), i bought the car with intentions to fix everything wrong with it since i had the cash and i would be happy with my rolla finally.
well i pulled the motor and wow......gaabage it was. here are some pics of the crank.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/gaabageengine1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/gaabageengine2.jpg
Now heres pics of the blacktop engine i sourced from GSpeed(+++++)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/inlanddriftfaill059copy.jpg
some oil that dripped out the head
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/inlanddriftfaill054copy.jpg
as u can see, ithe original wasnt a good motor. the oil pump was seized and when u would move the con rod, it sounded like there was no main bearing. well turns out it was in the oil pan
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/R-specZ32/gaabageengine3.jpg
the distributor cap was being held together by silicone. the water pump was bad, the distributor rotor had peices missing. the spark plugs looked like they were rotting lol. the front suspension had stock cut springs with blown shocks.
So after all this was done and over i spent over $1500 to make sure this thing runs like a champ. when i bought the car i but the current rims for 450, so i have 1950 and i spent money here and there but all basicly went to fixing the car. Now i have no money to even put the car in my name.
I went down to talk to the shop owner and i brought the oil pan, oil pumps( bad 1 and good one from the blacktop) and explained wat happened and i asked that he compensate me the 1500 and ill walk away like nothing ever happened.
He said no way and that it was running fine when it left. he tried saying that he never said it was good motor ( i have two of my friends to prove he was )and that everything sold there is as. there was no sign and he didnt want to write me a bill of sale either. he told me that he would have rather it happened to him than me and he told me he had his mechanic take the car out and drift the hell out of it to make sure it was ok.....wow.....
Ill be seeing him in court soon. i just wanted to make sure that people know that these guys will come off as ur friends but are both equally scandaless. stay away from Inland Drift in Riverside CA!