300hp owen

right on! it feels SO DAMN GOOD to be able to romp on the throttle after getting a big issue like this all figured out. props to getting help from a fellow Zilvia member! if you dont know someone at a shop you can easily get taken for a lot of $$$ and time.

man you better hope they built that motor right. hopefully the timing is the one last thing they had to do and they just brainfarted at that point.

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ROIDMONKEY

totally heard u man. same thing (sorta) happened to me , guy tuned my car (shop in fl) blew one of my piston didn't say a word about it, he let me go with out saying anything , anything, i found out the next day cause i felt the car running weak . wtf. yes the shop name is japtrix in riviera beach fl

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WISH ONE

oh wow... TERRYOSIS SPEC hope your motor lasts... but glad you got your car fixed bet it feels good. GL

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steve shadows

That was the next thing on the list CAS Base Timing (set off marks for TDC.chain/synch).

It was getting dark and didnt have the time to take the valve cover off (man that was a long time ago now haha) Glad it worked out for you, knew it was CAS related.

A simply diagnostic check applies to things that can be done without taking the engine apart in any way.

I do all my diagnostics at the shop now, no more field, because we have all the nessicary gear.

Checking for whether or not the cas was punched properly at TDC is another chunk of time etc

So the cam timing was off and the CAS was punched off? lol wow-

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GabeS14

Yea they were way off, I think the right Cam shaft was pointing to just about what would be 1:30 if looking on a clock.. left one was ok, but right one was waaayy off!

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luisgonz

Actually The Intake cam was off By 3-4 teeth and the Exhaust was 2-3 teeth. I really didnt count how many teeth where off, But just knew it needed to be Put on mark. And Yes doing Field work You need to carry and take all tools That you think you could use in any case. The good thing about Gabe was that I gave you "If I dont fix it I will Continue to work on it till I figure it out" Quote, I dont ask for any payment Till Im done with it.

I Fixed and Removed Intake manifold to fix vacuum Lines Cleaned up the Lose wires and covered Exposed wired, Checked Compression Replaced One non Working Coil pack, Removed and welded up a New blow off valve. I even Checked his stereo System.LOL

GabeS14

yea it was an all day work, i actually was dehidrated by the time we finished at 8 pm!we had started at 930 am or so?
i was more watching than anything else, so i imagine Luiz who was working, was worn the fuck out!

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luisgonz

I think I just spent only 5 hours working on it. And no you were not at my house at 9am. I think it was around 10:30am.

GabeS14

thanks a lot to PHLIP,
and please guys check out this review thread too!

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Ernie

When I find Earnie, I'll let you know what he thinks!

From my experience, if the timing was off by that many teeth, the car wouldn't run at all.




Which brings me to my next point. I have years of experience working under the hood with hundreds of satisfied drivers, and like you've posted, yes, I've tuned "super tuner cars", as well. Which doesn't take from the fact that I like to work on ALL cars, from your SR to my wife's CA; even to the mkIII supras I'm currently tuning at the shop. The shop, which by the way, is still in the same location that you brought your car to two years ago. I've been here for 5+ years, and not planning on going anywhere soon.

My "super star drifter" attitude? I don't know what you've heard about me around the industry, but if anyone has had problems with anything I've done/said, this is the first I'm hearing of it. I know I'm not perfect, but I thought people would have had the decency to approach me about a problem if they were offended in any way. Just for the record, I was not born a pro drifter or into a race family or into the drifting industry by "luck"; I have thousands of hours on the streets and under the hood of my old and new cars, just like most of you. So if you're just loosely tossing the "super star" and "douchebag" label around, I encourage you to at least hold one conversation with me about my roots before making that decision to continue to do so.

I don't normally post on forums; mainly because I'm busy ensuring that the work I do is up to par with my customers' expectations, as well as pushing the limits of industry standards, but I heard about this post from my wife, who in turn heard about it from a friend. And I felt that before any of you pass judgment on myself or my shop, give me the decency to hear what I have to say... There are always two sides to every story:

First of all, I'm not here to "defend" myself; I just don't think it's right to slander anyone's reputation without even trying to rectify it with them personally. I have no recollection of you "talking to me" about working on your car, and that I "don't want to work on it"? I love working on cars. And if I had truly made a mistake on your car, as you claim, I would have done everything in my power to make things right in order to retain and preserve the reputation that I and my shop have. Regardless of what you post here, the fact is that we haven't spoken to each other after you left my shop satisfied (to my knowledge) with the services that we had agreed upon (except for a text I RECENTLY received from you about a part you were looking for).

You may have come into contact with Terry during these past 2 years. Let me just make you aware that Terry is no longer associated with EF Madness, as he has made the decision to move on to other business ventures (Drift Buffet, drifting in China, etc).

Now, the facts about your incident: The WRX comment was simply referring to the loud decibel exhaust. Your car came into the shop with a blown motor. I replaced the engine and made it run on the power fc, which was what we discussed and agreed upon. I put nothing but the best available parts in your engine (as I do with all my customers); S14 tensioner (not S13), timing was by the book when your car left. I specifically told you that it wasn't fully tuned, and that you were responsible for the custom fine-tuning (in order to accommodate your larger turbo and cam settings, different size injectors, air flow meter, etc.) which was not agreed upon as my shop to fix your car "to stock". I gave you several ecu tuning options, and you chose to keep the base map from the power fc. I warned you of the implications involved in doing so, and that you would eventually need to have it professionally tuned on a dyno.

I work on cars. I work under the hood. I'm a driver. I'm a mechanic. My wife, my current partner, and my friends will be the first to tell you that I'm a hell of a better driver/mechanic than a businessman. I currently still do not handle the money aspect of this business; it's handled by my new partner. So if you think I "ripped you off", then it should have been discussed with me at the time, in the past, or even now before causing this stir. I had not even had the thought of having "ripped you off", because, again, you had left satisfied with the services provided that was discussed prior to working on your car.

So now that I presented the facts, here is my opinion: I feel like there is something that you're leaving out; these events just don't make sense to me. I worked on your car almost 2 years ago, and this incident is just now surfacing? If it was a problem, you could have come to my shop anytime within these past 2 years or gotten a hold of me somehow. I would speculate more on this, but will glady do it in person or in private. But just know that my personal opinion on this matter is that something definitely does not add up.

Just for the record, I'm not "shady" or just here to "make a buck". If that were the case, I'd have been packed up and gone a long time ago. I'm here because of my passion for the sport and sharing it with people that have the same love (and yes, this means that you are free to come by the shop anytime to see for yourself).

If you need to discuss matters in more detail, please feel free to contact me at ernie(at)erniefixmer(dot)com or simply come by the shop. I rarely frequent forums (like I said before), so it would be safe to say that I don't check messages on here.

Thanks for your time,

Ernie "Super Star Douchebag Shady Drifter to Steal Yo' Dolla" Fixmer

GabeS14

Earnie, i responded in the other review thread, as well as on your myspace, i sent you a message pls read/!

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GabeS14

Ernie contacted me personally and I am satisfied!
+1 for that!
Also offered to do work on the car free of charge if necessary which i think is awesome!

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