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06-01-2014, 07:48 PM | #61 | |
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OP appears to have little mechanical knowledge. What the tuner saying is absolutely correct, you cannot fault his logic. Feelings hurt from loss of his cars heart. Whether the owners fault or not. Redtop SRs have notorious oil pick up problems. So much miscommunication of feelings through internet and text these days. Tuner seems to be an honest individual. OP, maybe it is in everyone's best interest to pick up the car and move on? Its a part of life man, things as such are going to go wrong. Take the punch and use it as an excuse to upgrade when the chance and funds are to be had. #firstworldproblemspoorold20yrSR |
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06-01-2014, 08:00 PM | #62 |
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Some tuner (car guys) not the tuner himself feel entitled to something if there is a issue.
" you installed my BOV now my left tail light went out it's your fault"
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06-01-2014, 09:00 PM | #63 |
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This is the reason why alot of tuners won't tune cars with an unknown history. Most of the great tuners I've met will only tune it if they built the engine themselves or know/trust the builder. Just not worth all this ass pain for a $600-1K gig when shit goes wrong cuz they're running a 20 yr old engine.
I said it in your other thread and I'll say it again: Just some facts we've gathered: - You hit something on your way to the shop and your oil light turned on. Drove on it for miles to get to the shop. - Tuner asked you about the oil pressure light and YOU TOLD HIM ITS A BAD SENSOR. - Tuner was setting the initial fuel trims/timing map and your turbo decides to blow itself. - The tuner tells you to get another turbo and to have you dig around on the oil issue. - 2 Weeks later, you decided to buy an ISIS turbo and they installed it for you. - After they did the install, shop realized your engine is knocking too. - Now you want them to fix it free of charge. Everything points out to a dented oil pan which is typical on a damn SR20. From the sounds of it, the shop has been trying to work with you but you expect them to take all the blame and have nothing come out of your pocket. If I was the shop, I'd tell you to eat dick, charge you for the tuning, start racking up storage fees, and I would put a Mechanic's Lien on it when it hits 30 days. Based on what you said above, you're basically attempting to extort the shop to cover your fucked up engine. Just because they have insurance, they should automatically take the hit for something that was FUCKED to begin with, just because they had your car? Wow, you're some other kind of stupid huh? People like you are the reason good tuning shops shut down... Last edited by fliprayzin240sx; 06-01-2014 at 09:33 PM.. |
06-01-2014, 09:51 PM | #64 | |
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06-01-2014, 10:12 PM | #65 |
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You drop off your car, keys, bounce, don't snign anything, don't watch him work, and you think he's at fault... because YOU didn't sign anything?
If you both signed a napkin saying he wouldn't blow your motor, I'd say it's all on him. But you sound pretty happy-go-lucky. And this is a very kind representation of you. Oil light's on, so you not only drive (jesus, if my light came on while driving, I'd kill the engine that second, and not drive it an inch farther until I had at least confirmed the oil level, and probably just get a tow under insurance, and have a shop check it with a gauge to see what the deal is), but you don't call off tuning? I won't even let someone change my oil without me watching - in fact, I won't let anybody change my oil - I can't IMAGINE you putting someone you had no working relationship with in that position, with your car. I hesitate at close friends driving it, gotta be quite close to know that they'll just throw down to make it right, if your shit car blows up on them. |
06-02-2014, 12:09 AM | #66 |
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I don't know if anyone is actually thinking in terms of what is the mechanical failure of this sitaution. First, a t25 won't "break up" at 16psi, they just do not create anymore power and anyone familiar with turbos will know that. If you had some ungodly amount of boost through it I can understand but 16lbs.. No. Now second, if a spun bearing is an issue it could be anything from running bad oil and losing viscosity from multiple dyno runs. Third, just because it was running fine a few hours ago does not mean it will be fine to do dyno runs over and over again. If you ask any race team or engine builder it will always come down to oil. If he had shattered a piston from leaning it out then it would be in the tuners beat interest to help you. Bearings spin, these parts are not meant to last forever. You are mad and upset and it's understandable but people need to be more informed about how things work when tuning. As I said before, turbo will not eat itself especially if it's a stock oem t25. High temps could cause oiling issues which could be extremely detrimental to your bearings and turbo. Not taking anyone's side but it's the realistic outcome in this situation
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06-02-2014, 07:03 AM | #67 |
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[QUOTE=unometeeter;5647379] He over boosted and did a shitty tune which caused my motor failure. Motors do not destroy themselves by idling at 7psi, QUOTE]
You do relise that your car will not idle and make 7psi correct? more like the opposite of 16hg of vacuum and that puts no strain on your turbo Last edited by spools420a; 06-04-2014 at 07:28 AM.. |
06-02-2014, 08:00 AM | #69 |
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First mistake was attempting to tune for 7psi when the stock ecu is already tuned for such a thing. You can't get anymore reliable than what the factory tuned it as. They spent more time then you can imagine calibrating the ecu to work loads of different situations which most self proclaimed tuners just tune for the now situation. Him trying to push you to buy a boost controller to run 15lbs should have been a red flag to just walk away because evidently you already knew the turbo just dumps hot air at 15. Long story short its your fault for letting the "tuner" continue.
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06-02-2014, 09:18 AM | #70 |
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Well.. I had a few bad runs with tuning. First I had these guys make me a s13sr to s14 harness and tune my car in a week.. Well they fucked the harness up and melted my split fire coil packs on the dyno. as much as I wanted them all dead I knew couldn't get any thing out of them and it would have been a waste.. Even though they made the harness that ruined my new 500 dollar coil packs.. I love how all these tuners hide behind legaltys.. But like every one said this is the game you play. I hope you take the dude for every thing he's got.
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06-02-2014, 10:08 AM | #71 |
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06-02-2014, 11:10 AM | #74 | |
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My guess is the shop already reached out to the OP with something along the lines of cheap/near free labor but OP buys the parts out of his pocket and wasn't too happy that he'd have to pay out since he could barely afford the tune to begin with. |
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06-02-2014, 11:10 AM | #75 |
One of the most highly respected tuners in our area has been tuning for over 20years and if you drop the car off to him with a single issue or leak etc he'll tell you to come pick it up or he'll charge you dumb money to have his mechanic fix whatever the issue may be. If it was the oil sensor he shoulda picked one up that's such a super cheap and easy fix. When a car isn't 100% ready to be tuned something like this happens 99% of the time
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06-02-2014, 11:12 AM | #76 |
No way I wouldn't blame the tuner. Especially of I was the negligent one taking shortcuts. I own up to my mistakes and like these guys are saying. THIS IS THE GAME YOU PLAY. I agree with you %100 I'm not taking sides neither party wanted this outcome.
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06-02-2014, 11:16 AM | #77 |
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It sounds like you are a little full of it. There is always 2 sides to a story.
1) You bought a boost controller to "tune" 7 pounds..... How do we know your motor isn't a POS? It is a 240sx... Also how much oil was gushing out of that turbo when it was blown? Must be QUARTS load. Usually a blown turbo just spits out oil under boost. It doesn't leak quarts at a time. Also a rod bearing doesn't go out from your turbo. Also as a customer in the car field, it is your duty to be apart of your vehicle's build. Scratch it as your fault and learn to pay a little more for a tune next time on top of you participating in the tune. I'm assuming it took more than 1 day because the motor wasn't qualified for a tune. So he had to fix whatever leaks it had then put it on the dyno.
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I had a tough time selling a perfect Blacktop S13 SR Longblock for $800, so I opted to help a buddy out and let it go for $300. Look around because what you see is not necessarily what it always sells for.
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06-02-2014, 05:28 PM | #88 |
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I want to see this bearing killer tune. Is it like the 9999 bug, where your bearings just vapoorize!
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