Alright first off, my cars been in the shop since the beginning of august. The whole motor build process was suppose to be done by the end of the month. But apparently the motor shop had problems getting the right rod bearings so that added a few weeks on top of the normal time. Next, my shop, (whose name i wont say) took their sweet ol' time puttin it all back together.

Here's the kicker though, apparently the two mechanics who ive known for a while were planning on leaving the shop, without notice to the owners because they were getting screwed w/ their pay and other ****. So they rushed to put my motor back together, at that point, i knew there was a chance that somethin would go wrong. So the last day before they left, they got my motor all together, (This was in november, so its been about 4 months already) but it would'nt idle, there were a bunch of leaks, oil and coolant, and there was barely any oil pressure. And since they were rushing to get outta there, they had my car towed to Nissan for them to figure it out, hoping that they would fix it.

So i go over to nissan at the beginning of November to see what they say is wrong w/ it, and they tell me that since they didnt put the motor together, they dont know how it was put back together, or what was done to it. And since i know almost the whole service dept at nissan, they told me to find a trust worthy garage to fix it otherwise they would end up charging a sh1tload to look at it. So now i get it towed from nissan to my dads friends' garage. Now its been at this garage for almost a month, but they get it fixed and running again.

Heres a list of all that was wrong w/ it after the original garage that was doin the build put it together.

Idle problem: missing bolts from crawford manifold leading to huge vacuum leak
Oil leak: missing O ring seals from oil pan and a few other places, and a crack in the timing chain cover
No oil pressure: missing O ring seals caused the low to no oil pressure

Obviously all these problems happened because they rushed it and tried to get out of there.

Now i got my car back on friday last week and its running perfect. I took the bill from the garage that fixed my car to the original garage's owners. They took off all the labor money and a few other parts costs to make up for what i had to spend to fix what they screwed up. I lost a few hundred bucks in the whole thing, but im just gonna call it a wash let it go since its not worth goin to court for a few hundred.

So im just happy to have my car back, im breaking in the new motor right now and still have a few more hundred miles to go before i can pop on the Turbonetics kit i have sittin in my garage. So this whole process took 5.5 months of hell, But all is well and good now.

BTW, before this build i had a vortech system, and sold that, did the build, and now have the TN kit goin in.

I had to share this with you guys just to get this off my chest...lol...and it gives you guys somethin to do at work...

Jon

 

UHH, waht shop was it?

 

Well at least its back and ready for some serious boost..

 

I wont name the shop, but it doesnt matter anyway because they are closing down since their mechanics left.

But yeah MIA, i think i talked to you bout my setup w/ the tuner kit, 550cc's, walbro and utec.

Im actually still waiting on the UTEC, mike at altered said he'd shipped it out last week but i havent seen it yet, ill get a hold of him this week...

 

Absolutely...should be sick...

 

kind of what I am going for good luck

 

Alls well that ends well, just took 5.5 months to get there. Congrats, must be enjoying driving ya car again.

 

Are you going to be the first with a built motor and the upgraded turbo or are you going for the 60-1.

 

Well, as of now i have to stick w/ the 60-1 and see what that can make, until Turbonetics comes out w/ the T66 Stage II kit so i can pop that beast on there. I think MIA said that wont be done till about spring, but from the looks of it, i think i might be the first to have the built motor and T66 when it comes out, but for now its gonna be the 60-1...

 

Oh hell yeah, 5.5 months of rolling around in my 1995 pontiac sunfire...that was fun...even goin back to a non boosted Z felt good again...lol

 

Think again buddy

 

you got the T66 stage II?

 

Not yet he doesn't but if you just need the T66 turbo call REggie and see if he can work something out for you. Since you already have an EMS, bigger injectors, fuel return, etc you don't need the entire Stage II kit unless you want it. You can get just the turbo...

 

Oh really? Cuz i still have the kit still in its package and i wonder if theyll let me just switch the turbos and pay the difference if they can make it. I know the T66 needs to be custom made to fit, but i didnt know you could get it right now.

 

Call Reggie at Turbonetics... 805-581-0333. Let him know what you have planned and he might be able to work something out for you..

 

Ok cool, ill def give him a ring this week about it. Any idea on how much the T66 would be for our cars? and if i needed anything else to go with it? Cuz i know MIA you said they had wastegate changes too?

 

Well since R&D hasn't been finished on the Stage II kit its not for sure you will need a new wastegate. I know Reggie talked to the R&D guy yesterday about that. Like I said without knowing what they have done yet for research best bet is to call him. He can set you up with whatever you need I think...

 

Alright cool, sounds good. Thanks for the info MIA

 

No worries

 

looks like were in for a race on who finishes first!!!!!