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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MIAPLAYA
Its the right thing to do. I do love that mag and really have followed their project Z. In fact that is the EXACT reason I chose Hotckis sway bars. I cannot believe someone thinks that is acceptable behavior.
Oh yeah let me supersize that picture..
Thanks for supersizing the pic.
Kudos to you and Tim for taking action. You guys are doing the right thing by informing the Z/G community and Sport Compact Car of the shameful truth.
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by eat rice z33
ehh ive built 6 cars out of my driveway/carport with no problems. I own 8 cars and work on many cars that people ask me to build. including the 600 whp gt im building now. However i am not a shop nor say to people i am. lol i guess to my understanding this guy stole VRT's customers name and has bad blood with the real owner of VRT. HMm shadyyy.... definatly not cool
No this guy is the former OWNER of VRT who is charging people for work being done in a car port of a house he rents. Its not only illegal its shameful. Oh yeah this guy is not a mechanic like you. He is paying people to do work in his car port. Oh and I don't think you are charging people to install new parts and then installing used parts or not installing anything at all (cams, etc)

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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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Wow I actually e-mailed these guys asking about a build....

Sounds like GTM is the place to go Cali wise....
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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Hopefully by force of law he wont be building anymore engines anytime soon.
Just checked with a buddy and if he charges even $1 for that work he is in serious violation with the BAR (Bureau of Automotive Repair).
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MaRbLe
Wow I actually e-mailed these guys asking about a build....

Sounds like GTM is the place to go Cali wise....
Nothing wrong with TurboTim's shop either ... much lower volume than GTM... but he makes some killer one-off stuff and does quality work.
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ZU L8R
Did you put these on g35driver as well?
Originally Posted by TurboTim
No I didnt sir.I figured someone here would forward it over.Update,some police were dispatched to the house earlier from some anonymous caller
It will be my absolute pleasure to spread the news. Starting threads on G35Driver.com and 6MT.net.
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JimRHIT
Nothing wrong with TurboTim's shop either ... much lower volume than GTM... but he makes some killer one-off stuff and does quality work.
+1000
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
Oh and this is for Mr.A.......You should have never stepped into my shop three years ago and ask me to build your first track Z.You shouldnt have tried to slap all your VRT stickers on it and tell everyone you built it.You should have never gone behind my back and steal my resources and connections.You should have never went behind my back and hired some of my employees to come do side jobs for you. You should have never approached me after all of this to try and knock off Jim Wolfs turbo kit. You should have never pm'd all of our customers pursuadng them to take their cars to VRT.You should have never stopped by to brag about all your accomplishments even though I knew it was all crap.You see Mike, I know more then you will ever know when it comes to building and tuning cars.You thought that becasue you had money you could do what you want.But in the end, money doesnt matter if you dont have talent and skill.This is why you are where your at.Now you dont have money and you still don have skill and talent.So I hope you realize now that I was not some stupid *** punk that you could manipulate like everyone else.I laid back and I laid low waiting for an opportune time. I was still cordial with you and would smile right back at you even though I completely dispise the person you are.So this was my time and I took full advantage of it.And it is not over yet Mike.It wont be over till your illegal chop shop is closed. Remember.....its just business.
ETHER!!!!
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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wowww that's some serious **** right there. where's dan's car, though...? i know it's down in sd right now getting worked on cuz it's...dead.....or something. not sure if it's supposed to be at vrt though.

was there a back lot or something, with more cars?

man.....i can't believe those cars are sitting there with their engine bays wide open to the world. wow..simply, wow. how dishonest and greedy can a person be?
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Wow, great video. Cant wait to see SCC email response!
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I feel sorry for the owners of all thoes vehicles.
Its obvious that isn't a good environment for engine building. And with vehicles parked in the dirt, engine torn out and windows left wide open. I would be pissed if that was my car in the pictures.

Its not only pathetic, its wreckless neglect. A very bad situation for owners.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if one or all of thoes vehicles gets impounded... with the owners picking up their scraps up from an impound yard, dirty, exposed to the elements, largely disassembled and without an engine... What a nightmare that would be.

Dan - I know you were saying at the LAX GTG you had your car at VRT. If I were you I would be running there as fast as I could with a flat bed tow truck right now. Recover what you can and don't waste a second getting there.

Run don't walk!

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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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The only thing that can make this thread better...




Scandalous...

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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Hydrazine

Dan - I know you were saying at the LAX GTG you had your car at VRT. If I were you I would be running there as fast as I could with a flat bed tow truck right now. Recover what you can and don't waste a second getting there.
crap, i had a bad feeling about that... i really, really hope he's seen this thread today.
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Ichigo
The only thing that can make this thread better...




Scandalous...
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Hydrazine
Dan - I know you were saying at the LAX GTG you had your car at VRT. If I were you I would be running there as fast as I could with a flat bed tow truck right now. Recover what you can and don't waste a second getting there.

Run don't walk!
Funny thing Tony is we were just discussing VRT at the meet.
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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I have to notify Dan of this since his car is down there for ther 3rd time in 2 months. Tim how recent was this vid and pics since a good friend of mine has a black roadster there.
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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LMAO, talk about calling somebody out! Good job tho, this is totally unacceptable.
Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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And to think this guy showed his car at HIN SD proudly...FTMFW



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