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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeDirtPharmD
Add to the fact I'm going to be 30 in two weeks - it's certainly been a red-letter year But, thank you for the kind words
i'm 30 in Nov.. its our year man.. enjoy it
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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who cares about what GTM pricing to this thread??

some is a lil high..yes in the end its all relatively fair"
I think the main problem here is... we all know even the best make mistakes... its normal.... i think what matters the most is how a shop stands behind their work... GTM makes great work...i am sure they have made mistakes and they stood behind their work... period..

THis is the problem here.. i think BuiltZmotors attitude as described by Don, which i had already known locally, is pathetic... 500$ worth of parts, there is nothing after an intensive tear down indicating any of the speculations BuiltZmotors said what the issues were. This part alone tell you a lot of the quality "THE ENGINE IS SEVERLY CONTAMINATED WITH METAL DEBREE IN THE OIL PAN DUE TO CONTAMINATION DURING THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS OR FROM THE OLD ENGINE CORE NOT BEING CLEANED." talk about cutting corners .


BuiltZmotors needs to step up and do the right thing here... which unfortanly so far ... answer has been poor and i am sure Don is tired of "dancing" around with PMs and phonecalls to BZM to sort things out
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Originally Posted by 2004Black350z
someone put the link to this thread in the BuiltZmotors thread trying to sell a engine. Good work guys cant wait to hear response and if this has already been said sorry im tired and playing a demo of stranglehold and on here
no.. don't do that
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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Is this a GTM thread now?
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by chris'smax
Why do you have one of his motors? I thought Sharif was building yours?
sharif put his rods in upside down... he had the wrist pin ends connected to the cams and custom fabricated some wrist pins to hold the pistons on where the bearings go... they couldn't get good compression for some reason...
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Originally Posted by doug
no.. don't do that

someone already did that... not me
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by doug
i'm 30 in Nov.. its our year man.. enjoy it
lol.. old people....
wait thats only 2 more years till i get there i gues its good i still look like 22
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by IIQuickSilverII
lol.. old people....
wait thats only 2 more years till i get there i gues its good i still look like 22
good thing that when you are a DJ .. it doesn't matter how old you are.. the young chickies still want you
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by doug
no.. don't do that
oh me what I do now??
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by stormcrow
sharif put his rods in upside down... he had the wrist pin ends connected to the cams and custom fabricated some wrist pins to hold the pistons on where the bearings go... they couldn't get good compression for some reason...
What!!!
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 2004Black350z
oh me what I do now??
i was saying no one should post the link to this thread.. but i guess its already done
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by doug
i was saying no one should post the link to this thread.. but i guess its already done
oh ok Kool I didnt do it so No blame on me.
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:12 PM
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dam joe, Im sorry to hear about your issues. You have put TONS of money into your car and i hope everything works out. BuiltZmotors FTL i hope everyone reads this thread to see what there customer service is about. O and 600 for a leakdown test is BS. Just putting that out there.
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Waiting for Built Z motors response.
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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Sorry to hear about all this. $6k is a lot to take a hit on. Hope GTM does you right.
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by eagletanggreen
What!!!
you knew this... you helped with the install! wasn't it your idea to reverse the polarity on the flux capacitor??
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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Don, I really hope things work out for you. I know you have been through a lot lately so hopefully this gets taken care of the right way.
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by eagletanggreen
I might have a unenviable experience

Stay tuned

what kind of motor do u have?
Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by chris'smax
Calm down George don't get your panties in a bunch

Regardless neither of those procedures are intense sense you have already removed the upper plenum so access is not a issue. Regardless i still think you guys do good work and sometimes it is worth paying more than neccessary just for peace of mind in knowing that everything is done correctly. One thing that could play a major role in this is that the labor rates are higher in Cali than Louisiana(one of the cheaper places to live in the U.S.)

No panties here Just wanted to clarify the charges, I don't believe they are unreasonable if you do, well then we will just have to agree to disagree. Anyway I didn't mean my post to come off as aggressive, just informative. It is always difficult to tell someones tone over the internet, hence I try to use as many smilies as possible.

-George
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by tonywenzel
Waiting for Built Z motors response.
He either doesn't know about this thread or he is not going to respond because he has posted in his for sale thread for another built motor.

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....=1#post4201286

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