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I took my car in recently to have different injectors installed as well as an eboost2 controllerand be redyno'd for higher horsepower. Over the summer I bought a used turbonetics kit and brought it to a shop to be installed as well as some smaller things like axles, a fast102 intake manifold, and injectors. While its as there they convinced me to do full stainless exhaust, they removed the cats at my request, and they wanted to install new plugs. They rebuilt the turbo, and ordered some small odds and ends (hoses etc) but the install still took a little over 2 months. During the third month of my summer break that they had the car they were away most of the time, they were waiting on exhaust piping and some other things. Then they took over 2 weeks to tune the car. Before I got it back they told me a main seal in front of the transmission was leaking bad and they had to replace it. After spending 700$ extra and a tab close to 5400 dollars as well as a whole season lost I got my car back. It has been over 5 months since then and I have driven the car maybe 4-5 times since I am at school in Indiana. After asking in at least 6-7 emails they still never emailed me my dyno chart or told me what my RWHP was. They Also never sent a full invoice list of what was done (my father had paid for me since I was at school during pickup and girlfriend drove it home). Hoping I had just had a bad experience I tried to put it behind me.
Jumping forward to now the car is at a new shop getting work done, a much more reputable shop that has touched my car before. After installing the injectors and eboost2 controller and getting my car on a dyno I received the following email.
Paul,
We didn't get far past the base file without running into some major issues. The car has a dead misfire, maybe needs plugs, if not we need to inspect the valvetrain.
Your 02 sensors are missing entirely. I don't even see bungs for o2 sensors which will need to be welded on and sensors installed. Some cold side clamps are installed incorrectly/crooked, not a big deal there but something I wanted to note.
It is raining oil from everywhere, we would need to clean it off and inspect it further to find the source. The car is not able to be tuned with these issues present. Since we didn't install the turbo system or the the other mods you mentioned I don't know if you want us to try and fix it or take it back to the guys that installed these components. Email or call me when you have time.
Thanks,
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At this point I don't know what to think. My parents are both lawyers and will definitely help/guide me through the following next few weeks but I cannot help but feel like I wasn't treated like I should be since I am only 19 years old and taken for granted. I won't have the car the rest of my Christmas break as it gets tuned and the 240z that I am rebuilding won't be driving any time soon either. What do you guys think I should do. Thanks, Happy Holidays.
Jumping forward to now the car is at a new shop getting work done, a much more reputable shop that has touched my car before. After installing the injectors and eboost2 controller and getting my car on a dyno I received the following email.
Paul,
We didn't get far past the base file without running into some major issues. The car has a dead misfire, maybe needs plugs, if not we need to inspect the valvetrain.
Your 02 sensors are missing entirely. I don't even see bungs for o2 sensors which will need to be welded on and sensors installed. Some cold side clamps are installed incorrectly/crooked, not a big deal there but something I wanted to note.
It is raining oil from everywhere, we would need to clean it off and inspect it further to find the source. The car is not able to be tuned with these issues present. Since we didn't install the turbo system or the the other mods you mentioned I don't know if you want us to try and fix it or take it back to the guys that installed these components. Email or call me when you have time.
Thanks,
_______
At this point I don't know what to think. My parents are both lawyers and will definitely help/guide me through the following next few weeks but I cannot help but feel like I wasn't treated like I should be since I am only 19 years old and taken for granted. I won't have the car the rest of my Christmas break as it gets tuned and the 240z that I am rebuilding won't be driving any time soon either. What do you guys think I should do. Thanks, Happy Holidays.
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