05GT
07-26-2006, 07:19 PM
LONG RANT:
I'll start from the beginning. When I had the Vortech put on my car...after only a day it blew my stock motor...Performace Specialties in PA did the work, and tune.
At the time...I was reluctant to think that it was the tune...seeming as even JDM says 473rwhp is too much for the stock block...but anyway...I should have realized then...when #1 The bill was suppose to be $1100-$1400 for the work...and it came out to be a little over $2000. #2 My motor blew the next day.
Well here is where I'm PISSED!!
After almost 4 months and $14k later...I FINALLY get my car back. Performance Specialties told me that the bill would be $1400-$1600 (worse case). That is the ONLY reason I went back to him. SO....after having the car for 2 months, and waiting on parts, they all arive and its time to start.
About 2 weeks into the project ...I'm told the bill will be about $2000. I'm a little upset but ok, I go with it.
Here comes the BS. So after a month, car is NOT done. Here is what went on..I call and ask for an update....Well he needs 2 tools to do the job, hes having them next day aired to him. I give him 2 days...still waiting for the "other" tool. I give him another 3 days...and he says hes going to begin finally.
A week of calls preceeding, work is slow. I'm told I'm being charged for the dipstick not fitting correctly, and him having to adjust it...ok.
Following week....motor is going together...heads, dressings, etc.
Another week...stuff is going in car....great. Well, he puts everything in the car...calls me up, and tells me that the short block was upgraded to a 8 bolt crank, and the aluminum flywheel won't work, its a 6 bolt (thats the stock config for a 3v). So another gets put in, a correct one. He says he had to drive a total of 3hrs to get the other 2 bolts needed...and charged me $11 for the 2 bolts, and $70 freakin dollars for his driving. (I paid for and ordered all the parts, all came to me expect the block).
So about a month now after the parts...the car is finally all put together. Well I get a call saying there is a problem.
When he turned on the car...all 6qts of oil come shooting out the back of one of the heads. Apparently, he never checked for missing oil plugs and there was one missing. Well, he has to take apart some of the engine to get to it. He CHARGES me over $300 for having to take it apart...AND for the spilled oil. He should have checked the damn parts 1st.
The he goes to tune the car...and it wont tune. So after like 2 days of not knowing why...and talking to other people...he takes the engine apart enough to get to the timing chain. The other head had no pressure because the other one leaked...and it caused the tensors to not tighten the chain..and it was causing major tune problems. Well he fixes that...AND CHARGES ME FOR IT AGAIN!!!!
Back to tuning...STILL can't tune it doesnt know why. Another like day or so, and come to find out...he has to take the intake manifold off..because the plug that controls the IMRC wasn't plug in all the way..and was restricting air flow...I GET CHARGED AGAIN!!!
FINALLY....I drive up there to get my car....he says he got the tune down.
I go get my car...and upon getting the bill, I was even charged for the overnight shipping of the 2 tools that HE NEEDED!!!!
Bill comes to a total of $3,100. Almost double what he orginaly said it was going to be....he also tells me once I'm there...that either I pay him more money for the time on the dyno, or he can just keep my BRAND NEW flywheel that didnt fit, and my 42lbs fuel injectors that I swapped out for the 60#s.
I had no more money to give him...so he got to have those also.
I get home and I take my car the next day to another shop & SCT tuner. Well my car is running 12lbs boost....which makes NO SENSE...when I have ported heads and cams and it should be flowing more air...its only a 10lb pulley. So stock I say 10lbs on old motor, and now...I'm seeing 12lbs..when I should be seeing like 8lbs?
Not to mention my inlet temps cruising are 150ish and at a full run they are near 192 OMFG!!! The intercooler is not here yet, and the car should NOT be running that hot...upon further examination...something is blocking the flow into the engine..hence the more boost and not less.
Tomorrow the car is getting Steeda charge motion plates, as we think the IMRC are not functioning properly. The car is also being 100% retuned...as it is not fast enough after spending $14k.
DO NOT GO TO PERFORMACE SPECIALTIES. My car was used as a freakin guinea pig.
I'm done...I think....
I'll start from the beginning. When I had the Vortech put on my car...after only a day it blew my stock motor...Performace Specialties in PA did the work, and tune.
At the time...I was reluctant to think that it was the tune...seeming as even JDM says 473rwhp is too much for the stock block...but anyway...I should have realized then...when #1 The bill was suppose to be $1100-$1400 for the work...and it came out to be a little over $2000. #2 My motor blew the next day.
Well here is where I'm PISSED!!
After almost 4 months and $14k later...I FINALLY get my car back. Performance Specialties told me that the bill would be $1400-$1600 (worse case). That is the ONLY reason I went back to him. SO....after having the car for 2 months, and waiting on parts, they all arive and its time to start.
About 2 weeks into the project ...I'm told the bill will be about $2000. I'm a little upset but ok, I go with it.
Here comes the BS. So after a month, car is NOT done. Here is what went on..I call and ask for an update....Well he needs 2 tools to do the job, hes having them next day aired to him. I give him 2 days...still waiting for the "other" tool. I give him another 3 days...and he says hes going to begin finally.
A week of calls preceeding, work is slow. I'm told I'm being charged for the dipstick not fitting correctly, and him having to adjust it...ok.
Following week....motor is going together...heads, dressings, etc.
Another week...stuff is going in car....great. Well, he puts everything in the car...calls me up, and tells me that the short block was upgraded to a 8 bolt crank, and the aluminum flywheel won't work, its a 6 bolt (thats the stock config for a 3v). So another gets put in, a correct one. He says he had to drive a total of 3hrs to get the other 2 bolts needed...and charged me $11 for the 2 bolts, and $70 freakin dollars for his driving. (I paid for and ordered all the parts, all came to me expect the block).
So about a month now after the parts...the car is finally all put together. Well I get a call saying there is a problem.
When he turned on the car...all 6qts of oil come shooting out the back of one of the heads. Apparently, he never checked for missing oil plugs and there was one missing. Well, he has to take apart some of the engine to get to it. He CHARGES me over $300 for having to take it apart...AND for the spilled oil. He should have checked the damn parts 1st.
The he goes to tune the car...and it wont tune. So after like 2 days of not knowing why...and talking to other people...he takes the engine apart enough to get to the timing chain. The other head had no pressure because the other one leaked...and it caused the tensors to not tighten the chain..and it was causing major tune problems. Well he fixes that...AND CHARGES ME FOR IT AGAIN!!!!
Back to tuning...STILL can't tune it doesnt know why. Another like day or so, and come to find out...he has to take the intake manifold off..because the plug that controls the IMRC wasn't plug in all the way..and was restricting air flow...I GET CHARGED AGAIN!!!
FINALLY....I drive up there to get my car....he says he got the tune down.
I go get my car...and upon getting the bill, I was even charged for the overnight shipping of the 2 tools that HE NEEDED!!!!
Bill comes to a total of $3,100. Almost double what he orginaly said it was going to be....he also tells me once I'm there...that either I pay him more money for the time on the dyno, or he can just keep my BRAND NEW flywheel that didnt fit, and my 42lbs fuel injectors that I swapped out for the 60#s.
I had no more money to give him...so he got to have those also.
I get home and I take my car the next day to another shop & SCT tuner. Well my car is running 12lbs boost....which makes NO SENSE...when I have ported heads and cams and it should be flowing more air...its only a 10lb pulley. So stock I say 10lbs on old motor, and now...I'm seeing 12lbs..when I should be seeing like 8lbs?
Not to mention my inlet temps cruising are 150ish and at a full run they are near 192 OMFG!!! The intercooler is not here yet, and the car should NOT be running that hot...upon further examination...something is blocking the flow into the engine..hence the more boost and not less.
Tomorrow the car is getting Steeda charge motion plates, as we think the IMRC are not functioning properly. The car is also being 100% retuned...as it is not fast enough after spending $14k.
DO NOT GO TO PERFORMACE SPECIALTIES. My car was used as a freakin guinea pig.
I'm done...I think....