IPS Mike

Just a little background from IPS' perspective. Every penny of additional expense save for 2 hours of labor was due to bad parts, wrong parts, damaged parts, or unusable parts that needed exchanged or replaced starting with the entire block and rods. The ticking sound is still there due to what probably looks like a bad UR pulley. I told Cody to swap it out with a stock one and were pretty sure it will go away or we would do it for a nominal fee and know for sure before he picks the car up. Still his call. There have been somewhere in the 50 hour range (afraid to actually go back and add them all up) of time spent fixing broken bolts, horrible wiring, stripped holes, mis-matched parts, and countless other pre-existing problems that have not and will not be charged for just because were trying to stay as close to the original quote as possible. Ive seen pretty rough DSMs and have owned a few but this one takes the cake. The scary thing isnt what all weve done but what still needs done to get the car somewhere in the vacinity of "reliable" or even safe to drive any distance from home. Ive called Cody and gone over the entire list of parts--those ranging from "you HAVE to replace this now" to many that we STRONGLY reccommend you replace to those that it would probably be a good idea to replace and so on. So far weve only replaced parts that were vital in making sure the car would start and run and operate enough to get from point A to point B. PERIOD. As for getting 2nd opinions. Cody can take the car to get 2nd, 3rd and 4th opinions all day long. Ive got $100 sitting down at the shop if each place he takes it to doesnt find ATLEAST as many problems as we have if they really look around.

agreed, give me 5 hours of sleep

we totally agree. if cody feels that he is being taken advantage of in any way he has every right to take it to get a second opinion. just as an fyi to everyone up in arms about the extra work, we gave him several items that absolutely need done. and recomended several others. i have done hours worth of work already that we aren't even charging for. that being said, i will tell the whole story in the morning so that everyone will have a better idea of what is going on.

to start off i want to say that on behalf of everyone at ips we are very sorry that this ever had to get this far. i have had countless hours in assembling and installing cody's engine and transmission, and there are many problems that i have encountered that have been overlooked in his quick post. i will elaborate some more tomorrow, seeing as how i have to get some sleep

[/qb] Blah, still wanna see the jellybean vs. 300ZX again Seems like all there is anymore is legal racing, so I guess it's a better idea. Charter is dead, so I guess street racing as a whole should call it quits too. On top of that I should have a badge when I finally get out of what I do now, and I'm a prick graemlins/thumb.gif [/QB] and here i thought you wanted another shot at the talon tongue.gif

agreed. look, it's very simple. siezed pully = shreded belt end of story, thanks for playing

it's like talking to a wall. what happens when a pully siezes, or does not move any longer? if in fact your pully was siezed put two and two together and get you head out of your ass.

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did anyone else miss the post on here saying when everyone was leaving and what was going on? i would say that columbus racing had everything to do with a bunch of people from columbus heading down there

charter was the most fun ever!!!!! anyone that was there knows, we could only be so lucky to have things like that again....

sorry, i forgot you are perfect. you pay all of your bills on time. always leave the light on etc. i fucked up, i'll be the first to tell you that. and i do appreciate EVERYONE that helped me out. i never begged for your help, escpecially to have you throw it in my face, nice touch though. what happened to me could have happened at any stop light anywhere. i wasn't even street racing, Moron.

spoken like someone that just didn't make the cut graemlins/thumbsdown.gifgraemlins/banned.gif

yeah, i thought it turned out really nice, and looks it looks great in those pics. thanks again for all the positive words.. mike

i agree with above. ips has been more than helpfull more times than i can count. check out the pics of my talon, they are almost up to date... www.ipsmotorsports.net

I can tell you what it feels like to have one sit in the garage whoops--this is jeff

LOL. how much does it cost to just change scotts name to mine?

found out tonight that it is a 3.8, no dohc, so i am thinking it shouldn't be too bad. thanks for the tips, i will post any problems, or things i need help with, thanks.

i am looking at doing a head gasket on a ford taurus. it is the v-6 version, no dual overhead cam, so timing shouldn't be an issue. if anyone has done this before, or just has some good tips i would appreciate it. thanks

here's the deal, i have a 92 awd talon. right now it has no transmission. i counted my transfer case and it has 21 splines. my qeustion is this, can i use a tranny that has 23 splines. i can get the 23 spline transfer case as well. the only problem i see is if the spline is different to the axles. any and help on this matter would be greatly appreciated