auto alchemist
04-13-2008, 04:22 AM
ok get ready cause this may get long and have bad grammar because im really mad!!!
and im sorry that its about an import car but i need advice, becuase i paid 2200 bucks for this engine swap and i cant just take the hit in the pocket.
i have a 92 nissan 240sx, well ive been building this car to be a track car because ive been wanting to get into road course type racing like what some of my friends do. well my old stock motor was getting a little worn out and i figured i was ready for more power anyways, so i start searching for an SR20DET (2.0 dohc turbo motor that came in my car in japan) and i find a guy in columbus that has one for a decent price, told me the motor had 40k miles on it and ran really good when it was in his car. so i buy it, and buy the crap load of parts i need to put that motor in my car, and spend alot of time doing this swap because i want it done right. but durring the swap i start noticing things, like all the vacuum lines are cut, the way the motors normally come when they have been freshly imported and not installed in a car yet, and theres parts on the motor that need to be modified in order for the motor to even work in the US version of the car that havent been modified yet. so i start thinking that maybe the guy never had the motor in his car.
well i get the motor running and it seems to be running ok, so i start driving it around to make sure everything is in good working order, and since i didnt have my BOV welded on yet i was being really easy on it and trying to stay out of boost. 100 miles later the motor starts making a rattling noise, which at first i thought maybe i broke a timing chain tensioner, so i talked to the guy online and told him about the noise, and he automaticly started getting defensive about it, when all i was trying to do is ask him if the chain had been replaced or not, and then he changed his story completely from what he had said before, now he claims the motor only has 30k and that he got it from a personal friend, when before he said he had got it from an importer. after investigating the noise further, me and the owner of the shop i was working on the car at determine its a rod knock. and yes everything in the swap was done right, and the motor had good oil pressure and all that too.
so i contacted the guy that sold me the motor, because before i bought the motor i had him sign a receipt saying that he garuantees that there are no major mechanicle issues, and he says he wont give me my money back. well the way i see it, it should not have a rod knock after 100 miles of easy driving unless the motor was junk when i got it, so since i have the receipt im thinking im going to have to take him to court.
what do you guys think? am i in the right or the wrong here? do you think i could actually get my money back in court since he signed the reciept?
i only own 2 but im getting really tired of these imported peices of japanese crap
and im sorry that its about an import car but i need advice, becuase i paid 2200 bucks for this engine swap and i cant just take the hit in the pocket.
i have a 92 nissan 240sx, well ive been building this car to be a track car because ive been wanting to get into road course type racing like what some of my friends do. well my old stock motor was getting a little worn out and i figured i was ready for more power anyways, so i start searching for an SR20DET (2.0 dohc turbo motor that came in my car in japan) and i find a guy in columbus that has one for a decent price, told me the motor had 40k miles on it and ran really good when it was in his car. so i buy it, and buy the crap load of parts i need to put that motor in my car, and spend alot of time doing this swap because i want it done right. but durring the swap i start noticing things, like all the vacuum lines are cut, the way the motors normally come when they have been freshly imported and not installed in a car yet, and theres parts on the motor that need to be modified in order for the motor to even work in the US version of the car that havent been modified yet. so i start thinking that maybe the guy never had the motor in his car.
well i get the motor running and it seems to be running ok, so i start driving it around to make sure everything is in good working order, and since i didnt have my BOV welded on yet i was being really easy on it and trying to stay out of boost. 100 miles later the motor starts making a rattling noise, which at first i thought maybe i broke a timing chain tensioner, so i talked to the guy online and told him about the noise, and he automaticly started getting defensive about it, when all i was trying to do is ask him if the chain had been replaced or not, and then he changed his story completely from what he had said before, now he claims the motor only has 30k and that he got it from a personal friend, when before he said he had got it from an importer. after investigating the noise further, me and the owner of the shop i was working on the car at determine its a rod knock. and yes everything in the swap was done right, and the motor had good oil pressure and all that too.
so i contacted the guy that sold me the motor, because before i bought the motor i had him sign a receipt saying that he garuantees that there are no major mechanicle issues, and he says he wont give me my money back. well the way i see it, it should not have a rod knock after 100 miles of easy driving unless the motor was junk when i got it, so since i have the receipt im thinking im going to have to take him to court.
what do you guys think? am i in the right or the wrong here? do you think i could actually get my money back in court since he signed the reciept?
i only own 2 but im getting really tired of these imported peices of japanese crap