1jzgte project went terrible

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

Man thats crazy they blew your car up overboosting on pump gas prob. was joy ridding the car also blowing up the tranny and then ripping you a new one on expenses run away from that shop.

I am glad there is some good guys on here to give you solid advice.
I would have done the same you could get a engine trans for 1200-1800 by itself no problem and switch your gear over.

The 1JZ is bullet proof to blow the engine up you really must go out of your way to do so.
Those guys should be torchured a slow and painfull death for blowing up that engine.

 

[honestabe]

If that shop is a member of the BBB you need to report them. Better yet, call the local media and tell them your story. That's an easy way to put that slime ball out of business real quick.

 

[windsupra]

well when we was at his shop the car was running ok and he changed the oil in it to synthetic and i stared it up and thier was a little noise in the motor it came from the top of the head like som sort of knock. He told me i had problems it was smoking a little from the top as well, he priced me 4k for the rebuild and i agreed 2 weeks later he emails me this:

ok bro, i got ur money order today, ur sister put the wrong address so the 1st one got lost, thats probably y it never made it here!
I got an offer for ur car today for $5,500.00 but i turned it down...
ok, now the bad news is that ur going to need a complete engine overhaul!!!

u got problems with ur head, u got problems in ur block, u have 1 bad piston, and messed up piston rings, ur engine has major blow-by ( the smoke that u saw coming out from everywhere ) well, its getting worse and worse by the day! As for the block, it defenately needs to get work done to it, we need to put oversize pistons for sure!

ok as for the tranny goes, its on its way! if ur going to rebuild ur engine, i would say that u should rebuild ur tranny with it too! ( it will take a shit the second u get on it, i guarantee it! )

if u wanna make low horsepower ( around 250-300 ) then i recommend u should get my used tranny! so no matter what route u choose, either way u should get the tranny worked on! i now know what i need to start putting prices together for u so i will put together a price list for u for the stuff that ull need! as far as the block goes, i cannot give u an exact price right now until i have my machine shop look @ it...

1 last thing b4 i let u go! ur going to need a throttle cable, urs is too short ( 7M ) and u need an actual 1JZ one!

so lemme know if u have read this e-mail and understand everything...

Thanks,
owasis

what he meant to say was ok bro i dont think u know ur car so i'm gonna fuck u and milk you for every penny i can get outta ya. I went through this years ago with my first supra, all kinda BS pumped alot of money into it for nothing. GET ur car outta there its only gonna get worst.

 

[honestabe]

GET ur car outta there its only gonna get worst.

Ummm, he already did

 

[Mk3runner]

I'd baseball bat dudes shop

 

[Supra-Man18]

Doood you needs a new mechanic....:word8kn:

 

[lsaint07]

I think the lesson here learned and the one i learned is not to trust shops or mechanics that don't have experience with our cars. it's easy to find a domestic bubba but an import, have to look for one, and a supra we have to dig for them. I will never take my car to a mechanic or shop that doesn't know what a 2jz,1jz, or 7m is.

Me: hey mr. mechanic what do you know about a 7m(2j or 1j)?

Mechanic: Ummmmm.... they come in a Nissan?

Me: :icon_eek: blank look......you stare...(not say nothing) and walk away..

it's that serious..

But real talk...talk to they mechanic and interogate them and find out how much they do or don't know..after all you are going to be paying them.