Forgot one..:excited::excited:

Next should be the heads mated to the short block. Time for the L19 Head Studs!!!

Can't go wrong with the L19s top notch. Good sh*t man!

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We do several manifolds including Greddy. You have to understand manufactures don't dig them and sell them. We have to force the metal into shape therefore creating a mountain of stress. Or send me a manifold and I can jig it up and make a better one.

There we go! Who with cracked manifolds that already replaced them wants to send the set to VSR so they can make a new one? I would but mine won't be off the car in a while.

I'll know shortly. Waitin on my pistons and rods :)

Damn, willing to pick up the pieces of another company's failure. Instead of pushing their own kit, they offer to fix yours. Big respect to you guys, putting the enthusiast first.:tup:

What are you ordering the parts and having someone do the build for you? Don't hold out on us now what are you going with and who are you considering doing your build????

Lol I'm not holding out broskis. I've said in other threads I'm going built and have spoken with u about it.
I jumped on the group buy for pistons and rods with Charles that didn't turn out to be a group buy but I went thru with it anyways. Might have someone local build the block.

I understand where you are coming from. ;) I've worked with castings and forging for along time. Know all about the stuff. :facepalm:

I'm planning on sending my exhaust manifolds down there so I will be the guinea pig...

Group buy for manifold? :D

Yes!

I'm in!

Glad you are doing this. It will give me a better idea on how the cyro will handle the high temps. ;)

Sorry guys but no updates as of yet. I was kinda hoping to have my built motor by now by at least bobby is staying in contact with me keeping me informed of the progress. I've been holding back on taking anything off of the old motor because lack of space in my 2 car garage but I know I need to get those exhaust manifolds off to ship out.. More pics to come today..

Interested in seeing pictures of the hole in the side of the block and what's broken inside the motor.

So this is a shortblock, right? I'd like know know what is involved with the heads and valve assembly - cleaning-wise, and any other work needed?

pressure testing at the very least, I would assume.

He's going longblock.

Well you guys are going to love this. I just called gtm and told them who I was and the guy on the phone would not even tell me his name but instead try to find someone to help me. After a few minutes on hold the guy who answered the phone came back on and told me no one was there to help. Knowing he knew who I was and after explaining how my exhaust manifolds have cracked he told me he had to go because he could not spend anymore time on the phone. Again to any and all looking to purchase anything from company better be paying close attention to what things will be like after the transaction on done. I now have a TT kit in which I going to have to spend even more money to another company to hopefully fix.

For those who might be interested I have contacted an attorney that specializes in class action law suites in California . If gtm will not address and fix my problem I will sue them for them for the entire purchase price of the kit and even more for blowing me off. For this to be a slam dunk I need a few others that have had the same issues with gtm regarding the cracked exhaust manifolds and such. And trust me these attorneys will not take cases in which they might lose in court. I plan on starting a new thread pertaining to this lawsuit.

As much as I'd like to see you succeed with that, if they're out of cash you can win and get absolutely nothing for the trouble. I have a feeling they may be filing some flavor of bankruptcy eventually, so any judgment you get would be way down the list of people who have a claim on remaining assets. (I am NOT a bankruptcy attorney of any type, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night)

I mean, it takes them 6 weeks to send guys a $7k refund. Can you imagine if they got hit with a $50k judgement?

Holiday Inn hahahaha

Their assets can and will be frozen if this goes to trial and they are going to have to pay for an attorney.

Wouldn't you have better luck filing in AL? Wouldn't the odds of you getting a default judgement be a lot higher?

You mean FL. If we have to go in front of a jury you can bet they will certainly lose. To people that have had the same issues please feel free to contact me via pm and from there I will give further instructions.

Why did I think you were in AL? Did you move recently?

Cosmo, did you send the manifold to VSR to build a new one?
Sorry if its not you who wanted to send the manifold. Im kinda lost lol.

Wish you luck my friend

Similar thing happened to me. Talked to a guy who wouldn't give me his name. I asked for Sam and was told he was not there. Told the guy why I was calling (cracked manifolds) and he said he knew nothing about that. I asked if the new ones were going to be released and he said he will let someone else answer that question. I was forced to leave a message for Sam. Of course he never called back.

:bs:

:eek: is this just a guess, or what?

Wild *** guess based on the way things are going and their liquidity issues.

yea, you could say the stars are aligning for a bankruptcy of some sort. mike leaving, people not getting their money, shady actions on the phone, lack of any action on the forum (besides george but where is he lately?). idk. people still in the group buy got more balls than i do especially since this type of thing has happened with other companies before.

Yep. Companies that make car parts go out of business all the time. Even well run ones.

I doubt its the same thing anyone remember this

http://www.the370z.com/forced-induct...ml#post2579843

They already said they wish to no longer wish do business with hairycosmogirl, lesson learned if you want service don't be an utter ***

Wellllll... Didn't they already say they will not do business with you again?

I don't mean to stir the pot, I hope you get sorted out using whatever means needed I guess.

I'm more just waiting for your bitchin build to be done

It has nothing to do with being an utter @ss. The fact of the matter is gtm has screwed a lot of people and continues to do it without a care in the world their customers. But please continue your utter-bs line of crap like you always do.:owned:

There is a 350Z being shipped to JTran here in Houston that was sitting at GTM for 2 years. He was getting a stroked motor and various other things installed. After his dilemma with them he had the car shipped to another shop where they tried to start the car. When they started the car the crank hit the block, crank cradle.... If your building a motor and don't even take the time to freely rotate the assembly checking for clearance issues you probably shouldn't be building motors. His car continued to sit at the new shop with no progress so now JTran is going to help him get everything squared away, the way it should have been done the first time. I hear many stories like this everyday. Honest people getting screwed by shops not willing to take the time and do things right. It's more common than you would think.

I'm also familiar with Kyle at Import Parts Pro out of Houston and he does solid work, always satisfying his customers needs. I'm very familiar with the machine shop he uses and we use the same one when building our motors. They've been around for over 20 years.

Texas > everywhere else!