yellowpatrol's SRT-4 to SRT-4 swap : Twin pics

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:20 pm

Added a handy new TOC on pg 1

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:23 pm

hey i got my hood to fit snuggly.. you wont have any problems.. it was hitting my fuel line...

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:45 pm

copy cat

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:37 am

krc21 wrote:hey i got my hood to fit snuggly.. you wont have any problems.. it was hitting my fuel line...

Oh nice. So you had no trouble at all with cam gears or timing cover?

glasswars wrote:copy cat

lol damnit you caught me!

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:29 pm

So about a month ago I filed a complaint with the attorney general of MO against the machine shop "Burlington Performance" in Raytown, MO because they lost my lifters, and then dodged my phone calls for over two weeks. I didn't even put anything in the complaint about wanting him to make good on promising me an assembled motor but giving me back a box with all my parts in it.

About 2 weeks ago the owner called me saying he had received the letter from the state and wanted to make good on it. He was calm, reasonable, and a pleasure to talk to. I was very happy to hear that he wanted to make good on his mistake. We got to talking about how I felt he had also done me wrong by not assembling the motor as he said he would. He told me that he had no record of my receipt, but I told him that I still had my copy and I would mail it to him along with the before and after pictures of the head showing the lifters. He agreed to call me when he got the photos.

Last night on the drive home from work he calls me and asks if I have the receipt in from of me. I explain to him that I'm driving and I don't have it available to me at the moment, but ask him to continue with what he was saying. His tone changes to nothing short of "smart-ass" and he says "well if you were looking at it you would see clear as day that it says nothing about assembling the motor".

I told him that I may not have it in front of me but I have looked it over enough times to know that it says "tank all engine parts - install new". He says "yeah, install new freezeplugs". So we get into a huge argument about the way it's written, I claim it's deceiving, he says "it's my god damn shop and I can write a paragraph however i fucking want".

In the background I can hear a man and woman talking who I later find out are his son and wife (who help him run the shop). He says "I've got two people here who don't even know you and they say it isn't deceiving. My wife thinks I shouldn't have even bothered to call you". At this point I'm thinking to myself, yeah big surprise, your wife doesn't see it my way....

He then said if I felt it said something else I should come down to the shop and say it to his face, and I might get my ass kicked. He also said he would send a copy of the receipt to the attorney general (which is perfectly fine with me because maybe they will see it my way), and he hung up on me.

So sorry about the huge rant, I'm just venting because I'm pissed. Also for anyone who hasn't seen it yet here's a copy of the receipt. Oh, and I do not recommend taking your business to Burlington Performance in Raytown.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:33 am

UPDATE: ...

AND....

That is all.

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:34 am

what!!!?!??!

omg.

i was gonna say wow i can't believe you bitched out
but you still have the sxt
so
your not a bitch
congrats

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:58 pm

And the sxt will be faster

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:03 pm

glasswars wrote:you still have the sxt
so
your not a bitch
congrats

I knew people would think that, which is why I posted the pic of both of them together

I dub thee Red Dragon and Blue Dragon.

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:06 pm

now you need a yellow one and you can have primary neons.

which one is going to carlisle?! or is the srt gonna tow the sxt?

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:09 pm

glasswars wrote:now you need a yellow one and you can have primary neons.

which one is going to carlisle?! or is the srt gonna tow the sxt?

No a white one for American pride!!!!! lol NOT!

I think the SRT is going. Not sure. Depends how far along the swap is by then

Oh, so a little more about it-

35,xxx miles. 04 (yay LSD). Sunroof. 6 disc. Kicker. Came with a turbo timer and short throw.

Exhaust, BFMIC, and BOV will be going on shortly. I plan on keeping stock exterior with the exception of rolling the rear bumper and shorty antenna. Maybe some tint on the front windows- (already has some on the back).

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:54 pm

an interesting turn of events we have here...lol.

'grats on the new purchase! now get the sxt done!

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:57 pm

You still going to swap the SXT?

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:04 pm

I'll probably swap the SRT and leave the SXT as my DD. Don't know. Something is definitely getting swapped though.

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:30 pm

congrats on the new ride... glad to see that you kept the SXT too.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:01 pm

I hate you. A lot.

Gratz on the SRT

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:14 pm

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:44 pm

I've been thinking of ditching my assembled megasquirt and going for something that flashes, such as this: http://www.agpturbo.com/product.php?pro ... 273&page=1

or

http://sctflash.com/DCXC2.php

However I'd like to build a pro / con list. So far I have this:

MegaSquirt
+More control?
-Painful install
-Restrictive processor

Flash
+Easy "install"
+No wiring
-Limited tuning

Thoughts?

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:12 pm

Wow congrats on the new purchase.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:53 pm

Congrats! That's pretty badass! Did that shop ever make good about anything?

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm

Thanks guys. No the shop hasn't done shit yet, I filed a complaint with the BBB now though.

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:18 am

Wow, that's surprising. Hope you enjoy it!

Get that swap done!

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:28 am

Damn dude, awesome find!

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:54 am

I can see what he is saying in regards to it being freeze plugs. HOWEVER, he should have indented it much much further to make it appear as though it wasn't a new line.

In addition to that some people write short hand instead of writing everything out, so I see you as expecting him to reassemble.

Also, who the hell tears down an engine, tanks it, checks for problems and doesn't reassemble it. But thats my opinion on that.

Congrats on the SRT. Put the beast in the SRT, swap the SXT and have Godzilla and his kid in the garage

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:05 pm

racer12306 wrote:Put the beast in the SRT, swap the SXT and have Godzilla and his kid in the garage

lol I'd probably have combined FWHP of around 800

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:50 pm

Nice dude!

LOL! ^^^

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:03 pm

nice buy... whatever your job is, i need one of those!

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:18 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:nice buy... whatever your job is, i need one of those!

lol no you don't, it is boring!!

I don't make as much as it looks, I've just foolishly spent lots of money on these cars.... and liked it.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:20 pm

shit, I still wish I could do that. I've foolishly spent all my money on one car and now I'm broke. ha. $8.15 an hour and working less than 10 hours per week + paying for college = ftl.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:23 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:shit, I still wish I could do that. I've foolishly spent all my money on one car and now I'm broke. ha. $8.15 an hour and working less than 10 hours per week + paying for college = ftl.

Oh I gotcha. I work 50 hours a week and do college online.