B14 HATRED

[andrew tambis]

Cant he take them to court or something........

>From: Antonio Garcia >To: se-r@lists.deskmedia.com >Subject: Re: B14
HATRED >Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:27:57 -0600 > >I can offer my comments
regarding SR20Dev and Ron's unfortunate >experience with them. Warning,
this will be long. > >Back in October, I was shopping for a DET. Of
course, the "best" choice >on the West coast was SR20Dev. I put in my
order soon after the track >day for a DET, SR20's 2.5" downpipe, gauges,
JWT ECU, and their stage >II front mount IC kit. > >A week after I put in
my order, the downpipe arrived. Great! I sent in >a core ECU for
reprogramming around that same time too and it came back >to me within a
couple weeks. Awesome I thought, and I anxiously waited >for the engine.
The engine arrived and it was the most poor specimen of >any SR20 engine
I had ever seen. It looked like tar was literally >poured into the engine
and was allowed to harden on every surface. > >It took Luis' video camera
to prove to Chris and his mechanics at his >shop to prove what a POS
engine I got. It took about 2 months to get >another engine. It was
clean, but was missing parts, most notably the >stock intercooler/piping
and intake piping. The stock IC and piping got >to us and we NorCal guys
got the engine in by mid January and >everything was fine, but I still
hadn't received my stage II FMIC kit. >This finally arrived 2 weeks ago -
over 5 months to complete my >order!After *many* conversations with
SR20Dev (btw I always called them >as they would never give me any
updates), excuses for the delays were >"the wrong end tanks were welded
on," "I thought you had a B14 and made >you a FMIC kit for that car,"
"we're still waiting on piping from >Hotshot and couplers from Turbo
Innovations," and they go on and on. >Honestly, I felt dicked around
with. How many Antonio's are there in CA >with a B13 SE-R? How could they
confuse me with having a B14 when I >ordered the ECU through them? > >I
guess they can do good work when they want to - witness Shannon's,
>Naji's and Zak's experiences, but IMO they are very streaky. Ron's car
>is the ultimate example of this. The car overheated in November. After
>bleeding the system properly, the next logical step is to check stuff
>like hoses and their connections. But nope, they left extremely brittle
>rubber hoses on the engine and hoped it would work. They even said the
>type of silicone Jay H. originally used for plumbing the H2O injection
>was not the waterproof kind. Ummm...exactly what kind is that? They
>scratched up equipment in the engine bay - like the polished intake
>plenum and the MSD box - and worst of all besides the monkey install,
>Ron paid for a BB DET and only received a long block. Injectors, T25,
>manifold were stripped and not given to Ron. Ron has tried calling them
>so they can "fix" this, but either the phone was busy or no one would
>pick up. The phone was even picked up and hung up immediately in one
>instance. Ron hasn't heard anything from them at all to rectify the
>situation. > >With Ron's experience, and mine which pales in comparison,
I do not see >myself recommending SR20Development to anyone in the
future. Last week, >myself, Ron, and a few of the other NorCal guys began
the sad process >of stripping Ron's car so he can sell off the goodie
parts. Even though >these are just cars, it sucks knowing a good friend
got completely >screwed and you feel for that person. > >My $.02, >
>Antonio Garcia >91 SE-R w/ DET >Bay Area, CA
>+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
>The mailing list home page is http://www.se-r-list.org/ >To modify your
subscription, go to http://lists.deskmedia.com/se-r/ >Visit, and
contribute to, the FAQ: http://www.se-r-list.org/FAQ/