# re: my thread

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/re-my-thread/115312>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [May 7, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/re-my-thread/115312 "2008-05-07T16:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Intense\_Motorsports](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/intense_motorsports/32/5593_2.png) [@Intense\_Motorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Intense_Motorsports)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/re-my-thread/115312/16 "2008-05-08T09:56:31Z")

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> [@Labor Day.....who else is stuck working today?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/labor-day-who-else-is-stuck-working-today/16923/28):
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> my thread was moved to members only. i dont have a memebrs acount but i feel that i shoudl have my share to say to what INtense motor sports said towards there service with me. i tried to post on my buddies account but it woudlnt work. so here it is.
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> i never once bashed about you guys in my previous post. but since ur bringing things up ill jsut make it clear on my end too.
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> I still have all my bills. I was told all ALL my coolent lines were preplaced and all the top ones were no the bottem ones but i was charged for them.
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> i brough up the fact that my motor felt liek crap they said they did a compression test on the motor and gave me totaly diff wrong numbers.
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> they used a liquid silicon on my oil pan which leaked into the stump which then cloged it. the oil pan leaked eveyrwhere.
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> they gave me the car idling at 1.5k and siad it was fine. i took their word on it. but wen i brough it back he said he threw in some kind of a rubber block off on one of the lines but it still idle at 1k.
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> my complete lowerharness is exposed and not lumed as i was told the whole harness the response i got form them was that its difficut to get to the harness whe the engine is in.
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> the complete motor was rusted inside. it took me over a month to get he whole thing rust free. when they put on my timming belt that i was charged for they said they put it on a little tight but the whining will go away. no it didnt i had to bring it to another hsop to have it readjusted.
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> i knew nothign about turboed cars at the time. and i thought my turbo was fine no thats why my car was lacking so much power ontop of the faulty boost T that i put on.
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> i waited 6 months for my car. it was left out side in the snow and someitmes moved inside. the body condition of my car was mint when i brough it in. i get it back theres scraths all over my car esp on the fender and my sideskrit.
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> my box of spare parts they left outside int he rain and when i got it bakc all of them rusted. or ddindt work.
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> my q45 tb they siad was really really dirty and thats why i had a stick pedal. i thought that was the case until another shop took a look at it and all they had to do was simply adjsut a couple of screws on the tb.
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> my a/f gauge was installed improperly and would sometimes work. they said it was a loose connection thats why it goes on and off then he said he fixed it it was fixed for about the first half hour and it stopped working.
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> my battery was put back into the trunk. they made their own tray and latch down. the battery has caught on fire due to improper battery latch down of the tray.
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> and to top it all off while they told me they were waitng for parts to come in my McKinny moutor and tranny mounts were duplicated by them and i wasnt aware of it until i found the copy at the shop. and they then told me thats why my price was so low on the swap.my bills from intese motor sports comee up to 9k.including the motor. the swap no doubt looked clean from the top. but no where did it perform.
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> They say there there to help me but not when they ignore my calls. yeah i call alot thats becuase you guys had my car for six months. it was one thing after another. i would call and they wouldnt pick up. i call from a differnt numebr what do you kwo they pick up. even when i was at the shop they ignored calls right inforont of my face. it came to the point where if i was to keep waiting for them to pick up my calls then for them to work on my car i would not have a car for the rest of the year.
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> since the last time i brough it back it took them over a month to decide that it was a wiire that they should of taken care of in the start of the swap. and it cost me $457 and a month wait time.
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> paying for the tow each an d everytime became too over whelming for me. so i had to bring it to antoher shop where even more problmes were discovered. and wen i ran into intense again i todl them they simply said “Jeeze howd that happen bud?”
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> oh and up unti today i am still running the wrong ecu becuse the one they gave me was the wrong one and i have no way of finding the right ecu for the motor. my coil packs and harness were cut and only elec tape bak together.
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> the springs on my coil pack had some kind of electic greese in it and from the shop that discoverd this they told me that its not supose to be there.
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> so from my whole expeirnece wit intense i have been spendign the past year to get teh motor working properly. but it just seems liek its one thing after another.
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> I honestly feel liek i was cheated and used. im sure they knew of this too but jsut didnt care. i didnt know alot about turbo motors and stuff but now i do. they knew i was spending all my money there and form the resluts that i got i felt as if i was ripped off and lied too. but it was my mistake for tursting them so much and beliveiving everythign they told me. thats why i didnt post it up for so long. and when i started my new thread i was simply sharing wiht son waht my car has gone through and the type of problems. just that ignorant users on son had to chirp and talk smack.

Ok so if you would like to make sure your side is clear then maybe you should make sure you are telling the whole story not just bits and pieces.

**Coolant Hoses**  
On your bill you were charged for 1 rad hose and 2 heater hoses. There is not one charge for a lower rad hose.

**Compression Test**  
Yes we did a test. When we picked up the engine. How does anyone of us know that the person you are comparing us to knows what they are doing and has a proper high quality gauge which is regularly used? We have no reason to lie since it would save us this kind of grief that you are creating.

**Oil Pan Sealant**  
What we used is a high temp RTV sealant. This is a common practice because it performs much better then a cork or paper gasket. Also it is supplied with the factory pans from Nissan. There is no possible way the sump got clogged by using this sealant. You would have to coat the bottom of the sump to get results like you are describing. As for the pan itself leaking we had never detected this. If we had it would have been fixed.

**Idle Issue**  
The issue was diagnosed as an IAC issue and it was decided at that time to insert a restrictor in the line to bring the idle down to 900-1000. Which is acceptable. Unfortunately in the stock ECU the IAC duty properties cannot be changed. An EMS would solve this issue.

**Harness**  
Pictures tell a thousand words however I would post them but cannot post attachments in this section. The only part that was not loomed was 8" at the end of the temp sensor wires and other few wires directly beside the water neck everything below above and beside were loomed. We did however check before doing this and noted that it would cause no adverse effects. Sorry but there is no way I would state that it was to hard to get to.

**Rust In Motor/Timing Belt**  
There is no way to check for calcium deposits and rust inside an engine without disassembly. Yes the timing belt was tight and needed to be re-adjusted. This was brought up by yourself and we said that we could fix that in 20min. You chose to have it done before we could get to it.

**Boost T**  
Thank you for acknowledging that issue did not have anything to do with the job we performed.

**Car and parts outside**  
The vehicle spent a majority of it’s time inside the shop. Occasionally it was put outside due to waiting on parts either supplied by us or yourself. I don’t seem to remember having a bunch of spare parts here. Maybe you are talking about the unneeded old parts. You were more then welcome to take them home with you on your many trips up here.

**Throttle Body**  
Yes your TB was dirty causing the plate to be stiff we cleaned it 3 times to no avail. We modified your TB by removing the traction control motor on the side of the throttle body since it was not required with your swap. Yes there are two screws there however they are supposed to be for adjustment of that motor. What the shop did was adjust the TB plate screw which allowed the plate to open ever so slightly raising your idle once again. After your trip to have this fixed at another shop you returned here and said it was still doing the same thing.

**A/F Gauge**  
We recommended the AEM wideband and you opted for an Autometer narrow band. The main power issue from previous work done before was causing the issue with it working sometimes.

**Battery Tray**  
We have this installed in many of our personal vehicles and most customers. Never have we had an issue.

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