Racer Xs Turbo Build
Oct 4, 2013, 05:36 PM
#62
Update for everyone....... Manifold got lost in the mail, don't know where it is or when I will get another manifold... I've been working at a new job where I have to drive two hours to get to one way so time working on the car has stopped. Only thing I've done is a side transmission mount that broke.
Nov 23, 2013, 02:10 AM
#66
Just in case Anyone wanted a update this is our conversation, couldn't take a day off of work until now because I've been on 90 day probation so now it's over I take a day off to go to te post office and they say they don't understand how he didn't get a tracking number because he should have gotten two one on the insurance slip and one on the receipt also is the contents of the box was worth 500+ dollars why was the insurance only 50 dollars which seems like a red flag to me... My last text was followed up by this email 
Which really upsets me because I live in a nice neighborhood and there is always someone home gauranteed, and the 3 inch exhaust was never made nor shipped so that upsets me even more. Also I provided him with a manifold flange for the manifold.. And I've been promoting him on and off the forums to friends and family on FB. After I sent him back the manifold it took him 5 months to get it back and when I asked if he shipped it he said yes than he said if I can wait if he sends the air intake along with manifold so I had to wait longer for that too aswell. I have messages from April saying he will have it out to me by the end of the week, than in June again saying it will be out by the end of the week, than in July saying its boxed up waiting to be shipped, and later ask me to take measurements for another project he is doing, than that UPS sent it back to him due to mix ups, and at the end of July I get a picture of the manifold which I asked for when he was finished with the manifold... Take it how you want I guess just feeling scammed right now
Which really upsets me because I live in a nice neighborhood and there is always someone home gauranteed, and the 3 inch exhaust was never made nor shipped so that upsets me even more. Also I provided him with a manifold flange for the manifold.. And I've been promoting him on and off the forums to friends and family on FB. After I sent him back the manifold it took him 5 months to get it back and when I asked if he shipped it he said yes than he said if I can wait if he sends the air intake along with manifold so I had to wait longer for that too aswell. I have messages from April saying he will have it out to me by the end of the week, than in June again saying it will be out by the end of the week, than in July saying its boxed up waiting to be shipped, and later ask me to take measurements for another project he is doing, than that UPS sent it back to him due to mix ups, and at the end of July I get a picture of the manifold which I asked for when he was finished with the manifold... Take it how you want I guess just feeling scammed right now
Nov 23, 2013, 05:53 AM
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Thanks Crans.....That was my point......but, instead of posting all over the forum, why wouldn't you just call me. I was trying to be fair in this matter.
Nov 23, 2013, 10:25 AM
#69
Because I'm very frustrated and I want every body to see what I am going threw right now, I don't want to have to wait another year for another manifold to be made it not fitting, me sending it back than chance for it to get lost again... And there is no guarantee that the first manifold will even work since it was still a prototype and never mounted. Im also frustrated at the fact that I had to wait so long for the manifold to get sent back because he was too busy working on projects that we promoted why wasn't I priority? The post office is very surprised that he doesn't have at least one tracking number since he should have two, and it also doesn't prove that the manifold was shipped it just proves he paid to have it shipped. The reason why I'm feeling scammed is that when I had the manifold sent back chase said he basically had to build me a new manifold so I feel he is just trying to get me to pay for the materials it took him just fix the first one, and I never seen a picture of the intake tube so how do I know it was ever made or shipped out? And again I paid for a 3 inch exhaust and downpipe to be made which was never made or shipped out so why can't I get a refund for that item? And there's no actual way I'll ever know if the manifold got sent back to him... Also why didn't you just call me Chase?, instead of sending me a email...
Last edited by RacerX-Ralliart; Nov 23, 2013 at 10:40 AM.
Nov 23, 2013, 11:41 AM
#71
Don't worry I will be getting in contact with another vendor for a manifold, or now that I have a higher budget because of my new job I might just buy a welder and try to weld myself a log manifold... I couldn't sleep at all last night over this I only got 3 hours of sleep last night
Nov 28, 2013, 01:48 PM
#73
Although the military's M.O., "hurry up and wait" was the worst part of my build. I found other related projects to start and keep busy with, ie; mods I could do to the car and still drive it without taking it out of service. Hackish's manifold didn't come into the picture until way later.
Sorry, is this your daily driver?
Sorry, is this your daily driver?
Last edited by truthdweller; Nov 28, 2013 at 01:55 PM.
Nov 29, 2013, 11:22 AM
#75
Have you fitted the IC, got the charge pipes and routed them around the crash bar yet? As you know, removing the front clip became childs play for me after a while and I could tackle bit by bit without taking the car out of service for more than (8) hrs. at a time.