BillZ260

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OK this has been a story in the making, and it's finally over! (Well when I finish this it will be) So I need a engine for my JTR project and see this add on HybridZ... http://hybridz.org/nuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=zClassifieds&file=detail&cat=50&de=327 I drive down to Dallas (4 hours each way) and the engine is CLEAN, I mean, it is about as clean as you can get. I could tell it had been run for a while but for all purposes it was a good deal. Said it was IN HIS CAR with aluminum heads and T-5 and all that but he had already sold that stuff off. Paid him $500 without intake and carb and headed home. -$500 Engine -$70 Gas / Food So far I am in good shape... Get home pull oil filter (should have done this earler) lots of water and grey sludge that I know isn't a new synthetic type oil. I get hot! Pull the thing apart and It just got worse and worse. All bearings were toast, grade 3 hardware sprinkled here and there, you get the picture. Call him up, and here comes the LIES. His buddy, supposedly built this engine for him but as you can plainly see he bought it like a month before he sold it to me. He never had it in his car or running or anything. http://hybridz.org/nuke/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=32254&highlight= So I ask for my $$ back and well... it was 'gone'. SO I try and try and try and try to work something out with him for like 8 weeks. I got an administrator involved, which he didn't like, and still unresolved. So I threateded him with legal action. I don't think I had any grounds but that worked. After the three weeks of the "check is in the mail" I finally get a $200 money order! +$200 Told him he has a month to get me the rest but he insits that he is broke. SO i think about it and decide to take an offer he made earler for some parts in trade. By this time we are almost 3 months into it and I am just wanting to reslove this. He agrees to give me just about anything left on the car and I say ok. We went down this weekend and got the following. Driveshaft R-200 + Mustach bar + shafts and hardware Rest of complete rear suspension included 2 ss brake lines 2 kyb struts 2 lowered MSA springs 1" rear sway bar 3pc Spoiler, needs a little work but is ok AC Condnesor 280 Seats 280 front flares and good HL buckets Window crank Grant steering wheel and adapter Beat up console Holley 750 Performer Intake +$??? -$100 Another trip to Dallas food and gas went up I got all this for my troubles so I am going to try and sell most of it because I simply don't need it. Most of it is in decent and usable shape but like I said, the parts areen't things I need to move my project closer to being finnished. So all totalled I am out about $450 or so and I have to sell a bunch of parts to get close to even. I did get a good R-200 out of the deal and I wasn't even going to post any of this but... Here I am. WHY? Because Mr. Storm280Z told countless lies over and over again. He never did come clean with any of his story and kept postponing payment and resolution with more lies. I hated every moment of this whole "DEAL". It is over now and I do feel beter. As a matter of fact my project batteries have been recharged and I plan on get back on the Z and hard! But the question still lies.... Did I get a good deal? Just be aware when you purchace stuff from anyone. I doubt mr storm will be looking at the board anylonger, so bannishment may do nothing, I dunno. I hated that he lied time after time instead of giving me the straight truth.

I guess I will have to come up and meet you and your toys soon! Very nice!!!

Here here!

Welcome, try the search function in the Chevy V8 section. Answers to ALL your questions and more reside there. Start with mounts or JTR in your search....

Sheesh, so you've got TWO toys and I can't even finish ONE! Congrats!

my dream garage will need to be expandable and purge new tools through magic doors in the corners...

I think they manufacture OEM level replacment parts. So it should be just like the one it is supposed to replace.

get the WRX wagon, it's cheaper than the sedan and you can haul loads of stuff. Get the receiver hitch and a little 4x8 trailer an you are set! That is what I am considering. Better gass milage than my Explorer and a great daily driver till my z is done.

I think they are doing a Transformers movie, anyone hear about that???

FOCUS on the drive train and try not to change out ANYTHING else unless it is needed to be safe. I had the same 4k to swap and here my car sits, with lots of new parts and NO MOTOR! You should be able to do it but you have to FOCUS.

When I was 18 there was no way in hell you could have gotten me to enlist or serve if drafted. Now, I'm 28, I would. My wife said she would leave me but there are lots of jobs that need to be done and if there was an REAL need, I would go.

Has anyone gave Mcleod any feed back on this problem, and the fix they used?

I'm jealous

Sounds awesome! Thanks for the inspiration.

That is BA! I had a buddy in HS that had an old 900 like that, cool but pricey to fix... Yeah, I'll take one

Saw an add in the paper this week for a V8 Z with no price. Thinking either DEAL or OVER PRICED... you decide! I will keep tabs on this and see if they actually sell the car for this price. I may even go take a look at it since it's close. http://www.miragemotorcars.com/page18.html

My buddy works for the company that developed those, neat toys.

Sure, but at least I have something to look into before I buy from you. I see what you are saying but, I like to see why type of posts and info these guys put up. Anything is better than nothing... You need to be more INVOLVED Jeff You are almost there!

Tim, that motor sure is perty!

Move to the midwest, buy nice house w/ a garage for what you pay in rent! And a coat, and maybe a truck for when it snows....

1-up on my suggestion! Cheap, little bits and pc's, no will care to try and pass off something like that and if so it's just some change. It is the big ticket items that I was mostly directing my thoughts towards...so anything over $25 or $50. $100 is a bit steep for me. But good thoughts! Thanks Mike

Yep, I agree w/ JM on this, there is just competitive nature that makes it seem like our cars are magnets for other cars on the road. When taking road trips it is SO hard to get away from everyone, lots of little clumps of cars.

I really like the new classifieds but it seems like most of the product being sold there is from members with few or no posts. I guess I have been burnt ONCE too many. I would like to see a 100 post minimum for sellers. It would show that you are established and have an authentic passion for the HybridZ and it's community here. I like to think that the parts being sold are being sold from and to 'buddies', not guys coming on the board just to sell their stuff. I am not saying the non/new member product is not good and that you should trust all members selling on the classifieds. I am just voicing my opinion about something I would LIKE to see here. No replies needed, Just my .02

NO WAY! I can barely get my FSR in my explorer sport with the front tire off, length wise. I would like to see a tow bar type that atached underneath the car with a quick release. I had bike racks sitting on the paint!