Need good shop in SoCal
03-04-2007, 02:50 PM
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Need good shop in SoCal I have a 97 z28 a4 with a procharger on it. And it needs help...
Bought with the blower installed. I test drove it and everything ran fine. I came back the next day and bought, only the have it blow the motor on the way home .
SO, I got a low mileage motor and swapped it in. Im a relatively competent mechanic so I did it all myself. After the swap the car ran great, but would slowly get hot, so I never got to drive it much, didnt want to overheat it. In trying to get it to run cooler, I must have gotten the Opti all wet and now it it misses. Oh and I was an idiot and put platinum plugs in it. I have since found thats a big no no with a blower. Oh and it has a bad oil leak now. Probably the infamous LT1 intake manifold leak...
So the car has pretty much been a can of worms for me, and im at my wits end. I know some of it was my fault, and some just bad luck. I dont want to just throw parts at it, so im looking for a shop in SoCal that can work on my LT1.
I believe it needs the following:
--First off it probably needs a new Opti
--And the proper plugs/wires
--Oil leak needs fixing
--Im sure it needs a dyno tune for the blower
--Cooling needs to be addressed. Im not sure if its cause of no tune, or if I didnt bleed the cooling system right or what.
I just want this thing to pass smog and be a fun daily driver. Its really a nice car otherwise. It has full hotchkis suspension, and the 30th anniv seats.
The blower is an intercooled ProCharger. From swapping the motor, I got to check it all out, and I think it it needs to be all sorted out. The kit seems kinda cheap or something.
Im in the San Bernardino/Riverside area. I want to drop it off at a competent shop and have it all sorted out so I can stop pulling my hair out about it. I will be selling my motorcycle soon, and will have about 3g's to put into fixing it.
Will that be enough?
What shops are recommended?
Any help will be much appreciated.
--Kendall
Bought with the blower installed. I test drove it and everything ran fine. I came back the next day and bought, only the have it blow the motor on the way home .
SO, I got a low mileage motor and swapped it in. Im a relatively competent mechanic so I did it all myself. After the swap the car ran great, but would slowly get hot, so I never got to drive it much, didnt want to overheat it. In trying to get it to run cooler, I must have gotten the Opti all wet and now it it misses. Oh and I was an idiot and put platinum plugs in it. I have since found thats a big no no with a blower. Oh and it has a bad oil leak now. Probably the infamous LT1 intake manifold leak...
So the car has pretty much been a can of worms for me, and im at my wits end. I know some of it was my fault, and some just bad luck. I dont want to just throw parts at it, so im looking for a shop in SoCal that can work on my LT1.
I believe it needs the following:
--First off it probably needs a new Opti
--And the proper plugs/wires
--Oil leak needs fixing
--Im sure it needs a dyno tune for the blower
--Cooling needs to be addressed. Im not sure if its cause of no tune, or if I didnt bleed the cooling system right or what.
I just want this thing to pass smog and be a fun daily driver. Its really a nice car otherwise. It has full hotchkis suspension, and the 30th anniv seats.
The blower is an intercooled ProCharger. From swapping the motor, I got to check it all out, and I think it it needs to be all sorted out. The kit seems kinda cheap or something.
Im in the San Bernardino/Riverside area. I want to drop it off at a competent shop and have it all sorted out so I can stop pulling my hair out about it. I will be selling my motorcycle soon, and will have about 3g's to put into fixing it.
Will that be enough?
What shops are recommended?
Any help will be much appreciated.
--Kendall
03-05-2007, 12:09 AM
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Haddad Motorsports dude. i was just there on Saturday and they are just about finished with my friends LT1 w/ a vortech...should be sick. I highly recommend him.
