You should re-tune it by shutting the garage door and let it run for an hour or two, see if it smells.
Tune!?
- Thread starter GerRrg281
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You should re-tune it by shutting the garage door and let it run for an hour or two, see if it smells.
steve581581
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i thought tailpipe sniffing was your job... ha
dave89iroc
Club Member
how the hell would using a tailpipe sniffer help you tune on a car with cats?
99% of the time, a wideband is installed in the factory o2 sensor bung, OR, a new bung is welded in place, and a plug is inserted when tuning is done(I weld in a dedicated bung for the wideband on my builds)
99% of the time, a wideband is installed in the factory o2 sensor bung, OR, a new bung is welded in place, and a plug is inserted when tuning is done(I weld in a dedicated bung for the wideband on my builds)
Yeah, there is still a small leak. not Lidio's fault really....it is a pain to get the slip fit type exhaust system to seal, but, I think i will tackle that myself. I am happy with the LTs being installed. was a little mad initially b/c it wasn't running perfect as claimed. I brought it back to him and he adjusted the whole exhaust system.....still small leak, i'll take care of it.
AutoEuphoria
Captain Slow
Fucking weld it and quit bitching. I'd like to say your tune will be fine, but I'd rather see Lidio get more money for just putting up with you so I am going to say go back and have it retuned.
+1 yeah if i could do it again, i would have gotten BBKs.
i already had the SLP midpipe and catback though.....so i figured, what the hell, why not!?
1BadSn95
Club Member
Your an idiot. No way around it. You went on a public forum and bitch about Alternative's work before even giving them the chance to correct the issue. Luckly the people on this board know Lid and the shop and know that he will do what he can to correct a problem. If you owned a shop, you wouldnt like some loud mouth talking shit about your shop prior to even getting a chance to see or fix the issue.
Yes, getting a slip-fit exhaust system is hard to get it to seal. It can be frustrating. I understand. But for the price I paid, along with the repuation of the shop, i expected there to be no issues. Instead the car was returned to me initially with LARGE exhaust leaks when I was told the car was perfect and ready to go. If there was an issue, I would have appreciated honesty in concerns that they have come across during the installation. (as they broke the dip stick tube during the install, and had to drain the oil and fish out the parts....I paid an additional $90 for a full oil change and understood that shit happens when working on a car). Keep the car as long as you want until it meets the quality of work that is acceptable. The vehicle was returned to me and was unacceptable.
I brought the vehicle back and Lidio adjusted the complete exhaust system to obtain a better seal. There is still an exhaust leak. It is frustrating, but I am not freaking out about it. It is at an acceptable point right now and better than it was before. It will still need some adjustment or modification to get it to seal properly.
Either I will seal the exhaust system myself or work something more out with Lidio to get the car at the point it should be at.
additionally, if I owned a shop, I would not return a vehicle to a high paying customer saying it was perfect....when it clearly was not.
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Captain Slow
Pay him (or someone else) to weld it together and QUIT BITCHING ABOUT IT. Or, fuck...put some fucking flanges on it and bolt the fucker together.
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Captain Slow
There were obvious solutions to your problems that didn't include bitching about it on an online forum.
Roadrage
Easily Irritated
I don't think all this jumping on the guy is really necessarily. He paid to have some work done, it wasn't done as well as he expected, he complained. I agree that he should have went and tried to get the problem resolved first, but it doesn't mean he isn't allowed to complain about something he felt was less than stellar work.
That said, the fact that Lidio was still willing to correct the issue after this post was created shows what a great shop it is. More than most shops would have told you to screw yourself after a post like this. It's good to know there are a few shops left that stand behind the work, even when someone has already slammed you for a mistake.
That said, the fact that Lidio was still willing to correct the issue after this post was created shows what a great shop it is. More than most shops would have told you to screw yourself after a post like this. It's good to know there are a few shops left that stand behind the work, even when someone has already slammed you for a mistake.
Please review the post content rules before making any more threads like this.
http://www.motownmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?92973-Post-content-rules
Ryan already asked you to do this once, and you ignored him. Consider this a final warning.
http://www.motownmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?92973-Post-content-rules
Ryan already asked you to do this once, and you ignored him. Consider this a final warning.
Stalker
I removed my teeth on purpose....if you catch my d
Justin, he pm'd me and said he would take up his problem on the original post with Lidio and I could delete the threads. I moved one of his threads to the Mod forum. He is abiding by the rules and don't see any problem with this thread. On the other hand, the people jumping down his throat are being dicks. He's doing the right thing now and we should respect him for doing that.