In a ressurected 3/STT... I'm flying out on Thursday. I have a bit of routine maint to catch up on before I hit the road. I'm thinking of rolling out of Daytona on Friday night or Saturady early. Anyone on the way have plans on Saturday or Sunday and want to hook up?
Which way do I go? Where's the construction in St. Louis, Nashville, KC? Same with DFW and New Mexico? What are the posted speed limits?
I will say driving through Kansas by yourself is boring as hell. Drove my 95 home from Houston through Dallas/OKC/Wichita and Kansas damn near put me to sleep LOL
On the other hand Texas seemed to have troopers camping out every five minutes.
If you end up going through Knoxville give me a shout.
At least some of the STL crew get together every weekend.
As for speed limits........haven't paid attention to one of those in a long time.
not trying to get into your business but you should really add that car to your insurance policy prior to driving it. as a former police officer I have to say it would be in your best interest. less headaches and it only takes a phone call.
have a safe flight
<< in jacksonville. florida. well get a beer dinner and chill if you come through.
shoot me a email
justin.credit at yahoo.com
75mph in TX. If you go through Houston, watch out. Theres a white cop camaro.
Is 5mph over the limit cool thru Texas and Oklahoma Colin?
Thanks for the insurance heads up Bill. Already called in to get things rolling. I just need the car to start and drive before I activate the policy. :p
I might stay south and hit up unknownvr4 for some parts and save $120 in shipping. it's only another 2 hours vs. going thru KC.
if you make it up to lex ky, you could come to my house. youre welcome to use any tools that you may need at my house as well!
5 over is fine. People will still fly by you.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Fast
Yep, just watch it. With TX plates you dont get pulled over as fast, and us oilfield traffic seems to get freebees sometimes.
5-9mph over is no problem.
But, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas are traffic hell holes.
Especially BR and Houston. Same goes for Austin in rush hour.
Valentine One is the way I travel. Remember J.
zel-man is on his way to pick me up. Taking me to DIA here we go! It's really a tough decision regarding routes. Depending on the weather I'm thinking about going thru Baton Rouge to grab a set of heads and then heading to Houston/Dallas. Should pull in around 7-8pm on Saturday night. If the weather and traffic report history is shitty I'm going thru St. Louis and K.C. tho. I hope I don't have to... Kansas is booooring!
Id tell you to come hang out! But we got my sons baptism going on, so my crib will be packed starting tonight till Sunday.
BTW if you do wind up going this way you are welcome to crash here and save $$$ instead of getting a hotel.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
I'm here in Baton Rouge . Just stay away from 7-9am and 4-6:30 pm and you'll be fine .. Weather it's I 10 or I 12 .. Same goes for Nola..
STL construction is largely along the bridge that crossess the Mississippi near the arch (the Poplar Street Bridge, 55/70 to Hwy 40). There are plenty of ways to avoid it regardless of how you come into the city. If I were coming in from the south I would shoot over to Cape Girardeau via Wickliffe, KY and then head up I-55, but that's just me.
And the drive from Columbia, MO to KC is pretty boring, but not as bad as the drive from Topeka to Denver.
the driver through western missouri and into/out of oklahoma wasn't the most pleasant time I had, but at least I didn't have to stop much. no 1st and 2nd gear for that trip.
Well, I'm really disappointed. I wrenched on that car for about 16 hours to get it to the point to where I could diagnose the condition of the engine. I came to find the motor is blown. There are a number of floating valves in the heads. I can hear a bunch of valve tapping. It sounds like a bag of hammers. Consequently, I will not be purchasing this vehicle. I'm going to cut my losses and fly home. I get on a flight tomorrow at Daytona International and I'll be back in Denver before nightfall.
I'll discuss more about my experience later. Right now I'm really tired and don't know what to say. I will say I've put about $300 of my own parts on this car just to get it to the point of running. I'm going to walk away from those parts and walk away from my $250 short notice return airfare.
Damn, that's horrible.
Been there, it sucks. Really hard to walk away like that.
This one stings really really bad...
I purchased a set of turbochargers from Steven. Installed new turbo gaskets, water lines, oil lines, and hardware. Paid $120 for tools to be shipped out. Food, lodging, rental car, fuel, parking, and etc. $500 in plane tickets...
The biggest sting is my wife. She'll have this one on me for a looong time!
I bought an ounce of gold put it in a f****** blender and converted it to a bottle of Goldschlager.
wow man that sucks, I'm assuming the seller wasn't truly honest about the condition of the engine or do you think he just didn't know?
That really sucks, but I feel like maybe you were a bit ambitious. Anytime I would buy a car that didn't run I'd assume the worst.
Sorry it didn't work out J. I hate buying cars remote but sometimes its worth doing the Risk / Reward thing. When we bought the Spyder it was the same deal.... had to fly out with money in hand - one way tickets - car rentals to drive from Minneapolis to the sticks of Wisconsin - and if we had gotten there and the Car wasn't as advertised it would really have sucked to have to walk away ....
i cant believe you have that money to just blow like that. wish i did...
My beating isn't done yet... $185 to check my tools... I'm either overweight on two bags (75lbs ea) or will be required to pay a third bag penalty of $125. I was forced to upgrade to first class to upgrade my bag weight from 50lbs to 70lbs. Cost me $150... I also just walked away from a tool briefcase so I didn't have to pay to check it. TSA wouldn't let me thru security with any metal items over 7" in length. Now Im starting to get pissed!
ouch, that blows
Wow, that sucks miserably!!! I know that TSA officials are only looking out for other people's safety, but they can sure be a major PITA sometimes!! I left a good amount of things I bought overseas back in Amsterdam's airport due to restrictions/weight & had like $100-$125 worth of Dutch specialty tulips seized by customs upon re-entering the states.
Sorry to hear it didn't turn out to be as nice of a deal as one first thought & that you're now out all that time, money, & energy!
Sent from the garage
what do you think? You're prolly thinking what I'm thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
Seller said it needed turbos and an ECU. Supposibly ran fine. I put turbos and an ecu in it and clank clank clank...Quote:
Originally Posted by Forest Gump
I don't... it is what it is!Quote:
Originally Posted by futurevr4man
Trust in people seems harder and harder to have. I mean if the guy knew you were planning to get it running and drive it what did he think was going to happen. He's probably pretty lucky the wrong person didn't show up to buy it (for all I know you might of chopped him up and put him in the hatch) lol. Seriously though, that's a bummer, I'm not sure how I would have handled it.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Fast
I would have never flown in, I would have rented a truck and trailer from Uhaul and drove out and towed it instead. That is what I did with my Stealth, I wasn't chancing it because I knew it was in rough shape and the previous owner did not know what to do with the car. Worked out in my favor that way, it gave me time to tinker with the car and test a few things out at my home and I didn't need to rush to a resolution to drive it home.
ok, now its my turn to respond.
first off let me start by saying how sorry I am that all of this happened and I have a lot of respect for J.fast. but he did leave out a few important facts. And that really is pissing me off right now.
1) WE!!! not he!!!! wrenched on the car for 16 hours together (I even missed 7 hours of school to help him and get him on his way before his deadline).
2) yes the car ran. THE CAR JUMPED TIMING WHILE WE WERE PRINING THE ENGINE AND WE BOTH HEARD IT. how could I have prevented that? he even had a 60k set of parts with him. but wanted to wait till the car was running to put it on.
3) WHY WOULD I INVITE A 3S TECH TO MY HOUSE KNOWING THAT HE WAS GOING TO STRAT THE CAR BEFORE HE BOUGHT IT? WHAT WOULD BE MY END GAME IN ALL OF THAT?
4) he chose to put his own gaskets, spark plugs, wires, and banjo bolts because he didnt trust mine.
5) prior to him coming I told him that I have every tool that he would need to work on the car right here.
so half of you guys can just drop that hard to trust people bullshit. all I can say is that im sorry that things worked out the way that they did and J.fast was out all of that money. but to say that I was dishonest is just stupid.
also btw green-lantern dont worry about the wrong person showing up at my house and acting stupid. I have a brand new glock that I still didnt get a chance to fire at the range yet.
and one last time J.fast IM really really sorry that the car didnt work out. and I know im done for on this platform because you even told me how much respect you have on here, so I know nobody is going to listen to my side of the story, But im not gunna let only half the story be told. Im gunna step off of this board for good because I know that im not welcome here anymore.
so go ahead and flame me guys im ready
It is always good to hear both sides of any story.
lol wow, hang on man, I was getting one story here. I figured somebody would end up posting though. With Jeramey's comments I still stand by my post but there is always 2 sides of every story. Don't tell me you wouldn't feel the same giving the info so far. I don't know what the deal was between you guys, I was commenting on his post. I'm glad you are posting your side. Not like I know who or what happened, don't lash out at me because of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by cbr
What do you mean 3stech anyway?
Sounds like you had a bad day. Sorry about that.
I got many parts through cbr, didn't have a problem with anything so far
What do you mean 3stech anyway?
Sounds like you had a bad day. Sorry about that.[/QUOTE]
he told me he was a 3stech and owned his own shop.
hell yea im having a bad day. I feel like shit because the guy is out all this money and time that I cannot repay (I did return his deposit.)
and now im stuck with a car that has valves kissing pistons. so yea your post pissed me off and I responded to it. you may not know me and you may not like me but there are 2 things you WILL learn about me.....I dont let people talk shit about me....... and when im wrong I admit it.
I don't think he owns a shop. Not that I'm aware of anyway. I thought he was saying he was a member of 3stech. (the private web site)Quote:
Originally Posted by cbr
Chill man, I don't have ANY reason to dislike you other than one persons post. I didn't mean to make a bad situation worse. Just saying the info that was presented I would be mad also. Again, Sorry things didn't work out. If I can help let me know.Quote:
Originally Posted by cbr
I cannot speak to the condition of the engine prior to my being there. Frankly, I really wanted it to work out but it didn't. There were a number of red flags and alarms going off in my mind when I first looked at this vehicle. However, I felt compelled to try and make it work.
I will say openly and honestly when I first saw the car clearly it was miss advertised. It wasn't the type of car I would have purchased. The rear spoiler was damaged, the rear bumper has chips and scratches all the way to the core. Every fender is dented, there's ripples in the rear fenders, the front bumper has scratches, the top clear on the roof has scratches all the way through to the back, window tint is peeling and etc.
My instinct told me to walk away, but I didn't. I made the decision to stick with it and wrench on it. I told Bill straight up that's not the type of car I would have bought and if I would have seen it in person I would walk away immediately but I was in Florida miles and miles away from my house and I would reevaluate my position depending on whether or not vehicle ran.
I bolted everything on to the point where I could get the oil pressure up to prime the engine and turbo chargers. I verified the base timing and had Bill fire the engine and all I heard was metal to metal. It was really late last night once I got the results... I was not in a position to jerk around the car any longer after I heard that. We can go with the Skip Timing Theory. I did not 100 percent confirm the timing after I heard engine noise. It was dark and late, I was tired, disappointed, and didn't care anymore. I knew the fun was over over and I was going to have to cut my losses.