need advice

**rossfashow** · 07-25-2012, 05:41 AM

long story short, I got screwed and my high dollar after market parts where lost or stolen during freight and I am missing multiple parts from my long block. (if you guys really want to know the story, I'll let you know if you guys are that desparate.)Too include intake manifold, turbo manifold, turbos,o2 housings, misc bolts and screws. And my perfectly good oil pan is now dented along with some of the parts. I am going to be shipping it to Pampena Motorsports for a rebuild haven't decided if I want a stage 2 or 3 or a 3.5L. But the main reason I started the thread was will I need to buy a parts car to replace some of the damaged parts such as the sheet metal in the picture that goes between the bellhousing and the block that protects the starter i would say? It's been frustrating and I almost just want to just buy a jdm long block and call it a day. lmk thanks

here is a pic of what some of the damage looks like

**futurevr4man** · 07-25-2012, 09:27 AM

just bend the sheet metal back, and buy the parts you need seperate. if the shortblock is in good running order, why are you sending it off for a rebuild?

there are lots of people (like me) who have exhaust manifolds laying around that will never be used. i probably have a lot of the parts you need, so pm me a complete list if you want to get a lot of them for a cheap price.

**rossfashow** · 07-25-2012, 12:30 PM

Thanks guys for the PM's to help me out. Some of you have read the thread of my motor being shipped back to me 'I think I got screwed' and that is the reason why my motor looks like this.

Also I am sending the motor out to be rebuilt because the guy that was trying to tune it blew the motor or melted piston 5 and he said the AEM Series 2 was faulty since it melted piston 5 on a different 3s with another series 2. I've already bought GC Tech Td04 manifolds because I am planning on going with either dr650/dr700/dr750.

I am probably going to have to have my heads redone too since shipper never taped my intake runners so there is a bunch of sand and dirt in my heads. -_- maybe I am not meant to have a 3s IDK...