| 1). There is no way that Mike's car had 1,300 miles on it. You were dragging feet for days after he was supposed to pick it up saying that an AN fitting was giving you grief and kept leaking. The AN fitting was a good cover story for 'replacing the motor b/c of knock'. The motor was fresh. When we got the motor back from the machine shop the first time with the *used* crank and put it in we did have an issue with a fitting that was leaking and had to be rewelded(I even talked about it on here if you would like to search). That was corrrected in a couple of days time. Then the motor was started and the *FIRST* day it was driven it developed the rod knock because of the bad crank. We immediately removed it and replaced it with the new short block. That was done on a weekend. I had that whole week to drive it before you and Mike came down on a Thursday I believe. So yes it had plenty of miles on it. Plus why is Mike even in our conversation? He has a completely different motor build with completely different turbos...so it has nothing to do with you or your car. It cracks me up that you think you know more about my business then I do. Also, at least keep the story staight; earlier you had said that it was Mike who picked the car up, broke it in, and brought it back to dyno. That never happened. Mike picked the car up from you after the dyno. Small point, but one that does point out some of the inconsistencies here. Yeap...I said it once but then said I was wrong. We do soooo many Z's it is hard to keep them straight sometimes. Good thing you are there to tell me what happens on a day to day basis :-). 2). The only good that will come of this warranty discussion from this point will to have a real answer as to SGP and the motor warranty. You walk a very tight rope on this one: Asking people to believe they have a real warranty but at the same time coming up with a very elaborate story as to why the bearing issue in my car was not the fault of SGP. I have not said it was not our fault. I just said that is my prediction of what happened with the information I have been given to this point. If I am right it will be evident from blacken of the rod ends and/or crank from the build up of heat from lack of oil. If I am wrong...I am wrong. The only thing that can determine what happened is the parts themselves. Kinda like evidence in a crime. It would be fair to say though that this would have been the bottom line decision: The motor warranty was declined for the following reasons 1). Wrong motor oil 2). Spun the motor to 7,600 rpms 3). Improper dyno. That is incorrect!!! YOU declined the warranty. I just made a *guess* as to what I think happened. Could I be right...sure.....could I be wrong...absolutely. Could the machine shop have made an error...sure...they are only human. You were offered a warranty and you declined to take it.
Kyle "Grumpy Bear" Puckett
Sales@sgpracing.com
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