Just thinking about this because it is going to become of importance to people or already has. Do you need a V8? Do you need 4WD? Can a V6 Ranger pull a trailer? discuss

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I know there are several people on here who have done business with Dale Engineering. I have a few things I need done and I don't have more then about $500 to spend on it. This is what I want done at least...

Head-
Cleaned
Pressure tested
plained if need be
3-angle valvegrind to accept my new valves

Block-
Cleaned

This is all pretty simple stuff. Would I be better served to go to another place or is Dale Eng. fine with doing the small stuff? Also do you think it would be a good idea to have them port the head or is it a waste when a friend will do it for free? (he owes me on a favor) He has already done my exhaust manifold and it looks great, he was trained for high performance engine when he was at school. Opinion ideas and other suggestions would be great! Any other good placed to go? I need to know about this fairly soon.

The first week I had the car a lady in a Suburban backed in to me. She admitted to not seeing me, and that her vehicle was too big. Anyway, the damage was minor: a dented bumper, some paint ripped off, and clearcoat ripped off the hood. Her insurance (Progressive) sucked to work with, and I eventually just took it to one of their approved shops...

The results? Cross-posted from my site:

Quote:So I got my car back...
And returned it a few minutes later...

1. I was not told to bring in the check that Progressive sent me a long time ago. I had to put the repairs on my credit card. I had previously asked the insurance guy what I was to do with the check and he never answered.
2. The car still had compound all over it. Am I expected to detail my car when it was already clean when I took it in?
3. It had a paper floormat in it, but someone with dirty feet obviously drove it beore it was placed in there. I thought it was odd that it was spotless and hardly crumpled. Am I expected to get my carpets shampoo'd?
4. The hood latch takes three slams to close. They said they didn't remove the hood, but I'm 100% certain it was not that way when I took it in. They said they'd adjust it.
5. My washer nozzles might as well have not even been put back on. They hardly function.
6. The fender liner is missing a screw and therefore hanging down a bit.
7. The hood emblem, which used to be flush with the bumnper is now obviosuly held on by a very small piece of two sided tape. It wiggles when you touch it and has about 3mm of space between it and the bumper.
8. There is some minor overspary on some black pieces in the bumper, which I'll end up tocuhing up myself to bar any further f up from this shop.
9. This tops it off... My plastic rear window, which they had no reason to even get close to has some deep scratches randomly across it. I left the car with them and they said Progressive will come out to take a look at it today.

I'm willing to bet a dollar they try to screw me again. Yay for half-assed repair shops!

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kinda old.. maybe you all have seen it already

I bought a master that took two days to come. Bolt everything in, and the very last line on the master is threaded incorrectly and when I say incorrectly, i mean the threads are chewed to hell. Buying parts is the worst part of fixing cars. Now I have to wait for two more days for another cylinder that could be just as fucked.

Is it bad for an engine to run at RPMs lower than at normal idle, I don't see why it would be, but I don't know if there is something magical about the idling RPMs. I was thinking about it today when I was puttering around town in 5th gear at a few hundred below idling

Why didn't any of you locals tell us about this place before? :wink:

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See ya there,

Jon

Lugnuts...
What's everyone using? Should I buy in to the "lightweight anondized blinking LED racing" crap?



I dunno if I can shell out $80-$120 for a set of lugnuts.

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Hey guys,

My friend Justin created this site:

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funny stories at work. I thought you guys may enjoy this, i found a lot of stories quite humorous. I threw some of mine in there as well.

Click on the google links :wink: