ok, i have called jupiter, young, and showcase... out of those three, the only one that will do it is young, but i have called them twice without a return call for price of install...


does anyone know a gm dealer that will install this damn kit?

if not i'll be doing it myself. getting rather annoyed.

 

go talk to the techs and get it flashed for 50 bux, then baby it to ur house and put the pulley and injectors in

or pay me to do it...either way

 

you could try Classic Chevrolet in grapevine. oh and jap, do you know anyone in the dfw area that does tuning?

 

idk how far it will be for you..but you could try Stonebriar in Frisco...they have awesome service and they just might do it for you

 

thanks, i would only pay a gmpp dealer to do it just in case of warranty issues... i rather be hopefully safe then not safe at all. otherwise i'll do it in my bay after work one night and have it towed over for a flash. why be an ase tech myself and pay u to do it

 

well i got it flashed at vans for 50 bux(warranty case id and all), drove it gently for 5 miles then did the install at my shop

only the flash is the case id on

also trained tunafish can install the stage2 so ill take ya to church if your worried about the install

which ASE tests do you have under your belt?JW

 

not much, steering/suspension, brakes, and engine performance....needed two of them, never went back to take others as they don't make me any more cash and for the price...to me its not worth it. my dealer rather see me being prius certified, and having the a full solid transcript... i know ase's pushed more in certain area's and some actually get a raise for doing them, not here..lol.

prius cert got me 3 bucks for a raise, ase's got me 0 and a bill to pay. lol


oh yea, no church for me.

 

they pay for my tests plus raises/perks
i have engine performance, steering, brakes, electrical (and very busy with school)
also still scared about DIY stage kits, ill buy ya a dog to ease your fears...lol

 

nice, seems most shops pay

i would like to take electrical, its something i deal with daily at toyota. have a mess right now on a 02 camry throwing false codes. you flatrate?


also still scared about DIY stage kits, ill buy ya a dog to ease your fears...lol ???

 

Off topic here, but we are trying to round up a meet at the Grapevine Mills Mall this Sunday aorund noon. Look up DFW in the search engine if anyone is interested.

 

I'm getting my stage kit done @ James Wood in denton, i'll let everyone know how that works out when i get the car back. I was supposed to get it back today, but supposedly techline for the flash was closed

 

cool. i'll be waiting

think i got it finally...

why would i be scared? scared was being with toyota for 2 weeks and being handed a ticket for a sludge motor... that was years ago. injectors and pressing a pulley on would be the last of worries for me to install on this vehicle. specially when i have a press and all the tools i would need. your not talking to a quick lube kid. i want to keep my warr by going through a gmpp parts installing dealer... why not do that? spend a few bucks for the security in case of something happening. i won't be doing major mods to this car anyway.

hard to sense sarcasm or cockiness over the internet.

 

Ok. I dont think I would go to James Wood again for this. For some reason the fluid levels in my intercooler and engine coolant are both low... Engine temp seems normal though, so I'm just going to top that off.

Second... This one is just annoying... they didnt take the old pulley off right. They basically didnt clamp down on the supercharger correctly, so there are a few small divets on the snout of my charger now. Just cosmetic, but annoying.

Third, and this one kind of pissed me off...
They didnt tighten either hose clamp on the intake leading up to the charger. They were both just kind of hangin out. Thank GOD the hose didn't come off or anything on the way home.

Oh yeah, and they didnt give me the tools back if I wanted to change the pulley.

Take this into consideration.

 

the coolant levels are low because the steam crossover tube has to be remove to get the injectors out, it should only be very slightly low tho...not much came out when you take the banjo nut off

i have a set of the STRX gm bits, so you can holla at me if you ever need it removed/retorqued

 

I got the bits back today, just had to ask twice. Thanks for the explanation on the coolant levels. They are both a little low, just under the min lines, so I am going to top them off tonight. All in all, I guess I slammed them a little hard, it was their first install. Just really peeved me about the bits when i didnt get them back, because I specifically asked for the parts back.

 

[QUOTE=Toyotech;768338]cool. i'll be waiting



think i got it finally...

why would i be scared? scared was being with toyota for 2 weeks and being handed a ticket for a sludge motor... that was years ago. injectors and pressing a pulley on would be the last of worries for me to install on this vehicle. specially when i have a press and all the tools i would need. your not talking to a quick lube kid. i want to keep my warr by going through a gmpp parts installing dealer... why not do that? spend a few bucks for the security in case of something happening. i won't be doing major mods to this car anyway.

QUOTE]

Hmmmm...."years ago?" Apparently, you aren't aware of the 2003 and 2004 Toyota engine oil sludge cases, are you? Toyota's engine oil problem seems to be affecting some later model vehicle owners in much the same way as the previous sludge victims. The same story is being told...denial of warranty claims and blame for poor maintenance. Very interesting, huh?

Check out the petition to see what Toyota sludge victims are going through. Note that there are more sludge victims who own other model and model years than mentioned in the CSP.

When will the Toyota engine oil sludge matter be properly resolved?

Charlene Blake
cblake@erols.com
Toyota Owner Unite for Resolution
http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petition.html

 

I found a place in Garland the other day for tuning it's called Exatorq tuning. I was just wondering if anyone has heard of them or tried them out yet? They have a web site www.exatorq.com I talked to them via email and told them that I have GM Stage II, CAI, and exhaust and he told me that he could get another 18-25whp out of it with a dyno tune for $400. Didn't sound like to bad of a deal to me this includes $25 updates for life. I live in Tyler so I'm really not close enough to check it out in person. He said that they just moved into a new shop and the dyno should be ready to go sometime the beginning of Feb.

 

[QUOTE=cblake;818650]i don't need to see the petition, i see the vehicles every week on almost every model, from early 90 4-runners to a 06 corolla 1zz that i did last month. 75% of the sludge motors that we see have been owner caused and at least 30-40% of the cars still come in with the oil change sticker that states its been 15-20k miles since there last oil change. two months ago we had a woman come in and complain that 11 months ago she had a warranty sludge job done... now her oil light was once again coming on....guess what, since that sludge job she never chained the oil, it was almost 27k miles since her last oil change... she took the car with a wrecker and put it up for sale. there are a ton of stories like this that i can state... i don't truely see a problem with the motors, i see a problem with the owners. i think its funny how employee's have avalon's camry's, 4runners with 100-200k miles, even motors with the campaign...yet when they pull a valvecover...it barely has any gel issues.

 

there is saturn off of 20 and colins that will do it.. i think they gave me a quote of just under a grand to get the parts and install.

 

I can do stage two installs for folks and tuning in Lewisville. I have the tune files and HPtuners. It costs $100 for credits to load the tune. I will do the install and tuning for $200. I will including driving logs. I can do custom tuning too if you like, I can do anything from mild to wild. Shoot me a PM. I also just found out I can buy these kits pretty cheap through GM if anyone needs one.