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I've said my say of SF, and I stand by it. I understand that this is the internet and people make villians out of dots of light, but for those who know me personally, they know that I am very upset by this.

 

The honest facts are that I delivered a strong running car to the new owner. With full disclosure, pictures, and video at that. What happend with the new owner after the car left the trailer, I have my suspicions, but I will keep those to myself. Point would be that the car was torn apart six ways to Sunday after it left here. The proud deck is no mystery, it's been the case since 2007. In fact that proud deck was making 640rwhp through a Th400 before it left me. It's only teenage web personalities and flame warriors that like to turn it into something it's not. Again, I delivered a running, strong Supra, and now it's been torn to pieces by this shop for the purposes of furthering their own causes. I've not received a call or e-mail regarding the car from them, and all calls from the new owner have been received well. I didn't know about their thread until last night and the car has been gone for two months now.

 

What's more, I put this car together for me and not for someone else. It was made to my satisfaction at the time. I sold it as a private individual, and when it left here it had a 19psi tune 40 miles ago. That's the truth and bottom line.

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I've said my say of SF, and I stand by it. I understand that this is the internet and people make villians out of dots of light, but for those who know me personally, they know that I am very upset by this.

 

The honest facts are that I delivered a strong running car to the new owner. With full disclosure, pictures, and video at that. What happend with the new owner after the car left the trailer, I have my suspicions, but I will keep those to myself. Point would be that the car was torn apart six ways to Sunday after it left here. The proud deck is no mystery, it's been the case since 2007. In fact that proud deck was making 640rwhp through a Th400 before it left me. It's only teenage web personalities and flame warriors that like to turn it into something it's not. Again, I delivered a running, strong Supra, and now it's been torn to pieces by this shop for the purposes of furthering their own causes. I've not received a call or e-mail regarding the car from them, and all calls from the new owner have been received well. I didn't know about their thread until last night and the car has been gone for two months now.

 

What's more, I put this car together for me and not for someone else. It was made to my satisfaction at the time. I sold it as a private individual, and when it left here it had a 19psi tune 40 miles ago. That's the truth and bottom line.

 

 

Just my opinion but I would not be happy with that mess. Looks great in the pictures and I am sure that you had it running the numbers that you said but it is the stuff that you can't see that would have worried me.

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I think this vinegar goes well beyond people wanting to see the inner workings of a motor. It's hurtful and malicious. It's being made to appear that I sold a car with engine issues, and that is absolutely not the case. I sold a car with a fresh tune making good power, and have a tuner that can back that up. Maybe it's easy to make fun, or maybe I'm taking the internet too seriously. People laugh and ridicule and it gets old after a while. Pistons above the deck isn't a new developlement, we've been discussing the ups and down since 2007. Really, the concept has been around since at least the 50's. It's called "proud deck" or "pop up pistons".

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I think this vinegar goes well beyond people wanting to see the inner workings of a motor. It's hurtful and malicious. It's being made to appear that I sold a car with engine issues, and that is absolutely not the case. I sold a car with a fresh tune making good power, and have a tuner that can back that up. Maybe it's easy to make fun, or maybe I'm taking the internet too seriously. People laugh and ridicule and it gets old after a while. Pistons above the deck isn't a new developlement, we've been discussing the ups and down since 2007. Really, the concept has been around since at least the 50's. It's called "proud deck" or "pop up pistons".

So did you "go" for a proud deck piston, or did you just research the name when you found yours stuck up that far?

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I think this vinegar goes well beyond people wanting to see the inner workings of a motor. It's hurtful and malicious. It's being made to appear that I sold a car with engine issues, and that is absolutely not the case. I sold a car with a fresh tune making good power, and have a tuner that can back that up. Maybe it's easy to make fun, or maybe I'm taking the internet too seriously. People laugh and ridicule and it gets old after a while. Pistons above the deck isn't a new developlement, we've been discussing the ups and down since 2007. Really, the concept has been around since at least the 50's. It's called "proud deck" or "pop up pistons".

 

I thought you were just a distributor and not a mechanic.

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Just my opinion but I would not be happy with that mess. Looks great in the pictures and I am sure that you had it running the numbers that you said but it is the stuff that you can't see that would have worried me.

 

Again, full disclosure with the buyer. I've already had this talk with the new owner and I told him that wiring isn't my strong suit. We've talked about 5 times in the last two months, and the new owner has been nothing but friendly and understanding. The new owner is a Toyota dealship in Iowa, and in our conversations, I was told "no problem, I have techs that can make it beautiful". Everybody is on the same page, at least the people concerned. Now I haven't heard from the new owner in ~2 weeks and last time we talked, we were all roses. Which is why this is such a surprise.

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So did you "go" for a proud deck piston, or did you just research the name when you found yours stuck up that far?

 

No, I knew what a pop up piston or proud deck was already. No matter what though, I represented the power it was making properly, and displayed a dyno chart to the new owner. I also talked tothe toyota tech working with the car and answered his questions thoroughly. I made sure that I was available after the sale for any quesitons.

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Will this trial by Internet take long? Will the jurors be put up in a nice hotel if there's an adjournment? Will the judge be able to pass a penal sentence? Who IS the judge? Can we smoke? The juror on my right looks hot, can I text her? So many questions, oh yes, will it be televised or a film made of the trial? Thanks for listening.

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I feel that people are saying that, though. That's the hurtful part. I've put whatever I do on display for the last 5 years for better or worse, and no matter what I do, it never seems to be enough. When the car rolled off the trailer, the new owner was very happy. He told me that he bought 7 cars in the last two months, but this is the only one that lived up to his expectations. He told me in a later conversation that the wiring would have to be redone and they would be converting back to a single radiator. I agreed with him that wiring isn't my strong suit and he said that it wasn't a problem because he has techs to make it beautiful. If people are saying that the workmanship isn't up to stanard, then I have no defense. I did the best that I could. But the new owner did not express to me any disasatisfaction and only told me no worries, they can handle it there at the dealership.

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