People Who "lie" On Their Ads

[Brokenz]

I had a Rb25DET motor from a 97 R33 GTS-T. I had it for sale for ages(3 or 4 months). perfect motor. Finally sold it for $1500 complete with loom, Turbo. gave honest description on the ads

My mate bought a 96 GTS-T which had 1 cylinder was down on compression. He took the motor out and put a used piston in, new headgasket degreased the motor

and then put it up for sale as fully rebuilt with rb26 rods, ACL bearings, N1 Pump etc etc etc. I was horrified.(And I never use that word) He said that there was to many rb25s for sale at the moment so he had to make his stand out abit. He got $2200 within a week (No Turbo)

shit like this pisses me off even if he is a mate.

Put me off buying used parts that have claims of being "rebuilt" What do you guys think

Edited June 4, 2008 by Brokenz

[DECIM8]

Right.. Name and shame.. Some poor sucker has a Rb25 with standard rods.. Saying that sounds like alot of stories ive heard about mechanics nicking your parts and saying they got installed old parts disposed of.. hmm

[dan_the_man]

No name and shames please.

There is no way for SAU to verify if it is fact or someone bending the truth to tell a good story.

[kessian]

Thats a bit crappy. The shit will hit the fane when whoever your friend sold the engine to's engine blows up and they find it has standard gear in there...

[R34NRG]

f*k man dats pretty bad, but good on the buyer for not checkn/verifying it. but then again be a bit hard

[chris_r31]

f*kin rorting dog... why cant people be honest, same thing happend to me

bought a rb30 2years ago, told me it was original turbo block blah blah blah, my intentions were to pull it down anyways and do a big rebuild which i did..

but when i found out it was a ser2 na block, it just made the back of my neck burn a bit and i felt very betrayed..

2months later i found out it was na, the old owner got his na piston threw his front windscreen, then the other pistons threw the other windscreens...

jus be f*king honest..

[Gts-t]

there is no difference in the blocks tho i think

Edited June 4, 2008 by 2630GTS

[nizmonut]

this is one area where paper work doesnt go amiss, ask for reciepts when purchasing "rebuilt" engines.

signs of a rebuilt engine"recent" is the ever present gasket glue around the sump and main seal, and water pump housing.

in areas the head gasket protrudes from under the head, and from memory you can see the head gasket part number at the front right...

undo the oil cap and have a look inside, stick ya finger in there and run it around, even if the engine has been used since its rebuild, if the job has been done properly there wont be any crap on the underside of the cam covers.

Edited June 4, 2008 by nizmonut

[WIHAGTR]

Exactly, when I'm ready to buy they can tell me whatever they want but if i don't see receipts then I'm looking elsewhere.

[PM-R33]

My mate did the exact same thing when he sold his 25......the amount of bullshit he said that was done to the engine was an absolute joke....

[eMsta]

and these people are mates????

[(B1) MR_fanny]

2months later i found out it was na, the old owner got his na piston threw his front windscreen, then the other pistons threw the other windscreens...

jus be f*king honest..

good stuff! honesty is quite rare now days. I've had people crack the shits with me cause I ask too many questions or pics when I'm about to buy something.

[Chi100188]

lol think thats bad i bought a RB25 with no dip stick....and the owner still thinks hes in the right and thinks he told me about the no dip stick if he told me i woudln't of bought he also told me its rebuilt blah blah blah i danno if its true but hte motor hasn't skipped a beat touch wood hehehe but yeah liars just makes me want to throw some pistsons too

[LBR33]

So if i use 4 cans of degreaser can i call my engine race preped?

[GTR-32U]

yes i often wonder about many of these so called built engines you see in cars at auto salon and in magazines...They can bs all they like about whats inside and nobody will ever know

[scathing]

yes i often wonder about many of these so called built engines you see in cars at auto salon and in magazines...They can bs all they like about whats inside and nobody will ever know

Yep. My engine has sick LS1 internals that are custom laser cut to fit into my reinforced block, and I've cut up 2 sets of S2000 cams so my car has VTEC too.

Don't even start me on the turbos that came off a Veyron.....

[TTT]

wouldn't beliee it if it doesn't have a receipt.

Alot of people "rebuild" their own engines themselves, so they might not have a receipt from a workshop.

but they will need to at least have receipts of the parts used.

[Beer Baron]

yep, very simple. no receipts = no rebuild. just another fantasy. your friend is a tool and there will be some nasty karma headed his way soon. no matter how clever he thinks he is people will soon cotton on to the fact that he is in reality a thinly veiled theif. if you want to make good relationships with people and be able to trade on forums and the like easily then you need to be 100% honest and up front about everything. I always am in my ads and dealings and I think my trader rating bares that out. a good reputation takes ages to build and seconds to destroy and to me that is worth far more than a couple of extra bux by ripping someone off.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

i'd make sure your "freind" has piston proof windows installed....

[PM-R33]

LOL^