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Now, for pulling down this motor and finding what's failed, should that be on the workshop to remove the motor and have it pulled down by the builder? Or should that be my problem to pick up the car and do it all myself?

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Its your responsibility then if you find it failed due to one of either parties then you go to claim the damage.

i had a poorly made sump destroy a 16k motor (my own motor) and all that i was compensated for was the sump... rest of the damage was on my own back to cover, its up to the end user to check to see if the product is fit to do the job.

most claims wont cover consequential cost and damages.. i know this has changed recently though so its worth checking on.

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I read the first two pages and gave up. There are some super highly skilled men commenting here. Maybe not me....but....it was not your intake manifold. A properly built turbo engine will break for 2 reasons. It went lean ... The timing was wrong which meant the it went lean... Bearings wont break overnight. Neither will rings. This is what happened to your engine after you signed the same waver I did when it went on the dyno. They were ramping it up (obviously) it went lean so they backed off quick as f**k. They went again and the same thing happened. This is their job and they really do get off it quick. Your car did see 13:1 tho. Probably twice Or f**king 10 times like mine did. Rob was a f**king good tuner and I was impressed at how quick he got off it.Mine saw some nasty shit but I forged it so I got lucky. We shared the look of "f**k" a few times. Man I can talk shit. Anyway I feel for ya bud cos it cost a lot of money. Pull it down and build it lowish comp and enjoy 300rwkw just like big balls ASH told me. My shorty only cost 3 g. Either that or build a tree we can all climb???

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Can it atleast be locked then.

Mate it sounds like you have been spooked into what your requesting SAU to do.... As some people here have said we are only giving you our own INDIVIDUAL opinions.... How you choose to use//interpret what has been said is up to you. I would like to see your tuner and engine builder join this conversation, that way we get to hear from the horse's ( no offence intended there) mouth. Who knows...... we might learn something and so might they!!! At the end of the day dude to all of us trying to give you the low down on what most likely happened are giving you our time and knowledge for free and we dont stand to gain anything except a warm fuzzy feeling we tried to help out a TOTAL stranger who had no were else to turn not get SHAFTED... Good luck with which ever path you pursue.

Sinista32 Grand Master

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Request Moderator via PM to save and delete thread. The shop in question will likely already have a copy of this thread anyway.

1st right of repair goes to the shop. Go see them and ask officialy in writing to determine failure, root cause and seek an amicable resolution.

If rejected and told to F off. Go to your equivalent fair trading.

They will organise a conference or 2 with you and the shop within a fortnight.

If it is not resolved through this mediation it will go to court.

Engage an engineer to go to the shop. (I Reccomend Geoff Senz)

For around $650 dollars he will produce report with photographs and will determine failure and root cause.

With this report in hand determine if you have a case to pursue.

Add up your costs and attache a copy of the report and submit to tribunal. They will provide a copy to the shop.

You and the shop will go to court and a financial determination will be made. (and enforced)

It is best to work it out with the shop but if not then pursue it through fair trading and the courts.

There will be no real winners. If it turns out to be there fault you will get something but not everything.

Oh and the shop will be regularly haunted by the MTA for a period after the ruling.

My experience anyway.

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