Originally Posted by
musturbo
1. MIke, I strongly suggest you e-mail Torrie with whatever issues you have with tuning and I am sure he will be more than happy to e-mail you a fix or whatever is neccessary to solve you issue. If you trash him on line, he may be not as apt to help you.
2.I had told you it might be a good idea to cut your losses if your motor was going to need a total rebuild. Which it did. You bought a performance motor. There were a few things on both sides that were not 100% but I stand by Tony for getting your truck running for a fraction of the cost of what it should have been . You know that any tuning issues with torrie are just an e-mail away. I have never had a response less than 1 hour from him.
3. I understand you paid 2k+ to get your truck fixed. That sucks. BUT as I said the truck should not have been driven and you knew that. I give credit to Tony for getting your motor rebuilt and running because i can tell you any body else might not have been as enthusiastic about making this right. Call tony and call torrie and if they don't make it right I will personally make it a point to call them . Both of those guys have been very good to me for a very long time. I can't imagine either one ignoring you.
I hear a very similar story from just about every performance shop. Not many are willing to do what they can to make it right. When Al and Kris built my motor I was very clear if it popped on the dyno it was my responsibility .
Mike I think you are in a position where you have a good shop and a great tuner willing to do whatever you need to get your truck where you want it to be. Tell them want you want. give them a chance, and if they don.t let us know.
1. I emailed Torrie the day after with a list of problems and the symptoms, here are the PM's
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It did everything i commanded it to top to bottom.
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Originally Posted by fepony
What kind of fuel pressure is it running? Were the pumps checked to make sure they were both working? Does that show on datalog? It feels like it's not getting enough fuel and stumbles and hesitates.
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Originally Posted by tmcphail
All of the trims were 100% in line when I did all of my work with it the last few weeks.
The upshift and tq convert re schedules for upshift were changed not the downshift tables at all.
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Originally Posted by fepony
Well i picked up my truck last night and drove it home today. There are a few issues.
1. When accelerating slowly from a stop, the truck stumbles as if it's not getting enough fuel.
2. When cruise is set @70 and going up a small incline like an overpass the truck hesitates like it's not getting fuel.
3. When coming to a stop, the rpm stays high and the truck doesn't down shift unless you come to a complete stop. (this is the same issue we had the first time)
I'm afraid to drive it. I think the low rpm fuel trims are out of whack.
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2. I got nothing usable last time.
3. $2k?...think again...try $3461.50 That's NOT including the $500 transporting to him. Waiting 4 months for my truck when the motor was reassembled by a different company and finished on Feb. 25th. I'd probably get more info from the company that actually put it together.
Bottom line is i can't trust them anymore. I can't afford to have it shipped there again. (now @ $850) I can't afford to pay to have it "looked at" or "fixed" again. I have spent every dime we had on this truck and for almost a year it has been an uphill battle. (i paid for the motor in June) I have stressed to the point of near breakdown. The wife has worried herself sick more than once. This has strained my home life and taken all the joy i had owning this truck and turned it into a nightmare. I am making payments and insurance for a truck i can't drive. I haven't said a single thing that isn't true. I have every PM and email sent by everyone. I have stood by Tony and Torrie thru all of this up to this point and stepped up and paid my end as agreed. The truck is not drivable and i don't have the money, skills or the tools to make it right.
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