Today the unthinkable happened to me.. I just got the car done with its tuning yesterday and it was running great 345.7rwhp, so i decided today would be a good day for an oil change but i didn't feel like doing it, so i took it to the lube place got it done was driving the car home gave it boost then hit the gas again and noticed a really strange noise with my turbos so i got home jacked the car up and saw that my drain plug was not there so my car was loosing oil the hole time.. Its down at the rx7 store in columbus ohio now, i know the turbos are dead and i don't know about the motor it sucks cause it was too late by the time i noticed something was up.. So i get free new turbos and maybe a new free motor its good and bad horrible horrible!!!@

 

You should've known better.

meh, hope all goes well with the claim and stuff though. New engine/turbos isn't a bad deal.

 

oil place is paying for it?

Also - you didnt notice your oil pressure outragously low or the light come on?

 

...also, if you don't mind going off topic.... what PSI were you running to get those dyno numbers yesterday? Sounds pretty good.

 

I was running at 14psi all stock motor and turbos car has 67000 miles on it, it was the walmart lube place so i know they have the best insurance and they wouldn't want something to leak out or anything to affect there name. What really sucks i should've known better, but i thought it was just an oil change and its so universal that i thought no one could mess that up. Will it have to retuned since its getting new turbos and maybe new motor, and i'd image that i should get a little more power maybe not much but just a little since they will be new.. Thanks for saying the dyno numbers are good this car is my dream and things happen first it took forever with the mods, then the 5th gear went out with the new power so i had to get that rebuilt and now this. DAMM$t

 

Heres the dyno sheet to see the power before

 

YOu think that is a horror story? Back when I was building my 1900horsepower 4-rotor project, I was testing the car at a local back street.( I live in Utah) During a shake down run, the motor blew and caught the car on fire. It sprayed fuel inside the cabin, killing my Wife. That is a horror story. So dont tell me about your sorry *** turbo sled.

 

Guess I'll step up and be the ***. I'm personally call BS. For one, why would someone as bitter as you suddenly show up on a webforum and flame everyone instructing people with near stock FC to get Dogbox transmissions and preaching the virtues of the 4-rotor. How much did that 4-rotor of yours cost? Where did you get it? If it was such and amazing and serious racecar why weren't more safety precautions taken? Why was there a passenger? And why wasn't it you, because 7 posts into your time here your the most annoying person we've had. Your not needed.

 

Read his name, "787B wannabe". Why take the joker serious at all?

 

It pisses me off cause im just sharing a horrible thing that happened to my car, and he pretty much gives me the second degree and like what FDreaming said if he was so serious and **** safety is number 1 with something that would have 1900hp i mean honestly

 

thats why i dont like to let some one to work on my car, they are careless

 

if he had really lost his wife the way he says, he is disrespecting her by using her death in a way to bring insult to others. What hell has in store for you is beyond imagination

 

I always inspect my mechanics work and suggest how to do things (I dont have a lift and all the tools but I learn a lot around here). For example when I changed my pillowabll bushings, my mechanic said it would take 5 hours and he wanted to take off the rear suspension. I told him to try it first with an air gun wrench and screw+washers+bolts. Voila

Then I go to another mechanic for an oil change - he couldnt even find the filter himself. Nor the sparkplugs, lol

So ya - I'm always watching ppl work on my car.

For 5mins that I left the shop when they were changing my brake fluid they did a lousy job and just replaced the fluid in the brake fluid reservoir. Gotta hate that

 

Er.. I doubt if very many FDs read accurate oil pressure unless they are using an aftermarket sending unit. My gauge almost always reads 0 even though that's not the case, I just got tired of replacing sending units year after year.

 

Look at 787B wannabe profile, and his posts, His answers are always your **** sucks, or get a 4-rotor cause your setup sucks. Bastard. Also, 515 whp@11,800 rpm's? A 4-rotor? His car below.

1998 Lola outfitted with a peri port 4-rotor, 2 weber 51 ida carbs. Custom downdraft manifold. Lots of other racing parts, that you'd expect on a race car of this caliber. 515 rwhp@ 11,800rpm, car with driver and full fuel cell weighs, 1800lbs.

 

man this guy is so bs call him out for pics of his car.

 

Well today i found out the turbos are for sure dead its smoking like crazy and they make nasty noises so tomorrow they are gonna drain the oil and look for metal shavings and do a compression check

 

Oil pressure gauges are your friend.

That sucks. See if you can get some upgraded twins while your at it. Juice 'em.

 

WOT wife man! more like a barrel of avgas caught fire blew ur ***** right out of ur pants , go have 4 *****, and get a extend job on ur ****, u **** talking 1900 dix 787BwannaB

 

 

Sorry to hear about your oil change problem- I hope everything works out between you and Wal Mart smoothly.

 

Any updates on the car and claim with Walmart? I think they will come through for you and pay up.

 

man u had someone change the oil for your FD???

thats wut u get

nah man hope everything works out for ya

mike

 

what did the shop do.??
did they not tighten up the drain plug,??
or did they never put the drain plug back in.??

 

Man and I though putting a bing on my door was bad. I hope you end up okay and get that "street ported" motor and those "BNR" or "99spec" twins replaced