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Originally Posted by redg35chic
thats sad to hear that your haveing problems with your TT setup....you must hate not being able to get on it! 
Hope your team finds the problem ASAP
Goodluck.
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Originally Posted by MardiGrasMax
Alto www.altousa.com is almost done with their Red Eagle and Keolene Power Pack kits for this trans. I spoke with their tech Manager yesterday and they should be available very soon. Besides being better friction material it will increase the direct pack to 7/7 and the input to 8/8.
Mine is still running good with the valve body mod btw. I get very occasional slippage while cruising but at WOT it's still as strong as day one. *knock on wood*
Last edited by roneski; Apr 12, 2007 at 12:42 AM.
Originally Posted by roneski
Who Roy? He told me the same thing over a year ago. Let's hope that it's actually going to finally come to fruition.
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Originally Posted by roneski
Who Roy? He told me the same thing over a year ago. Let's hope that it's actually going to finally come to fruition.
Mine is still running good with the valve body mod btw. I get very occasional slippage while cruising but at WOT it's still as strong as day one. *knock on wood*
Mine is still running good with the valve body mod btw. I get very occasional slippage while cruising but at WOT it's still as strong as day one. *knock on wood*
Hope you are well.
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The show that they shot at the Cal speedway time attack.
http://www.redlinetimeattack.com/vid...rtRacersF1.mov <--- 100 meg file, probably want to right click and save.
Apologies to the OP for thread jacking btw.
http://www.redlinetimeattack.com/vid...rtRacersF1.mov <--- 100 meg file, probably want to right click and save.
Apologies to the OP for thread jacking btw.
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Originally Posted by roneski
The show that they shot at the Cal speedway time attack.
http://www.redlinetimeattack.com/vid...rtRacersF1.mov <--- 100 meg file, probably want to right click and save.
Apologies to the OP for thread jacking btw.
http://www.redlinetimeattack.com/vid...rtRacersF1.mov <--- 100 meg file, probably want to right click and save.
Apologies to the OP for thread jacking btw.
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Originally Posted by roneski
The show that they shot at the Cal speedway time attack.
http://www.redlinetimeattack.com/vid...rtRacersF1.mov <--- 100 meg file, probably want to right click and save.
Apologies to the OP for thread jacking btw.
http://www.redlinetimeattack.com/vid...rtRacersF1.mov <--- 100 meg file, probably want to right click and save.
Apologies to the OP for thread jacking btw.
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Originally Posted by sharif@forged
Hi everyone, its Sharif from Forged Performance. The shop that Wolf is refering to us us!
Wolf, I think you are leaving out some key information, and I would like to clarify a few things here.
1) Wolf's car has not been here for "months". We completed his JWT kit install and several other mods in about 3 weeks, including 1.5 weeks of wait time as a result of ground shipping on the VB. The car was delivered on time, and Wolf was always informed of status.
2) When Wolf informed us of the shifting hesisation, he brought the car back, and we drove it together...definately not right in auto mode, based on our 20+ VB's that we have sold or installationed. The feedback on our VB's has been consistently positive, and until this situation, we have not heard one bad thing about our VB's.
3) We agreed to remove the VB, (at our expense), and ship it back to the trans shop (at our expense), for inspection. The technician replaced the springs, and said everything looked OK. They recently switched to a slightly different spring, so he decided to rule this out, by putting the older style spring in the VB.
4) The VB was reinstalled, and we drove the car...still having some shifting hesitations in D mode, but seems better in manual mode. Wolf drove the car home, and after driving it further, he said the issue still persisted.
5) I asked our trans shop to send us an OEM VB, and he shipped it overnight (at our expense), and the next day, Wolf came in and we swaped in the OEM VB. At this point, there was no throttle control at all. We did TCM initializiation, and still nothing. So we then put the orginal VB back in his car, and still no throttle control
At this point, I realized we needed to do some further trouble shooting, so I sent Wolf home with a Sandy's Lexus as a free loaner. (Wolf still has this car now..and I am happy to do this).
The point I would like to make to everyone, is that we do stand behind our work, but since this new issue occured, WOLF's car has been at our shop for about 4 business days...not months. We have had a Nissan and an Infiniti tech use the Consult II to assist with trouble shooting, and we are STILL IN THAT PROCESS.
We are NOT, nor to we plan to charge the customer for ANY of this trouble shooting, towing, overnight shipping, or experimentation. We have spent several hundred dollars of our own funds to find a solution to this issue. On occasion, a unique problem crops up, and it can time and resources to figure out the issue.
Wolf is a long standing customer of ours, and I understand his goals and desires for the car. He wanted something RELIABLE, and as OEM in fit and finish as possible. To this end, we performed proven and safe modifications to his car. But cars are not perfectly uniform, and we are not perfect either. What we ARE, is a high quality operation, that stands behind our work. This is the reason we are not charging Wolf for any of this, and even gave him a loaner car to drive around in, while we figure this out.
Wolf, in regards to SGP, they are a great shop no doubt. Probably the best shop in central part of the USA. But it is very easy for a shop to have a "can do attitude" when they havent seen the problem, and they are commenting on the work of another shop.
If you would like us to ship the car to SGP, I will do so at our expense. But somehow, I dont think you will be happy with that either. It is easy to vent on the boards, and I share your frustration, but we have been extremely gratious and fair with you, and I would expect the same from my customers.
Wolf, I think you are leaving out some key information, and I would like to clarify a few things here.
1) Wolf's car has not been here for "months". We completed his JWT kit install and several other mods in about 3 weeks, including 1.5 weeks of wait time as a result of ground shipping on the VB. The car was delivered on time, and Wolf was always informed of status.
2) When Wolf informed us of the shifting hesisation, he brought the car back, and we drove it together...definately not right in auto mode, based on our 20+ VB's that we have sold or installationed. The feedback on our VB's has been consistently positive, and until this situation, we have not heard one bad thing about our VB's.
3) We agreed to remove the VB, (at our expense), and ship it back to the trans shop (at our expense), for inspection. The technician replaced the springs, and said everything looked OK. They recently switched to a slightly different spring, so he decided to rule this out, by putting the older style spring in the VB.
4) The VB was reinstalled, and we drove the car...still having some shifting hesitations in D mode, but seems better in manual mode. Wolf drove the car home, and after driving it further, he said the issue still persisted.
5) I asked our trans shop to send us an OEM VB, and he shipped it overnight (at our expense), and the next day, Wolf came in and we swaped in the OEM VB. At this point, there was no throttle control at all. We did TCM initializiation, and still nothing. So we then put the orginal VB back in his car, and still no throttle control
At this point, I realized we needed to do some further trouble shooting, so I sent Wolf home with a Sandy's Lexus as a free loaner. (Wolf still has this car now..and I am happy to do this).
The point I would like to make to everyone, is that we do stand behind our work, but since this new issue occured, WOLF's car has been at our shop for about 4 business days...not months. We have had a Nissan and an Infiniti tech use the Consult II to assist with trouble shooting, and we are STILL IN THAT PROCESS.
We are NOT, nor to we plan to charge the customer for ANY of this trouble shooting, towing, overnight shipping, or experimentation. We have spent several hundred dollars of our own funds to find a solution to this issue. On occasion, a unique problem crops up, and it can time and resources to figure out the issue.
Wolf is a long standing customer of ours, and I understand his goals and desires for the car. He wanted something RELIABLE, and as OEM in fit and finish as possible. To this end, we performed proven and safe modifications to his car. But cars are not perfectly uniform, and we are not perfect either. What we ARE, is a high quality operation, that stands behind our work. This is the reason we are not charging Wolf for any of this, and even gave him a loaner car to drive around in, while we figure this out.
Wolf, in regards to SGP, they are a great shop no doubt. Probably the best shop in central part of the USA. But it is very easy for a shop to have a "can do attitude" when they havent seen the problem, and they are commenting on the work of another shop.
If you would like us to ship the car to SGP, I will do so at our expense. But somehow, I dont think you will be happy with that either. It is easy to vent on the boards, and I share your frustration, but we have been extremely gratious and fair with you, and I would expect the same from my customers.
Originally Posted by Chrlesmd
There are always two sides to a story...and there's definately something to be said for customer service.
Well, after a lot of trouble shooting, and back and forth....the "unthinkable" was actually the issue. In this business, we will occasionally run into a unique issue that stumps us.
Although we had TWO valve bodies that showed the "no throttle control" symptom, we got some very nice help from a local Infiniti dealer...that suggested we replace the VB again.
Of course, the chances of having TWO bad VB's is nearly impossible...guess what...the third VB actually WORKED!! And the car seems to be shifting very very nicely now....100% bone stock VB at about 330whp on our Dyno Dynamics.
Wolf has been driving the car for a few days, so hopefully he will report back that everything is OK. I am still keeping my fingers crossed on this one!
Although we had TWO valve bodies that showed the "no throttle control" symptom, we got some very nice help from a local Infiniti dealer...that suggested we replace the VB again.
Of course, the chances of having TWO bad VB's is nearly impossible...guess what...the third VB actually WORKED!! And the car seems to be shifting very very nicely now....100% bone stock VB at about 330whp on our Dyno Dynamics.
Wolf has been driving the car for a few days, so hopefully he will report back that everything is OK. I am still keeping my fingers crossed on this one!