96 Teg, Hondabuilder and whoever owned b4

[psycho_freke]

PLEASE LOCK THIS THREAD!



I bought a '96 DB8 GSR from Hondabuilder (Chris Young) about 6 months ago, and would like to make it known that somewhere along the line, whether it be Chris, or the guy he bought it from, the engine was removed from the car and was put back together very shotty. I've put a little work into the car and it's getting better, but so far it still needs a lot of work. The rear motor mount was missing the bolt to the engine!!! All of the ball joints were missing the cotter pins, and I found several other misc. bolts missing. The car had a header that was nearly cracked in two that I didn't know about when I bought the car, and I put almost $800 in the exhaust alone! I don't know much about transmissions, so the guy that I had help me change the clutch, moved the shaft on the inside of the bell housing and said that the tranny sounded like it was going out. Nearly everybody I've spoken with on the forum says that they think I've got an LS tranny, however I'm unable to find the VIN plate on it to verify. I wish I could remember everything that I've found wrong with this car, but I can't. The thing didn't even have a PCV valve on it when I got it (causing the oil to spit all over the firewall). Where the brake lines come together at the firewall (there is some sort of a peice there that they come into, although I'm not certain what it's called) is leaking brake fluid. The brake lines under the car are rusted and could go anytime. The VTEC solenoid's spool valve filter assembly is leaking oil everywhere and I was not notified of ANY of these problems when I bought the car. The alignment is so far gone that both front tires wear on the inside really bad, and when I bought the car, Chris said that there was no way that a car would wear tires like that and that itbe that someone who had the tires before must have had too large of tires on the vehicle causing them to rub on the inside, playing it off and then putting a used set of tires on the front to make it look like everything was okay. 5 months later, I looked at the tires, and they looked just like the old ones that Chris took off. Almost every motor mount and bushing in the car is GONE! I don't know who exactly is to blame for all of this shotty workmanship, but to whoever it was There is no way any decent mechanic would miss all of this ****. I know Chris only had the car for a month, so I don't know how much of this he may or may not be to blame for, however, he should have noticed at the very least that the bolt was missing from the rear motor mount! I should hope whoever sold this ragged out crap like this that I'm spending so much money on will step up and admit their wrong doing. I feel a little ripped off at this point and would like to know who exactly is to blame!