3 Weeks, 2 Engines, 1 Dezod S1, and $10,000 later
02-15-2008, 07:24 AM
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[quote="Simplyscion"]
im new to the whole turbo scion thing, but noone here has ZPI parts i hope
u misquoted me, that was anurok's statement about not knowing anything about zpi....I know everything about the whole zpi situation and then some...hell,I gave them such hell over the past 3 years on these boards that Im sure me, Munch and a few other OG members on this board were the topic of conversation at that ZPI shop more than Kenny could count with his elementary level brain. 
ZPI probly has a vodoo doll with my name on it lol
I tried warning people from day one about zpi and whats funny is half the truth hasnt even been released about how bad of scammers they were. Between me, and a few other notable members on this board, Im sure we could write a novel about all the things thats werent even released to the public. Regarldess, it has nothing to do with the situation at hand and we can all be so thankfull that we have Dezod having our back when things like this happen. We all know the risks of putting a turbo kit on a vehicle. It is the innevitable that things will go wrong down the road and it is something you just hafta be prepared to deal with.
To the OP, I feel that you are in good hands with Joe at Dezod West
you have no idea, im from louisville. we gave him so much ____, he would have to move to zimbabwe before someone wouldnt know who he was and what ____ he produced. Kenny is ____ and is ____in horrible at tuning and building cars. he blew up more cars than i care to count. including my poor buddy jasons integra which kenny dyno tuned with a 14:1 air fuel ratio
Originally Posted by Moveover
Originally Posted by anurok
Originally Posted by Simplyscion
Agreed. I do not know anything about the whole ZPI situation that went down
ZPI probly has a vodoo doll with my name on it lol
I tried warning people from day one about zpi and whats funny is half the truth hasnt even been released about how bad of scammers they were. Between me, and a few other notable members on this board, Im sure we could write a novel about all the things thats werent even released to the public. Regarldess, it has nothing to do with the situation at hand and we can all be so thankfull that we have Dezod having our back when things like this happen. We all know the risks of putting a turbo kit on a vehicle. It is the innevitable that things will go wrong down the road and it is something you just hafta be prepared to deal with.
To the OP, I feel that you are in good hands with Joe at Dezod West
02-15-2008, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by kikcaffine
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haha, kindof contradicts the point of buying an affordably priced new car... doesn't it??
.02: go buy a used 93-99 civic and turbo a gsr/ls-vtec motor. it will probably be faster, and if it blows up again....at least you didnt spend too much $$$ on it.
sucks that your $17,000 investment went down the drain.
.02: go buy a used 93-99 civic and turbo a gsr/ls-vtec motor. it will probably be faster, and if it blows up again....at least you didnt spend too much $$$ on it.
sucks that your $17,000 investment went down the drain.
I've seen stupider people, but who's counting...
02-15-2008, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 2_much_tc
Originally Posted by SePaTc
its just funny because i was basically the original person (and one of the first thousand tc owners) to say beware of boosting the tc........
That's what I was going to comment on. I have been around since before there was a turbo kit for the tC's, and I sure as heck don't remember you being around then.
02-15-2008, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Soulquarian
It's almost like ZPI all over again.
(looks at tC and prays ZPI kit doesn't blow up spontaneously)
(looks at tC and prays ZPI kit doesn't blow up spontaneously)
Well, the original poster can be glad he didn't have a ZPI kit do this to your car. Otherwise you would have vultures all over it taking a dump in your thread. Funny after reading so many pages how the comments would be DRASTICALLY different had this been a guy who had a kit from the former ZPI.
02-15-2008, 07:24 PM
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[quote="Moveover"]
im new to the whole turbo scion thing, but noone here has ZPI parts i hope
u misquoted me, that was anurok's statement about not knowing anything about zpi....I know everything about the whole zpi situation and then some...hell,I gave them such hell over the past 3 years on these boards that Im sure me, Munch and a few other OG members on this board were the topic of conversation at that ZPI shop more than Kenny could count with his elementary level brain.
ZPI probly has a vodoo doll with my name on it lol
I tried warning people from day one about zpi and whats funny is half the truth hasnt even been released about how bad of scammers they were. Between me, and a few other notable members on this board, Im sure we could write a novel about all the things thats werent even released to the public. Regarldess, it has nothing to do with the situation at hand and we can all be so thankfull that we have Dezod having our back when things like this happen. We all know the risks of putting a turbo kit on a vehicle. It is the innevitable that things will go wrong down the road and it is something you just hafta be prepared to deal with.
To the OP, I feel that you are in good hands with Joe at Dezod West
you have no idea, im from louisville. we gave him so much poop, he would have to move to zimbabwe before someone wouldnt know who he was and what poop he produced. Kenny is poop and is flippin' horrible at tuning and building cars. he blew up more cars than i care to count. including my poor buddy jasons integra which kenny dyno tuned with a 14:1 air fuel ratio
Coming from the guy who thinks Kenny recently just got released from jail for Drug dealing.....
Originally Posted by Simplyscion
Originally Posted by Moveover
Originally Posted by anurok
Originally Posted by Simplyscion
Agreed. I do not know anything about the whole ZPI situation that went down
ZPI probly has a vodoo doll with my name on it lol
I tried warning people from day one about zpi and whats funny is half the truth hasnt even been released about how bad of scammers they were. Between me, and a few other notable members on this board, Im sure we could write a novel about all the things thats werent even released to the public. Regarldess, it has nothing to do with the situation at hand and we can all be so thankfull that we have Dezod having our back when things like this happen. We all know the risks of putting a turbo kit on a vehicle. It is the innevitable that things will go wrong down the road and it is something you just hafta be prepared to deal with.
To the OP, I feel that you are in good hands with Joe at Dezod West
Coming from the guy who thinks Kenny recently just got released from jail for Drug dealing.....
Originally Posted by Moveover
all of their shop cars are flippin' slow. zpi is junk if you woulda hung around louisville and went by some other shops and see what they thought about zpi, you prolly woulda left town before you even got near zpi. but congrats for buyin a turbo kit from a recently released drug dealer
02-15-2008, 07:43 PM
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There's way too pages to see if this has already been mentioned.
Did you happen to notice the boost gauge during the run to 4k rpm?
Is it possible the WG was faulty and you boosted too high for the engine?
I'm running 12 psi consistently and 14 psi at the track and when i feel the urge. I have not had any problems but, if you got a boost spike around 18+psi then I could see the rod going south.
Did you happen to notice the boost gauge during the run to 4k rpm?
Is it possible the WG was faulty and you boosted too high for the engine?
I'm running 12 psi consistently and 14 psi at the track and when i feel the urge. I have not had any problems but, if you got a boost spike around 18+psi then I could see the rod going south.
02-15-2008, 07:57 PM
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So, they don't know if the engine was faulty or the turbo kit/install/tune caused it....
Well, how did the car drive BEFORE putting the kit on? You had bolt-ons before right, so I assume you have been that way for a number of years.
You changed one variable and that was un-bolt the bolt-ons and installed the kit......and.....Kaboom.
Not a hard one to figure out people, but yall are so nuthugger friendly, the only explanation would be "it's a faulty engine"....Wow, I love the Double Standard that is ScionLife...
Well, how did the car drive BEFORE putting the kit on? You had bolt-ons before right, so I assume you have been that way for a number of years.
You changed one variable and that was un-bolt the bolt-ons and installed the kit......and.....Kaboom.
Not a hard one to figure out people, but yall are so nuthugger friendly, the only explanation would be "it's a faulty engine"....Wow, I love the Double Standard that is ScionLife...
02-15-2008, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rhythmnsmoke
Originally Posted by Soulquarian
It's almost like ZPI all over again.
(looks at tC and prays ZPI kit doesn't blow up spontaneously)
(looks at tC and prays ZPI kit doesn't blow up spontaneously)
Well, the original poster can be glad he didn't have a ZPI kit do this to your car. Otherwise you would have vultures all over it taking a dump in your thread. Funny after reading so many pages how the comments would be DRASTICALLY different had this been a guy who had a kit from the former ZPI.
02-15-2008, 08:09 PM
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my geuss would be mabey an oil line was blocked, or something like a bad leek caused a major drop in oil psi. that looks like alot of damage. i dont think it had anythig to do with a tune.
...on a side note, travis has a point. if this were kenny and zpi. almost everyone (myself included) would be flipping out. but i have a feeling that dezod will make thing right.
...on a side note, travis has a point. if this were kenny and zpi. almost everyone (myself included) would be flipping out. but i have a feeling that dezod will make thing right.
02-15-2008, 08:23 PM
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Right...I think the thing is...we have ALL seen pics of blown engines before, and I have NEVER seen one this bad.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
02-15-2008, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr_Meaty
Right...I think the thing is...we have ALL seen pics of blown engines before, and I have NEVER seen one this bad.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
02-15-2008, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Nu_ERA
Originally Posted by Mr_Meaty
Right...I think the thing is...we have ALL seen pics of blown engines before, and I have NEVER seen one this bad.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
02-15-2008, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by brett561tc
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Originally Posted by Mr_Meaty
Right...I think the thing is...we have ALL seen pics of blown engines before, and I have NEVER seen one this bad.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
What I'm saying is that no matter WHAT turbo he put on, and WHO tuned it, his motor was gonna blow cause there were some weaknesses in it to begin that were not stressed out by the bolt ons, but were stressed beyond their abilities with the turbo.
I hate to throw in the towel so I'll hit it hard as soon as I have the opportunity (cough* money cough*) Also the car pulled insanely hard and spun like crazy. I hit that point where I went overboard (dyno queen) and want to make it a 400hp streetable car. So here I am..... waiting to give it another shot.
02-16-2008, 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Simplyscion
yes, the dezod family are standup guys that are so involved in our community and its kind of obvious that they strive to continue to be the leaders in developing parts for the tC at exceptionally reasonalbe prices. They are always looking to help anyway possible. They are a completely sincere group of guys and to compare them to a company like ZPI is just ludacris and completely ignorant and so far from the truth. Lemme tell you something about Dezod...when I got into my car accident and totalled out my s/c tC more than a year ago, Paul out of nowhere sent me a get well card to my house. Name one company as rocking and busy as them that will go out of there way to do such a thing for their customers. You all should be ashamed of yourselfs for even remotely trying to place dezod on any level near the lowlife Kenny Strickler and his group of loyal con artists that used to go by the name of ZPI. Im disgusted by some of the things that I am reading in this thread. Joe thank you for your side of the story as it makes all the sense in the world. Keep up the good work Dezod. Ya know, its funny, all these people comparing dezod to zpi havent evne dealt with dezod in the past 
Well said!
02-16-2008, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by rhythmnsmoke
Originally Posted by Soulquarian
It's almost like ZPI all over again.
(looks at tC and prays ZPI kit doesn't blow up spontaneously)
(looks at tC and prays ZPI kit doesn't blow up spontaneously)
Well, the original poster can be glad he didn't have a ZPI kit do this to your car. Otherwise you would have vultures all over it taking a dump in your thread. Funny after reading so many pages how the comments would be DRASTICALLY different had this been a guy who had a kit from the former ZPI.
I had to say it.lol
02-16-2008, 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by rhythmnsmoke
Not a hard one to figure out people, but yall are so nuthugger friendly, the only explanation would be "it's a faulty engine"....Wow, I love the Double Standard that is ScionLife...
With all that said I also know how it is for the motor to go BOOM on a dyno.
BTW, I spent my thousands of dollars to have the right to blame everything on ZPI so...
02-16-2008, 03:51 AM
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etsnet... I can gurantee you he didnt get it on too much and then it blew. I was driving next to him in my auto tC with a stock header and stock intake and stock exhaust and I was pulling ahead of him when it blew. So theres no way he got on it at all.
02-16-2008, 05:42 AM
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Rythm you like to instigate things and stir things up dont you?
This whole thing has been settled and this is all getting taken care of. People get on ZPI's case because of how they treated their customers. People defend us because of how we handle our customers.
"Double standards" - As if we're the same as ZPI and should be compared to them equally when one has a problem? You've got to be joking me.
Let it go. We're not screwing over the customer, he's not mad at us, things are getting resolved. We don't abandon anything and it seems as though you want to stir things up with me and Paul, or Dezod as a whole from time to time just to nit pick. I know you aren't a fan of Dezod but the instigation does not have to exist.
This whole thing has been settled and this is all getting taken care of. People get on ZPI's case because of how they treated their customers. People defend us because of how we handle our customers.
"Double standards" - As if we're the same as ZPI and should be compared to them equally when one has a problem? You've got to be joking me.
Let it go. We're not screwing over the customer, he's not mad at us, things are getting resolved. We don't abandon anything and it seems as though you want to stir things up with me and Paul, or Dezod as a whole from time to time just to nit pick. I know you aren't a fan of Dezod but the instigation does not have to exist.