Not Having A Good Experience With A Rotary Shop
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Originally Posted by 94touring' date='Jan 15 2005, 10:56 AM
same here
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Originally Posted by Shane.Trammell' date='Jan 15 2005, 10:28 AM
yes, he did. its down on the 7th or 8th line.
the guys shop which is "commander service center" owned and opereated by james commander. in ft pierce fl
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Originally Posted by 94touring' date='Jan 15 2005, 08:56 AM
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I have not heard 1 single good think about James Commander, ever.
If you want the car fixed you need to contact J.R. at Just Racing Fabrications. 343-0510 He's the best that i've ever met with rotaries and solving problems but he doesn't work for free. Get what you can back out of Commanders and take it there.
As a side note, Commander goes to JR when he needs something figured out as well.
If you want the car fixed you need to contact J.R. at Just Racing Fabrications. 343-0510 He's the best that i've ever met with rotaries and solving problems but he doesn't work for free. Get what you can back out of Commanders and take it there.
As a side note, Commander goes to JR when he needs something figured out as well.
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Sorry about the long indecipherable paragraph, i had just got home from picking up my car and getting blamed for everything that went wrong in the car. i was just overly pissed and needed to vent sorry.
thanks ill save some cash and go see JR.
for those who are lost on what i wrote ill make it real simple
1) bought car november 2003
2) bought parts car had motor put in my car ran great (jan 2004)
3) decided to make it faster and had emissions and unneeded parts removed
he accidently removed the OMP and the car started going into limp mode for a week (feb or march 2004)
4) took it back he put the OMp back on and it ran fine for a little over a month and the motor blew due to not having any oil injection (and not knowing anything about and if i was suppose to premix etc. etc. and from what i gather neither does he or i would have been told) (june 2004)
5) bought a S4 T2 didnt like the car and had a full conversion proformed to my S5 and it wouldnt boost past 5psi and wouldnt start propperly (july 2004)
6) bought some new stuff to fix problem bigger turbo new manafold bov and wastegate (july-september)
7) traded every rotary part (turbo) i owned or accumulated (to help the guy out of a bind) for a rebuilt bridge ported motor intake and other accessories put in car (september 2004 - jan 2005)
8) drove it to town 3 times barely running and the motor blew (jan 2005)
first thing i had him do took 4 weeks
the second took 5 weeks
third new motor took basicly 7 weeks and still no car with a few months there sitting in the back yard
i have close to 9k invested in my car and i still cant drive it and i havent had anything to drive since the hurricanes last year
but im finally gettign a truck next week so the car sitting wont be as bad on me now then i can save to take it somewhere else
thanks ill save some cash and go see JR.
for those who are lost on what i wrote ill make it real simple
1) bought car november 2003
2) bought parts car had motor put in my car ran great (jan 2004)
3) decided to make it faster and had emissions and unneeded parts removed
he accidently removed the OMP and the car started going into limp mode for a week (feb or march 2004)
4) took it back he put the OMp back on and it ran fine for a little over a month and the motor blew due to not having any oil injection (and not knowing anything about and if i was suppose to premix etc. etc. and from what i gather neither does he or i would have been told) (june 2004)
5) bought a S4 T2 didnt like the car and had a full conversion proformed to my S5 and it wouldnt boost past 5psi and wouldnt start propperly (july 2004)
6) bought some new stuff to fix problem bigger turbo new manafold bov and wastegate (july-september)
7) traded every rotary part (turbo) i owned or accumulated (to help the guy out of a bind) for a rebuilt bridge ported motor intake and other accessories put in car (september 2004 - jan 2005)
8) drove it to town 3 times barely running and the motor blew (jan 2005)
first thing i had him do took 4 weeks
the second took 5 weeks
third new motor took basicly 7 weeks and still no car with a few months there sitting in the back yard
i have close to 9k invested in my car and i still cant drive it and i havent had anything to drive since the hurricanes last year
but im finally gettign a truck next week so the car sitting wont be as bad on me now then i can save to take it somewhere else
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Originally Posted by throw_sparx' date='Jan 21 2005, 11:59 PM
Sorry about the long indecipherable paragraph, i had just got home from picking up my car and getting blamed for everything that went wrong in the car. i was just overly pissed and needed to vent sorry.
thanks ill save some cash and go see JR.
for those who are lost on what i wrote ill make it real simple
1) bought car november 2003
2) bought parts car had motor put in my car ran great (jan 2004)
3) decided to make it faster and had emissions and unneeded parts removed
he accidently removed the OMP and the car started going into limp mode for a week (feb or march 2004)
4) took it back he put the OMp back on and it ran fine for a little over a month and the motor blew due to not having any oil injection (and not knowing anything about and if i was suppose to premix etc. etc. and from what i gather neither does he or i would have been told) (june 2004)
5) bought a S4 T2 didnt like the car and had a full conversion proformed to my S5 and it wouldnt boost past 5psi and wouldnt start propperly (july 2004)
6) bought some new stuff to fix problem bigger turbo new manafold bov and wastegate (july-september)
7) traded every rotary part (turbo) i owned or accumulated (to help the guy out of a bind) for a rebuilt bridge ported motor intake and other accessories put in car (september 2004 - jan 2005)
8) drove it to town 3 times barely running and the motor blew (jan 2005)
first thing i had him do took 4 weeks
the second took 5 weeks
third new motor took basicly 7 weeks and still no car with a few months there sitting in the back yard
i have close to 9k invested in my car and i still cant drive it and i havent had anything to drive since the hurricanes last year
but im finally gettign a truck next week so the car sitting wont be as bad on me now then i can save to take it somewhere else
thanks ill save some cash and go see JR.
for those who are lost on what i wrote ill make it real simple
1) bought car november 2003
2) bought parts car had motor put in my car ran great (jan 2004)
3) decided to make it faster and had emissions and unneeded parts removed
he accidently removed the OMP and the car started going into limp mode for a week (feb or march 2004)
4) took it back he put the OMp back on and it ran fine for a little over a month and the motor blew due to not having any oil injection (and not knowing anything about and if i was suppose to premix etc. etc. and from what i gather neither does he or i would have been told) (june 2004)
5) bought a S4 T2 didnt like the car and had a full conversion proformed to my S5 and it wouldnt boost past 5psi and wouldnt start propperly (july 2004)
6) bought some new stuff to fix problem bigger turbo new manafold bov and wastegate (july-september)
7) traded every rotary part (turbo) i owned or accumulated (to help the guy out of a bind) for a rebuilt bridge ported motor intake and other accessories put in car (september 2004 - jan 2005)
8) drove it to town 3 times barely running and the motor blew (jan 2005)
first thing i had him do took 4 weeks
the second took 5 weeks
third new motor took basicly 7 weeks and still no car with a few months there sitting in the back yard
i have close to 9k invested in my car and i still cant drive it and i havent had anything to drive since the hurricanes last year
but im finally gettign a truck next week so the car sitting wont be as bad on me now then i can save to take it somewhere else
there's a lot of competant second gens running around town here, so when you get your car back in running shape pm me, or post something up in south east and we'll all have to meet up.
I wish i had more help for you than to just to recommend jr., but once he's done work for you, you pretty much refuse for anyone else to even look at the car.