Subject: SD> SoCal SDAC - TU Dyno Tour 2005
I'll be heading down there myself.
Anyone have an address of the meet up spot at the Applebee's?
I don't know the area at all. Also, where's everyone staying in the way of
hotels?
Any good deals? Anyone got a couch? ;)
The "TU Dyno Tour" (as subject line states)
*Chris Pauluk
Subject: Re: SD> SoCal SDAC - TU Dyno Tour 2005
In a message dated 1/17/2005 9:09:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ok but one problem, the first Thursday of Feb. is actually the
3rd...??? So why are we saying the 10th? Is there something out of the
ordinary happening on the second week of Feb.?
<snip>
It kinda sucks that the Tech Session is on Thursday. I'd like to see it, but,
I'm sure I'll miss it because of work. It'd be a killer to work Thursday,
drive 4 1/2 hours to Los Angeles from Fresno, attend the Tech Session, drive
back 4 1/2 hours, and then go back to work on Friday. Of course, if you live
in L.A., you've got it made.
<snip>
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:44:52 -0600
From: "Jason Arroyo"
Subject: RE: SD> SoCal SDAC - TU Dyno Tour 2005
Well, actually zero, and to be honest it's not a true rebuild. It was
built by a guy named Jim down here, back in 2000. He used to have a shop
in Upland called K.A.R. I think it's gone out of business now so I will
just tell you he did me a number when my girlfriend asked him why he was
taking so long. Got upset and a couple days later the engine was
suddenly "done". I didn't drive it much before I had bearing slap. He
had me fooled into thinking it was the JE pistons I put in. Back then I
didn't know hardly anything at all. Anyways by the time I realized what
he did the shop was nowhere to be found.
<snip>
I remember back in 1995 when the SoCal SDAC had an event in Las Vegas. I
remember seeing flyers in the goodie back for K.A.R. I also remember hearing
praises about his work.
Then, few years ago, one of my friends on this list told me about how long it
took to get his car back, how his car was left outside, not in the shop as per
agreement, etc. I'll leave him nameless unless he wants to speak for himself.
Sounds like a pattern for this Jim fellow. With sloppy workmanship like that,
it's no wonder that the shop shut down.
<snip>
FFW to '04, I know this good machine shop and general mechanic guy, very
precise, takes forever but honest to a fault. Known him for a number of
years now, in fact after SD's I got into DSM and he did a lot of work
for me. So he took it (Shelby engine) apart. It only had 2,500 miles on
it. So the JE pistons looked better than good. We just hit the bores a
tad to unglaze them. We found out that the crankshaft was way
overground, and Jim had shoehorned in a bearing. Jim charged me a lot to
knife the crank, too. Whatever, live and learn right?
Well John from this list sold me a replacement crank and it's been
turned and installed with new bearings (after balancing of course). Jim
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