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Orange County Diesel in Hunignton Beach we'll se how they treat me on fixing what ever blew maybe they threw in the extra cheese on the last invoice to cover future repairs.. Yeah,k I know, "I'm Dreaming"
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Well, I feel bad for you. They certainly charged you top dollar, but I'm sure you can get it all fixed up at another shop.
FWIW there is a guy on here (actually lives close to me) that is making something like 1200hp to the wheels... He owns a shop. I raced him once on the freeway in my Hemi it was scary fast and my Hemi wasn't a slouch.
FWIW there is a guy on here (actually lives close to me) that is making something like 1200hp to the wheels... He owns a shop. I raced him once on the freeway in my Hemi it was scary fast and my Hemi wasn't a slouch.
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If someone gave me a bill for $47k usd and that didn't include a tranny or any turbo and they told you it would make 11sec....I either walk away and give them the truck and let them sue you for the money or sue them for fraud and negligence....and I don't sue.... 10k internal engine mods+ 15k for big fuel and big twins gives you an 1000hp engine, another 10k gives you a fully built billet tranny with a bomb proof drive line, and front locker. Holy Crap....even Gale Banks would feel guilty about taking that much money from ya.
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I'm new and excited about the diesel world and love the horse power I can get out of these amazing trucks. I have a 2004 Dodge 3500 and it was basicaly stock except a camper shell and air bags when I picked it up from a dealer in Irvine with about 10k miles on it 6 months ago. After whatching some videos on the internet of some serious dodges running into the 11's in the 1/4 I decided that is what I want. I searched out a compnay in Orange county that said they could do it. So I took my truck to OC diesel in Hunington Beach Ca. I was origanly quoted about 20k do to some pretty serious mods including a turbo ,wastegate, intercooler, cp3 pump, injectors, Chip,basicaly everything except the tranny to make some serious HP. I took my truck in and about a month went by and I decided to do some additional mods, like a lift and tires, stacks and I guess a more aggressive cp3 and turbo. Whelp I get a estimate for and additional 40g's and obvioulsy I about died. We got the price down to about 47k without the turbo or trans so I couldnt even use the HP. I had the truck for a week and it's back at the shop beacue it got super hot and broke. I'm not sure of the new damage but is this what I should expect?
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Dude,
I feel really bad for you, i hope you can recoop some money from them cause they certainly didn't do you right. Did you pay them? If so and they dont' deliver on what was agreed upon you might just have a case and for $47K it's worth taking it to court, in my opinion.
Good luck!!
I feel really bad for you, i hope you can recoop some money from them cause they certainly didn't do you right. Did you pay them? If so and they dont' deliver on what was agreed upon you might just have a case and for $47K it's worth taking it to court, in my opinion.
Good luck!!
I would like to call this shop on two different occasions. The first time I will call and appear as my normal self, well informed on the cost of parts and labor. Then I will wait a week or two and call back and tell them I just bought a new truck and I have no clue about diesels, no clue how much it costs and I just know they are expensive...etc....see if the prices go way up with the uninformed diesel owner....then I will see how much integrity they have.
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gOOD pOINT
7000 for a turbo and 10k for a tranny??
Tell ya what... give me 5k for the turbo and..
just kidding... You can get the highest priced ATS tranny, which is possibly the highest priced built tranny, installed by a good shop for less than 7k and average good turbo is about 1500 give or take depending on what you want/get.
The best thing you can get for your money right now? Education about your truck... a lot of that you can get here for free (priceless)
Tell ya what... give me 5k for the turbo
and..just kidding... You can get the highest priced ATS tranny, which is possibly the highest priced built tranny, installed by a good shop for less than 7k and average good turbo is about 1500 give or take depending on what you want/get.
The best thing you can get for your money right now? Education about your truck... a lot of that you can get here for free (priceless)
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I am sorry to hear your story and really hate that people take advantage of other people in that way. I hope you get your money's worth out of that shop. I feel sure that you have already gotten some very good advise here and if you stick around I am sure these guys here will get you pointed in the right direction to get your "11 Second Truck" that you started out wanting.
Best of luck!
Best of luck!