VFAQ for hondas...
 

Does anyone know if a site like VFAQ exists for honda/acuras? Im trying to help my buddy fix the work that this stupid hack job shop did to his car.

Heres the story on his car....
He has a Turbo B20 Vtec 1990 Acura Integra.
A couple months ago he took his car to this shop for an engine swap and when it got back i took one look at it and almost cried, there were 3 t's off of the boost controller line, there was wires twisted together with electrical tape and it just looked totally thrown together.
Well he took it back a second time to get cams in, so he gets those in and drives it to my place, we open the hood and i see the the valve cover has a little smoke coming out of the tube off of that.
Turns out he now has blow by. Time for a new block AGAIN.
So he takes it in and they replace the block, it took them just a week and a half to get it done, and he decides to have them install a fuel pump and change it over to OBD1. On his way to get the car he got pulled over and turned out he had a warrent out because of an unpaid Suspended license ticket from 4 years ago. The judge didnt like him so he sent him to jail for 180 days which all he had to serve was 30% and got out yesterday. WOO HOO.
Well the first thing on his mind was "I want my baby back" So he goes to this shop that has been a total hack job from the start to pick up his car to find the following wrong with it:
First off, Theres no hood, The shop owner loaned it to a friend of his to use for a while.
Secondly, the whole car is a mess, the ECU is laying on the passenger side floor with various wires spliced.
The speedometer and other guages do not work.
Aftermarket Oil pressure and EGT guage are not hooked up (they were before he took it there.)
Manual boost controller is missing.
FMU is broken. (was working before he got there)
Fuel Pump is not installed
Still OBD0
His brand new Vtec valve cover is dirty as hell.
The check engine light is constantly on.
The car is dirty as hell and everthing is hacked up, there is a dent in the drivers side that is causing the drivers door to rub against the quarter panel.

They have had the car for over 3 months, I feel like going to that shop and beating some ass.
So anyways, needless to say i am trying to get my friend to never bring his car there again, but the only thing that makes him want to go there is that he is doing a refinance loan on the owners house, so he doesnt want to burn that bridge. I told him to go there, get the harness, Fuel pump, E-Manage and the rest of the parts that were left there and bring them back and we will completly go over this car and fix all of the hacked up shit they did.
But it would be really nice to have a source like VFAQ for hondas?

Re: VFAQ for hondas...
 

Man, when will he learn? if a shop does such a shyte job in the first place, why bring it back?

Anyways, I don't know of a vfaq for honda stuff, sorry.

Re: VFAQ for hondas...
 

www.honda-tech.com

search, everything has been covered there at least once.

Re: VFAQ for hondas...
 

Take them to court, sounds like you would have a major case...

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As soon as he gets the parts he is owed, and as soon as this guys loan goes through he wont be seeing that guy ever again. He would just say fuck em, but the loan will put $12,000 in my buddies pocket.

Re: VFAQ for hondas...
 

Hey. Go to www.team-integra.net. Im a member on there also. Errr.. I use to have an integra. But I still go on there every once in a while. It's a really helpful site. And they have a section just like vfaq.

Re: VFAQ for hondas...
 

If they did all that shit to me i would for sure take them to court, what kind of a shop twists and tapes wires?

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Yea. Take them to court. And make sure you spread the word around, so nobody goes to their shop.

Re: VFAQ for hondas...
 

hands down. Most likely you wont find something that hasnt been addressed. Lost of BS to wade thru, but you'll find your answer.

but wow, that shop sounds really really shady. I would make them pay for everything that was broken and/or removed, and never take it there again.