What's the dumbest thing a shop/dealership has ever told you?
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My personal favorites are:
5. you can put a corvette Servo in Your trans??(a tech asked me that one time)
4. @148000 they wanted my warranty info when all i went in to do is to buy intake gaskets.
3. I went in one time to look at an SS Silvy and the salseman proceeded to tell me that they can get one in a rcsb for $1000.00 more
2. A service Tech told me that a LS6 camshaft wouldn't fit in my engine.
and my personal favorite:
1. A tech told me that the 6.0 that i wanted to install in my Truck would slow me down. The 4.8 with no mods is Faster and i will drop to 19's in the 1/4 mile
5. you can put a corvette Servo in Your trans??(a tech asked me that one time)
4. @148000 they wanted my warranty info when all i went in to do is to buy intake gaskets.
3. I went in one time to look at an SS Silvy and the salseman proceeded to tell me that they can get one in a rcsb for $1000.00 more
2. A service Tech told me that a LS6 camshaft wouldn't fit in my engine.
and my personal favorite:
1. A tech told me that the 6.0 that i wanted to install in my Truck would slow me down. The 4.8 with no mods is Faster and i will drop to 19's in the 1/4 mile
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When i was trying to find my truck i had a dealer try to talk me into getting a 4.8 cause they had it on the lot.I ended up waiting till they found a 5.3 like i wanted but his arguement was that the 4.8 would get better gas mileage even though it's an extended cab heavy *** truck and that the 4.8 only makes 5 less horsepower.
I told him yeah it might make 5 less horsepower but the torque is a decent bit lower and the power under the curve is alot lower than a 5.3
His response son 5 horsepower is 5 horsepower if it were me i'd just get the smaller motor and get better gas mileage cause if ya plan on doin stuff to it your gonna void your warrenty.So why not get the better engine since you have 35,000 miles that you can't touch the truck.
I laughed said no thanks. They found me one the next day.
I started to mod it the second day i had it lol.
I told him yeah it might make 5 less horsepower but the torque is a decent bit lower and the power under the curve is alot lower than a 5.3
His response son 5 horsepower is 5 horsepower if it were me i'd just get the smaller motor and get better gas mileage cause if ya plan on doin stuff to it your gonna void your warrenty.So why not get the better engine since you have 35,000 miles that you can't touch the truck.
I laughed said no thanks. They found me one the next day.
I started to mod it the second day i had it lol.
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That the Corvette Servo wouldnt fit in my trans.... i just laughed and asked how much it was... after i explained what it was and i had to find it in the drawings on the computer..
this aint a dealership,, it was a guy at the local short drag. His hypertech would put out more power in his F-150 and beat me, than "that Laptop stuff" you have in your truck. yea and he was only running .8 sec slower than me.... at 580' i had a 8.2sec to his 9 flat... yea thats one bad hypertech aint it? he left after that race.
this aint a dealership,, it was a guy at the local short drag. His hypertech would put out more power in his F-150 and beat me, than "that Laptop stuff" you have in your truck. yea and he was only running .8 sec slower than me.... at 580' i had a 8.2sec to his 9 flat... yea thats one bad hypertech aint it? he left after that race.
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Originally Posted by onebadrubi
gtosilverado im not takin up for jesse. But oil on the MAF will cause some false readings and make the truck run "awkward", ive done it.
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when i droped my truck off at the dealer last week bec i was having problems with my light. the guy said "this won't be waranty work" i said "i know this truck hasn't had a waranty since i bought it" he said, "well the paint was shiney"