My experience with TrueStreet

[91GriggsGT]

All of that stuff should be present, as I don't think you can do it any other way unless the engine is 0 balanced. I have seen, on more than one occasion, where a shop said an engine was balanced and never had a balancer or flexplate with the rotating assembly. Stock crank and rods would be fairly obvious if it's been balanced, or attempted to. I have seen many times where someone has sold a 'balanced' shortblock with no balancer or flexplate because they put those parts on their 'new setup'. In zero balance applications this isn' too bad of a deal, but on a 28/50 oz, it's not truly 'balanced', but likely much better than stock (stock acceptable tolerances are shit).

I've said it many times before, we (shops) all do things differently, and just because I say or do things a certain way, doesn't mean Clint does them the same.



I havent seen any steel flywheels that use non-stepped pins, that might be something exclusive to Fidanza, or aluminum?

Ok. Makes sense. Mine is aluminum.

And 100% agree on the balancing as well. For a proper balance, you gotta haul all that shit in to the machine shop, and the pressure plate wouldn't hurt either.

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It seems you are accusing a whole lot for someone who is assuming a whole lot while your understanding grows.

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[91GriggsGT]

like a champ, and when i took it back to them for the vibration and they swapped balancers and then swapped them back and they told me it was the shortblocck, which it wasnt, it ran like a champ again. the vibration came and went. it wasnt constant and it wasnt all the time but when it was there, it was more than noticable


in the red sent right after i picked it up the second time. doesnt seem like a internal balance issue

It ran like a champ right when you picked it up, then developed a vibration. And you also continued to drive it.

Now, after another shop did all this work, it runs like a champ again right?

How many miles do you have on everything after the second shop did work?

[snacksnack]

If this is true and the clutch/pressure plate and flywheel were riding on bolts alone, and it was moving so much that it caused the alternator, power steering pump ect to almost fall off the car. There would be a horrific metal on metal sound like parts are bout to fly

How does this shake all the parts off the motor but no damage to clutch, pressure plate or fly wheel.

Sorry but it does not add up.......

then what does at this point (understanding you don't have your hands on it)

[Blackpony]

so you see that this motor hasnt been rebuilt and im sure some whiz kids on here can figure out when and where that picture was taken, so if i bring my car to ya'll and there is no vibration, will clint make it right?

I am going to put my outsider hat on and reply to this from someone that has 0 to do with the situation.

IMO the car should have been brought to us and a chance give to us to make it right. If we were to remove the engine, completely tear it apart and find 0 issues. We would have put it back together, and reinstalled it for FREE!!! Fucking someone over would be to charge them for this when you were wrong on your diagnosis. WE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS!! But instead the car was brought to us once, the balancer was swapped to see if it would help (btw this work was not done by me just to be clear)

Keeping my outside hat on, it makes no sense to me that after a couple of months driving the car, that the vibration would appear and missing dowels be the cause. If that were the case, then it would vibrate from the word go. Also if this were the case then the bolts would have been loose/falling out and a tremendious noise would be apparent and the clutch would not work correctly, as it obivously did or you would have complained about it.. Am i right?


Also in the previous thread, i asked if you had cut open the oil filter. there was never once a response to this. That was me being a nice guy trying to help you out. If glitter would have been present then i would say stop driving it, as major damage could occur. But for some reason you have not done this.. any reason why?

[TEAMJACOB]

It ran like a champ right when you picked it up, then developed a vibration. And you also continued to drive it.

Now, after another shop did all this work, it runs like a champ again right?

How many miles do you have on everything after the second shop did work?

the vibration wouldnt make itself present until around 3500 to 4000. after consulting with truestreet, they said it should be fine if im not getting into the rpm band where it vibrates. so i limped it to work and back like a little ol' lady driving. if they jotted my mileage down, they are welcome to cross reference it to see what type of miles it has on it. yes it runs great all over again and i have about 400 to 500 miles on it. the times the vibration came in to play with truestreet i would say it happened within 50 to 75 miles but ill say 100 to be safe.

[snacksnack]

And what was the verdict on the powder coating? While minor it does speak alot about integrity?

[lowthreeohz]

And what was the verdict on the powder coating? While minor it does speak alot about integrity?

right? why is that constantly being omitted?

[TEAMJACOB]

I am going to put my outsider hat on and reply to this from someone that has 0 to do with the situation.

IMO the car should have been brought to us and a chance give to us to make it right. If we were to remove the engine, completely tear it apart and find 0 issues. We would have put it back together, and reinstalled it for FREE!!! Fucking someone over would be to charge them for this when you were wrong on your diagnosis. WE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS!! But instead the car was brought to us once, the balancer was swapped to see if it would help (btw this work was not done by me just to be clear)

Keeping my outside hat on, it makes no sense to me that after a couple of months driving the car, that the vibration would appear and missing dowels be the cause. If that were the case, then it would vibrate from the word go. Also if this were the case then the bolts would have been loose/falling out and a tremendious noise would be apparent and the clutch would not work correctly, as it obivously did or you would have complained about it.. Am i right?


Also in the previous thread, i asked if you had cut open the oil filter. there was never once a response to this. That was me being a nice guy trying to help you out. If glitter would have been present then i would say stop driving it, as major damage could occur. But for some reason you have not done this.. any reason why?

toby, i think you have tried to help some. the filter was cut open any way just to make sure and it was fine. no mention of it for the same reason i havent post all the receipts and numerous other pms. to try to keep it simple to follow.
lets be clear on this. the vibration did not come into play several months later. it was about 3 weeks time and if you can recall i had a bad battery that needed replacing that prevented me from driving it for the majority of this time. it came into play the 3rd time i drove it if it helps, i can post my bank statement right now of when i paid you guys(picked it up a few days later i believe) and i can post the receipt where i had to buy the fan, belt, tension and fix my car because this is when the vibration set it and chunked the fan

[mustang1200]

And what was the verdict on the powder coating? While minor it does speak alot about integrity?

right? why is that constantly being omitted?

The full story wasn't told on that. That's why neither party seems to care about that.

[TEAMJACOB]

And what was the verdict on the powder coating? While minor it does speak alot about integrity?

right? why is that constantly being omitted?

i made up the recording, the invoice, then swapped my powersteering bracket with a stock one, painted it and then fucked it up to rip off truestreet

[TEAMJACOB]

The full story wasn't told on that. That's why neither party seems to care about that.

i didnt care when trying to fix a car that has a vibration, and personally not sweating it too much. only brought it up to bring perspective.

guys look at the amount of stuff i have provided and what i have offered to provide. if truestreet feels so strongly that they are right, show me something other than an opinion that shows me other wise

[snacksnack]

The full story wasn't told on that. That's why neither party seems to care about that.

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[TrueStreetMotorSports.com]

And what was the verdict on the powder coating? While minor it does speak alot about integrity?

right? why is that constantly being omitted?

Power coating was asked to be done on a few parts. As all projects come to a close customer ran out of money and asked us to paint instead to help cut cost were we could.