I know the story on the motor that he bought and had put in. It was a screwed up deal, to say the least. It involves quite a few people, lawsuits, and general stupidity as far as I'm concerned.

 

Pointless lawsuits are stupid. A lawsuit over a $5500 for a motor that did not have the porting and parts inside of it suppose to have is a different matter.

I know he sued everybody who had a hand in or on the motor,but he had too in order to be able to hold the manufacturer responable. You can thank our Court System for that. The only thing the other people lost was time and maybe a little money. I don't think anybody would have lost more than time if they had been willing to go to Court in the first place.

I know one person response to the whole situation when he was asked his stance about going to court was" So it not my problem"

What would you do if you spent $5500 for a motor (we will not talk about installing or other cost just the motor) and it was not what you was told you were buying?

I would do the same or alot worse.

 

Let's hear the entire story...sounds interesting. Maybe he'll chime in with it.

Chad

 

D@mn transmission shop still has my f###ing Transmission!

Their goes my whole weekend of wrenching and racing, I am now just a spectator Sunday.

Anybody have a good 6 speed I can borrow for Sunday? I will not hurt it much. J/K

I just hope the Shop has my transmission fixed Monday,I took it to shop so that I could get a quick turn around time and not miss this race. Win some Lose some.

ChadTN I give on the RX7 deal. I just want to see some races and race alittle myself.

 

Ok, so I worked for the guy that orignally bought the motor. I was sitting right there when he ordered the thing.

So here's how the story goes. Jade calls this cat on the west coast to build him a RACE (let's not forget that term) motor. He tells the guy what he wants in the motor and what he is going to do with it. The fellow on the west coast agrees to build and sell the motor. The motor finally ships. The shipping company drops the motor. It goes back to the cat on the west coast to make sure everything is as it should be. He calls Jade and tells him everything is ok. Motor finally arrives. Jade sits on it for a while, then decides that he doesn't want to spend that much money to go fast so he puts the motor up for sell. He prompts the 3-rotor owner about buying it. 3-rotor owner doesn't really need the motor, but he buys it anyway. Motor sits in crate. Roy comes along and wants the motor. 3-rotor owner sells the motor for what he has in it. Tells Roy what all is SUPPOSED to be in the motor (notice that NO ONE has opened the motor as this point). Roy pays someone to put the motor in. Roy grenades the motor just a few short weeks after having it put in. Now Roy sues everyone involved; the cat that built the motor, the dude who bought it, the 3 rotor owner, and the fellow that installed it. That's, count 'em, 4 people. The only person who had any REAL knowledge of what the engine actually had in it was the cat that built it. Therefore, suing all of the people in between IS nonsense if you think about. None of the 3 middlemen had any clue that the motor wasn't actually built the way that Jade specified. So how can they be held responsible for being defrauded as well? Sounds like Roy needed to sue one person only, not the lot of people that provided him with something unbeknowst to anyone to be other than what was stated.

Now, if that motor was built the way it was intended to be built, a RACE motor, do you think it should come with a warranty? If you order RACE parts from Summit, Jeg's, Lunati, etc. do you think you get a warranty on them? I think most places don't offer a warranty on RACE items. Since Jade ordered that as a RACE motor, there should have been no warranty. If Jade was defrauded in the process, that's another story. But the fact that NO ONE other than the cat who built the engine had any clue what was in it, suing everyone else involved is a crock of sh*t, and I think most everyone else would agree.

Woohoo....more from a hippie.

Oh yeah, just for the endgame. Everyone went to court except for the cat on the west coast. I figure he didn't think it was worth his time to show. Everyone was exonerated except for the dude that didn't show. I'm not sure how the whole court fee thing was divvied up, but I can find that out in very short order if anyone would like to know.

And for what it's worth, I think RX's are neat cars, and I like to see them go fast. I want this one to go fast as well. I like to see anything that looks good go fast. Just don't want everyone to think that I'm against this ride laying down the law when necessary.

 

well guys have fun this weekend I am going to jump in my slow (got smoked by a viper)3.23 geared ride and cruise 3 hours north for some more training gonna learn how to be Randy Petet one of these days.see you all in Crossville next weekend.

 

Thanks for the hookup Brent B , Be carefull !! See ya next weekend !!!!

 

LinearX....You hit nail on the head except for one thing now that the Georgia court has established who is liabale for the motor the court case gets domesticated (court talk for for moved) to Washintion state for the Engine builder to fork out some $$$$ for selling the WRONG motor.

Damn this is all most funny we are ing about other peoples legal problems.

Peace.

 

If the cat from the west coast did, indeed, sell the wrong motor and defraud....well, hell, everyone involved except for that cat that installed the motor, then he needs to be held liable. With the way things work in the justice system, as is evident by the train load of **** that has come along with this motor, I won't hold my breath on them making that dude pay out.

Damn....I ready to see some racing. *sniff* my seat was taken to Orlando. Guess I'll just have to read about it.

 

what's up guys! thought i'd say hi !


BILLY C. !

billy , man i don't think i'll be up with my car sat. the 19th . sorry man ! i can tell you on this site .

i hurt my car fri night . i should be going in two weeks . i got all the parts . got to have my heads surfaced . blowed a head gasket because of my stupidy. i changed jets in the nitrous and put the jets in backwards !

billy when you going to come down and do a little running with us .

i'm not telling people on nmra site . just so david want hear about it .

seeya eric

 

Dude that sucks , Your still coming up anyway though right ? I hope to make it down your way soon , but to be honest my tranny is on it's way out , Im just crossing my fingers it will hold through the weekend .......

 

don't think i will make it up, but i will try. sorry about your tranny , but maybe it will hold up until after the race. thought it was like new?

bust dans white cars ***!!!!!!!!!

seeya eric

 

COOOOL, Brent is going to go 10.5" racing

 

No BrentB is gonna learn how to sell tools then go 10.5 racing!

 

come on up anyway Eric , That Powell guy is gonna look like such an *** !!! You got to be there to laugh at him !!!!

I think Brent B already knows a thing or two about 10.5 racing !