I finally made the decision to go with a stand alone engine managment system (haltech) on my turbo 240, to make a long story short, I ordered the haltech E6S kit, and a bunch of other parts from a "local" speed shop, which, until I talk to them tomorrow, will remain nameless, I spent the big bucks, figuring that the only way to do it right is to spend a load on parts, once, and be done with it, WELL, I got a big box from said shop today, which included a haltech E6S brain, which is obviously USED! loads of scratches on the case including the mounting screw holes which have been mounted in another car! not only was the main CPU obviously used, it was just tossed in the large box, as well as the "new" 3 bar map sensor!
Wait, it gets better!
I ordered the terminated harness, for an L28ET, with all the sensor wiring prefabbed, figuring that I would pay the 80 or so bucks to skip all that soldering, but what was in my box was a bare harness......
Wait it gets even better....
Not only did I not get my terminated harness, but I got a bare harness for a 4 CYL!!!! thats right 4 injector outputs, not 6!
Just wait, the best parts coming up!
I got NO sensors, AT ALL!!!! no TPS, NO coolant temp sensor! NO air temp sensor, and the 3 bar map sensor I got has a part # that I can't even find! the only clue that it even IS a 3 bar is the "3 bar" scratched, yes I said scratched into the side of this "new" sensor ($112, new sensor my A$$!!!) yep NO SENSORS, when the Haltech website clearly states that everything except the MAP sensor is INCLUDED in the price of the kit.
We're ALMOST to the best part now.
What I DID get instead of any kind of a wiring harness to fit my car, was a big ZIP-LOCK, yep, ZIP-LOCK bag full of various unterminated, unassembled connectors!!!! WTF! I wasn't aware that haltech shipped stuff from the factory in ziplock bags!!!!!!!!!!
OK, now the best part!
I got NO software!!!!! Nope, none, none, none!!!!! NO SOFTWARE!!!! the shop I'm dealing with has been around for years!!!! they are nationally known!!!! I feel like I have "dumbass" tatooed on my friggin forehead! I also got NO progamming cable, thats right, even if the used junk system I got WAS complete, I have no way of programming it!!!!!!!
I also ordered enough "blank" aluminum fuel rail to make one for my car, and it looks like it was dragged behind a city bus for 10 blocks or so, I also ordered fittings from the rail to the injectors, I ordered 6, plus 2 AN fittings for the rail ends, they sent 8 of the same fittings, 2 of which are not even close to being the right thing.
As I said earlier in this post, I'm naming no names right now, but you can bet your SU carbs that if they don't make things right tomorrow I will, plus my wife works for one of the bigger law firms here in Houston, and I'm not above litigation, I thought I'd do the right thing and support a "small" (not that small, but at least local) shop, and when I talked to the proprieter, he seemed to know his stuff, even owns an early Z (or so he says, in light of current developments, who knows!) I don't believe I'm being unreasonable here, but the highlight of my week just turned into the bummer of the decade!!!
Stay tuned while I give more of my hard earned cash to Idiots!!!!!!!
Chris240Turbo
Wait, it gets better!
I ordered the terminated harness, for an L28ET, with all the sensor wiring prefabbed, figuring that I would pay the 80 or so bucks to skip all that soldering, but what was in my box was a bare harness......
Wait it gets even better....
Not only did I not get my terminated harness, but I got a bare harness for a 4 CYL!!!! thats right 4 injector outputs, not 6!
Just wait, the best parts coming up!
I got NO sensors, AT ALL!!!! no TPS, NO coolant temp sensor! NO air temp sensor, and the 3 bar map sensor I got has a part # that I can't even find! the only clue that it even IS a 3 bar is the "3 bar" scratched, yes I said scratched into the side of this "new" sensor ($112, new sensor my A$$!!!) yep NO SENSORS, when the Haltech website clearly states that everything except the MAP sensor is INCLUDED in the price of the kit.
We're ALMOST to the best part now.
What I DID get instead of any kind of a wiring harness to fit my car, was a big ZIP-LOCK, yep, ZIP-LOCK bag full of various unterminated, unassembled connectors!!!! WTF! I wasn't aware that haltech shipped stuff from the factory in ziplock bags!!!!!!!!!!
OK, now the best part!
I got NO software!!!!! Nope, none, none, none!!!!! NO SOFTWARE!!!! the shop I'm dealing with has been around for years!!!! they are nationally known!!!! I feel like I have "dumbass" tatooed on my friggin forehead! I also got NO progamming cable, thats right, even if the used junk system I got WAS complete, I have no way of programming it!!!!!!!
I also ordered enough "blank" aluminum fuel rail to make one for my car, and it looks like it was dragged behind a city bus for 10 blocks or so, I also ordered fittings from the rail to the injectors, I ordered 6, plus 2 AN fittings for the rail ends, they sent 8 of the same fittings, 2 of which are not even close to being the right thing.
As I said earlier in this post, I'm naming no names right now, but you can bet your SU carbs that if they don't make things right tomorrow I will, plus my wife works for one of the bigger law firms here in Houston, and I'm not above litigation, I thought I'd do the right thing and support a "small" (not that small, but at least local) shop, and when I talked to the proprieter, he seemed to know his stuff, even owns an early Z (or so he says, in light of current developments, who knows!) I don't believe I'm being unreasonable here, but the highlight of my week just turned into the bummer of the decade!!!
Stay tuned while I give more of my hard earned cash to Idiots!!!!!!!
Chris240Turbo