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Old 02-Dec-2003, 01:41 PM
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My Car Is En Route to Altech
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I snapped today and my car is now en route to Altech. Please give me some feedback regarding their work etc..........

I need some re-assurance, after my last ordeal......
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 02:03 PM
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Everyone says good things about altech. 1 guy i know got a h22 put into an EK by them. He didn't have good things to say..

However since the vast majority say YES, you should be good to go!
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 02:04 PM
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by the way what are you trying to swap?
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 02:09 PM
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B16A Swap....
I am doing a B16A Swap and an auto to standard tranny.
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 02:23 PM
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The b16 swap itself can't be too hard.

Just converting the auto to 5spd is annoying...

I'm sure Altech will do a great job.. They probably do like 10 of these swaps a day! heh
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 02:28 PM
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Originally posted by Cablerat
The b16 swap itself can't be too hard.

Just converting the auto to 5spd is annoying...

I'm sure Altech will do a great job.. They probably do like 10 of these swaps a day! heh
Makes me feel better...... Well better than the previous shop owner when the legal proceedings start against him !!!!

He made a big mistake, because I am not just a punk ***'d kid. (no offence guys). I have a career that may make his life hell. Rich knows what I am talking about......

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Old 02-Dec-2003, 02:51 PM
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That's a smart move - these guys at Altech have mucho experience with our car... quite frankly your swap is the simplest of them all, any parts you need are available right from Honda from the 99-00 SiR. How can you go wrong??
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 02:52 PM
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Are you a lawyer?

Btw, Altech is a good shop. If I ever consider a swap or need any professional engine work done, Altech will definitely be on my top list.
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 03:42 PM
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Originally posted by Konig


Makes me feel better...... Well better than the previous shop owner when the legal proceedings start against him !!!!

He made a big mistake, because I am not just a punk ***'d kid. (no offence guys). I have a career that may make his life hell. Rich knows what I am talking about......
why not start at the beginning and tell us the whole story ...

your first post makes it like you had a bad experience at Altech....
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 03:50 PM
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They tried selling me a B16 that burnt oil which they didn't tell me about. Crooks!
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 03:53 PM
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Originally posted by gatherer


why not start at the beginning and tell us the whole story ...

your first post makes it like you had a bad experience at Altech....
Here is the link over to the other thread on TCC regarding my ordeal.....

Other TCC Thread Explaining The Full Story
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 04:00 PM
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lol.... never given money up front half of it is labour costs at least and at they can wait for that .....

anyways everything should be fine takeing it to Altech they know their stuff.... and if you think performance parts on a wall is a good reason to hand over cash wait till you see the green drag racing CRX that they have at Altech... you'd probably sign over your house

anyways your in good hands now... shopping at Affiliates is alot safer then shopping else where so I only go to affiliates for work....
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Originally posted by gatherer
anyways everything should be fine takeing it to Altech they know their stuff.... and if you think performance parts on a wall is a good reason to hand over cash wait till you see the green drag racing CRX that they have at Altech... you'd probably sign over your house
What was meant by the preformance parts on the wall is....it didn't look shady....
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What was meant by the preformance parts on the wall is....it didn't look shady....
what I was saying is nothing is ever as it seems .. get the opinions of others that have been to a shop before going for major work
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i have heard nothing but good stuff about altech!
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These comments are making me feel better... Thanks guys.
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Old 02-Dec-2003, 04:54 PM
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Well Konig, that's some fucked up story there bro, and dang you dashed out 4200 for nothing, well, almost nothing!

Sorry to hear about your stressful story and rest assure, that Joe will take a good care of it.
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Altech is great, Joe is great and so is his team. Got a custom exhaust done recently cuz my old one rusted out. All mandrel bends and stainless steal . And the work was all done by him in house

Also heard from Jugglez, that they did a GSR swap (I think) in less than 4hrs. Totally COMPLETE.

Nothing but A++ from me
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Joe's a great guy.

He went above and beyond his 'job' to help me out with something car related.

Great shop!
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