Originally Posted by
marky 76
as some of you know i had the misfortune of buying a car from ian golding you know the one ,,, saffron c70 t5gt the one with the cracked block ,, it may not have been cracked on purchase but after 3 days of owning it ,,, it mysteriously developed a crack ,,, when i first posted about it i was told by some members here to go shove the car up his arssse or go break his legs ,,, funny how peeps changed their outlook when i said it was bought from a forum member ,,, anyway the car did have a RICA map on it and as from i can see the map seems to be ok with reasonable a f r reading,s ,i await the rr day organised by t5d5 to which and what maps can produce what and at what safe levels ,,, i also phoned vt who had previously done all the work on said car just to ask some advice , the phone call went ,, hi i hope you can help me , i recently purchased a car from ian golding the c70t5gt that you have previously done some work on ,,, the reply was ,,, yes we know the car ,,, so i went on to explain that that i have only just bought the car and there appears to be a crack in the block at the back of the engine ,,,, can you possibly shed some light on why this may of happend ,, the reply was there is no warranty on the car i cant help you and hung up !!! not really the advice i was hoping for ,,nor the actions of a good so called tuner volvo specialist,,, so the car went on to a good freind of mine who was going to do the rebuild of my engine ,,, now when he took it the engine apart ,he found a multitude of horrors that vt had left ,,,so at this point i went down the forged road and replace the h beam rods they had damaged,, thats fact,,,i the engine has now done 10,000miles on it,s rebuild still running the RICA , i,m not saying that rica is the best there is ,i for one would not have any nor have i had any dealings with vt but would be more inclined to use rt or kalmar union for a map on my car
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