My new 5.5 DOHC is in!
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op:I really hope that he's just not updating on this site.. because this is ridiculous if that car is still sitting over there. I know people respect Tim, but, I think a lot of us are scratching our heads on this one. What's up with this car?
There's always that honest guy who trusts a shop implicitly and gets strung along while they dick him around for many months and drain his bank account. Hope that everything worked out but it doesn't seem to be the case. I don't know specifics or the individuals involved but this doesn't look good and smacks eerily similar to the dozens of bad situations we all read about on all the gear-head forums (Hennessey etc...).
MPH should be ashamed of themselves for not getting this car out of their shop a LONG time ago. Either someone at their shop has taken a fancy to this car and doesn't want it to leave or they just like ripping this guy off...
MPH should be ashamed of themselves for not getting this car out of their shop a LONG time ago. Either someone at their shop has taken a fancy to this car and doesn't want it to leave or they just like ripping this guy off...
This thread was started in October of 2008. I know that the car was at MPH for a LONG time before that.. I remember reading about it on MPH's forums before Tim merged with Mr. Norm's Garage. The forum has shut down, since, and I found this thread after. But, IIRC, it was there for at least a year or so BEFORE this thread was started. So, that makes it 3+ years.. As far as the money that was spent.. I'm not going to even go there. It's not my place to say anything about that.
I know one thing.. I would never let my car sit somewhere for 6 months.. much less 3 years! Tim, you really need to explain what's going on here. You've posted in here, so, I know that you get updates whenever someone makes a post. What's going on man?
Travis
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That's kinda messed up..
No news can't be good news...
Tim, if you're getting on this site, you can at least update this thread man..What's going on with Austin's car?
Evidently nothing good. No car should take this long to build........I don't care how badass it is. :nonono:
Bump. I want to know too.... Never heard of a car being stuck at a shop for 3 years... I've seen wrecked fox body shells turned into complete TT 351 C4 monsters... Low 8 seconds cars, in a summer. Not 3 damn years
Does anyone know how to get in touch with Tim or Austin?
If you mean Tim Barth try here ,
MrNorms.com - Sport Club
Last time Tim was online was 01-01-2011 05:08 PM
January 18th,2011 any new info yet ?
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hey!
answers!
NOW!!!!:fm:
answers!
NOW!!!!:fm:
How do you kwow this... Would like to know details if possible... Txs
I give up...
I don't know what has happened here.. Tim was always considered a reputable guy, and one of the best mod motor builders/tuners around. I've been hesitant to say much of anything because I respect him and his work. But, this is ridiculous..
Austin has spent dump truck loads of money on this car, and as far as we know, it's still not finished. I think he said he had spent 80K or so total on it? I think MPH milked him out of some serious money over multiple years, and since Tim has moved on, this car/its owner has been seriously neglected.
How do you charge someone 80K to build a twin turbo Mustang? I know it's had 2 setups, but, even still.. 40K per setup?! I can build the most badass mod motor in existance, with the turbo kit and parts associated, and still not hit that mark. Furthermore, Austin's car really isn't THAT special. It's not like it has a 3500.00 Hogan sheet metal intake manifold, or ball bearing turbos..
There's no excuse for this.. Tim has seen this thread, and knows that it's here. You've charged this guy a ton of money for your work.. you can at least update this thread, if only for the sake of your image as a tuner/builder.
Travis
Austin has spent dump truck loads of money on this car, and as far as we know, it's still not finished. I think he said he had spent 80K or so total on it? I think MPH milked him out of some serious money over multiple years, and since Tim has moved on, this car/its owner has been seriously neglected.
How do you charge someone 80K to build a twin turbo Mustang? I know it's had 2 setups, but, even still.. 40K per setup?! I can build the most badass mod motor in existance, with the turbo kit and parts associated, and still not hit that mark. Furthermore, Austin's car really isn't THAT special. It's not like it has a 3500.00 Hogan sheet metal intake manifold, or ball bearing turbos..
There's no excuse for this.. Tim has seen this thread, and knows that it's here. You've charged this guy a ton of money for your work.. you can at least update this thread, if only for the sake of your image as a tuner/builder.
Travis
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