HP Valve Springs breaking?

Tue Apr 8 23:51:21 EDT 2003

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Now why don't you tell us how you really feel about him, Dave.  :-)

At 10:35 PM 4/8/2003 -0400, David Head wrote:

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>Max is a blowhard, shady ripoff artist long on mouth and short on
>results. You won't get spit out of him. The only thing he is good at is
>telling people how great he is...
>
>Grant Wills wrote:
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> >Wow,
> >
> >You all are great I thought that I was going crazy about my problem.  Carlos
> >you did get it right, my personal mech that works on the car was not the one
> >that sold me the HP springs.  He was the one who fix my engine and told me
> >that he thought that stock springs should be fine and that they will last at
> >least 200,000 miles.  The person that sold me the HP springs is the one that
> >said they would work best with a 272 camshaft.
> >
> >I did not want to tell you all who the person is because I did not know
> that I
> >was getting screwed so bad but know I will tell you all.
> >
> >
> >
> >His name is Maximillian McDonald and he works and owns the shop called Audi
> >Volkswagen Specialists (AVS) in Adna WA.
> >
> >I did call TT in Oregon and they said that if they were their springs they
> >would give me my money back, but I would have to go though AVS.  When I told
> >Max this he told me that he did not buy them from TT, instead from a german
> >company but still would not tell me who.
> >
> >To answer the question about valve float above 5k, I have not taken my
> engine
> >up that high yet.  I am sure you all understand that since I just forked out
> >$600 for the valve job.  But the engine is very strong.  The one thing I
> like
> >most is on the freeway I do not have to shift out of fifth you get passing
> >power I just push on the gas.
> >
> >
> >
> >Once again thank you for all your input, and if any one has any ideas as
> how I
> >could find out the manufacturer of the HP springs or just maybe we could
> just
> >list the possible choices and I could call them and see who sold to AVS.
> >
> >
> >
> >Grant Wills
> >
> >Red 1985 Audi Coupe Gt
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> >From: "passat TS" <passat_ts at hotmail.com>
> >To: duandcc_forums at cox.net, grant_wills at hotmail.com, JShadzi at aol.com,
> quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: Re: HP Valve Springs breaking?
> >Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 12:59:22 +0000
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> >Dave,
> >
> >The seller is the one screwing, the mechanic is the one that suggested
> the oe
> >springs. Two different people.
> >
> >However, I agree with the other post who's this guy?
> >
> >I would give him a 2nd chance, if he's still screwing, I would black
> ball the
> >name.
> >
> >Later,
> >
> >Carlos.
> >
> >
> >>From: David
> >>To: "Grant Wills" , JShadzi at aol.com,quattro at audifans.com
> >>Subject: Re: Re: HP Valve Springs breaking?
> >>Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 8:22:30 -0400
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> >>I'd say the reason he doesn't want to give you the manufacturer info is
> that
> >>
> >>
> >they would agree that the repair should be "in warranty." This would be
> >totally unacceptable to me. You paid extra for a high performance part based
> >on his recomendation at the time. The part failed prematurely. It should be
> >covered. Also, why did he at first recomend the HP springs, then later tell
> >you that stock springs would be fine with a 272* cam? If he was so sure you
> >could run stock springs...why the hell did he sell you the HP springs? I
> >wouldnld call him on this big time. At least dememand to get the
> >manufacturer's contact info.... This should have cost you zero, zip, silch,
> >nada...
> >
> >
> >>Dave
> >>1987 CGT Specicial Build 2.3
> >>SE Virginia
> >>
> >>
> >>>From: "Grant Wills"
> >>>Date: 2003/04/07 Mon PM 10:06:59 EDT
> >>>To: JShadzi at aol.com, quattro at audifans.com
> >>>Subject: Re: HP Valve Springs breaking?
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> >>>I do agree with you, but the person that I bought them from said that he
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> >does
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> >
> >>>not think that he should not even give me my money back for the valve
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> >springs.
> >
> >
> >>>Also, I asked him for the name of the manufacture and he would not give it
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> >to
> >
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> >>>me so I am waiting to see what people think I should do.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for the note,
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> >>>Grant Wills,
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> >>>P.S.
> >>>
> >>>My car is back on the road, and it drives like a dream. But I spend close
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> >to
> >
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> >>>$600.00 to fix what the broken valve springs did to my cylinder head.
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