08-18-2012, 02:42 PM
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Senile Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
Posts: 4,566
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mln385
Shouldn't ones expectations be higher with a turnkey car from an assembled Manufacturer such as BDR or Superformance etc. After all isn't that part of the sales pitch on these types?
The OP has a newer BDR so one would suspect the car should be fairly well built no?
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Better than most? Yes. Perfect? No.
I have seen very few FACTORY related issues on chassis' that have been properly dealer prepped and road tested. Most issues are powertrain related or due to an "improvement" made by the installer.
Thing not caused by the factory we have seen or are aware of:
-Electrical problem caused by splicing into a wire with a 3M "Scotchlock" connector (these are a crime against nature)
- Oil leak due to poor routing of hoses.
-Heater hose failure due to routing against sharp edge and no restraint to prevent hose from chafing on edge
-Use of racing type electric fuel pump, you know the one intended for a drag car that runs 90 seconds total? The ones that overheat and fail when expected to pump for 350 miles?
And so on. A well FINISHED car will have few problems and all will need a re-tune, etc. after a few hundred miles of run in.
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