Visconti GTR Found on road dead... - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

UncleFester · 09-26-2013, 09:42 PM

Old news

Shit Luck · 09-26-2013, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleFester

Old news

the green car just died this week...
Visconti blowing up cars is old news...

infinite012 · 09-27-2013, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Flow

I've got to ask.... how did you read that thread and get that he killed the car?

Blown engine = bad tune = bad tuner.

You'll see his (Dv8) other posts where he is sort of defending John, but then in others he's completely laying blame on the tune (not on John, which is weird because you can't have a tune without a tuner, right?).

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Originally Posted by Dv8 on gtrlife.com

Conclusion:

I really hope my misery can help everyone here. It’s going to cost near 11k just to get back to ZERO or stock. And that’s getting helped out. I ask that negativity, finger pointing or general mass hysteria stemming from this be avoided. I signed up for more power, I knew the risks. I relied on John V for a tune. If he had past engine failures then that would be one thing, but he doesn’t and I’m a reasonable man. I’m just another unlucky one. John’s been with me every step of the way and I have a feeling he will be”helping” me with future tunes moving forward.

In either case, he doesn't seem butthurt because he thinks it's ok for someone in the industry of customer service to be a ****head to their customers.

CBR600RR · 09-27-2013, 08:47 AM

I read the whole thread and I don't see how this can be linked directly to John's tune.

Smells like a witch hunt.

ttknf · 09-27-2013, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by CBR600RR

I read the whole thread and I don't see how this can be linked directly to John's tune.

Smells like a witch hunt.

You're completely right. I'm not the biggest fan of Visconti, but Pizzaman beats the piss out of his car. I doubt the reason that it finally blew is directly related to Visconti.

ft_sjo · 09-27-2013, 10:38 AM

Rods fail for one of three reasons..

1) Det
2) Too much torque
3) Defect

The tuner is responsible for 1 & 2, as long as the correct fuel was used. Unless the customer specifically asked the tuner (against the tuner's advice) to go beyond what was known safe.

cnk · 10-01-2013, 05:36 PM

In case anyone is interested, here's the thread with the latest info: http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/...an-blownmotor/

InvalidJohnny5 · 10-01-2013, 05:53 PM

Visconti strikes again.

Shagaliscious · 10-01-2013, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cnk

In case anyone is interested, here's the thread with the latest info: http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/...an-blownmotor/

Straight from the owners mouth.

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Yep it's true. I def gave her hell. I put over 40k hard miles on it. Well over 800 highway pulls, 300+ street runs, 250+drag strip passes. I kept the stock actuators on the car so I couldn't run high boost and to be able to better control boost. My car weighed in at 4080-4090lbs on stock 20in rims doing 9.8-10.4's all summer long. Traps between 138-142mph. I knew I wasn't on the 5 year plan, finally caught up with me. I can no way blame Visconti. All my logs looked good. Visconti told me plenty of times, that I should build the engine.

dem00n · 10-01-2013, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BRZSTIAZ

I think the bigger question is why would you do performance mods on such a already fast and expensive car?

So you can't corner anymore.

Aoo!

FrX · 10-02-2013, 02:18 AM

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My car weighed in at 4080-4090lbs

Dear god. My truck does not weigh much more than that.

suaveflooder · 10-02-2013, 02:42 AM

It's already been posted by @Shagaliscious, but the owner is not blaming Visconti. The car was driven REALLY hard. I'm a member on the GTR forum and the owner admits he is hard on his car and is about to build his car even stronger.

Please don't get me wrong, I'm not excusing Visconti as I would never use him, but in this case, it was just time for the engine to let go.

SUB-FT86 · 10-02-2013, 10:52 AM

This is why I prefer to buy a car with the power I want stock. If I had a GTR it would never be modded in the engine dept. I already feel that any car that gets to 60 in 5 seconds flat is amazing and yet a GTR doesthe deed in 2.9 seconds!

thill · 10-02-2013, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by SUB-FT86

This is why I prefer to buy a car with the power I want stock. If I had a GTR it would never be modded in the engine dept. I already feel that any car that gets to 60 in 5 seconds flat is amazing and yet a GTR doesthe deed in 2.9 seconds!

Agreed. It is over the top fast already... And where are you really going to notice more power? From stop light to stop light?

If you want a tuner car, buy a tuner car.

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09-26-2013, 09:42 PM	#29
UncleFester Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 597 Thanks: 157 Thanked 178 Times in 120 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Old news

09-27-2013, 08:47 AM	#32
CBR600RR Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Raven Black Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,343 Thanks: 451 Thanked 563 Times in 276 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I read the whole thread and I don't see how this can be linked directly to John's tune. Smells like a witch hunt.

09-27-2013, 10:38 AM	#34
ft_sjo Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: GT86 Location: The Motherland Posts: 1,398 Thanks: 140 Thanked 473 Times in 271 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Rods fail for one of three reasons.. 1) Det 2) Too much torque 3) Defect The tuner is responsible for 1 & 2, as long as the correct fuel was used. Unless the customer specifically asked the tuner (against the tuner's advice) to go beyond what was known safe.

10-01-2013, 05:36 PM	#35
cnk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: '13 DGM BRZ Limited Location: NJ Posts: 1,201 Thanks: 59 Thanked 547 Times in 339 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	In case anyone is interested, here's the thread with the latest info: http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/...an-blownmotor/

10-02-2013, 02:42 AM	#40
suaveflooder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: San Diego Posts: 2,295 Thanks: 2,708 Thanked 1,052 Times in 664 Posts Mentioned: 29 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It's already been posted by @Shagaliscious, but the owner is not blaming Visconti. The car was driven REALLY hard. I'm a member on the GTR forum and the owner admits he is hard on his car and is about to build his car even stronger. Please don't get me wrong, I'm not excusing Visconti as I would never use him, but in this case, it was just time for the engine to let go.

10-02-2013, 10:52 AM	#41
SUB-FT86 86 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Drives: 2013 Toyota 86 2.0T (Asphalt) Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 3,129 Thanks: 126 Thanked 527 Times in 296 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	This is why I prefer to buy a car with the power I want stock. If I had a GTR it would never be modded in the engine dept. I already feel that any car that gets to 60 in 5 seconds flat is amazing and yet a GTR doesthe deed in 2.9 seconds!

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