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Shit sucks hard.
Track car comments are unwarranted, being for the track wouldn't have kept the spring from failing, the only thing it would change is the would-be pilot would probably have counted on blowing the motor eventually, though later rather than sooner.
From what you seem to be saying, they're denying the recall because it's in the process of having cosmetic damage repaired and has mismatching vins on donor sheet metal, NOT because the engine number does not match the car right? Now that an asshat has already said no it crushes a lot of hope, all that's left to do is to try and escalate the issue, but the downside to that is the car will sit undriveable for months(?) while the situation is wrangled. THAT's the thing that would crush me and I'd reach for my tools to sort it out myself.
Truth be told, you could probably get out of this for the cost of one valve, one spring, a shim, one headgasket and a tube of threebond, that is, if you assume lightning won't strike twice. Not terrible out of pocket costs, it's just the situation that's hard to swallow.
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