People in the Navy say, "One f*ck up ruins a thousand atta boys"…read more
Respectfully, I just don't understand the communication break down with KM. I sent an email, texts about what I was looking to get done and barely any replies unless you were "plannin and plottin" of which is a red flag and kinda sketch to me. I was quoted roughly 3k to get a tune and stall torque converter install (not bad, right?). My wife scheduled the drop off with Tiffany, however, when we got there, Noah had no clue about the drop off (Is that how we do business now a days?). 15 - 20 minutes after vehicle drop off, I felt like KM pulled a bait and switch, we were now informed that the cam wasn't installed correctly (which I did take to heart) and it would take 8k to get in there and fix whatever was not right, KM didn't even bother to use an OBD II reader to check any codes. Didn't even bother to ask anything else in regards to the new rockers, new lifters, new springs, new oil pump, oil priming or the notes I sent a month ago about what I did or how'd I installed everything, majority of parts were new, for example, the BTR afm/dod/vvt delete stage 4 cam "Kit", new water pump with new alternator, tensioner, pulley, spark plug with new coils along with a granatelli thermostat to widen the Tune. I was under the impression that with a tune, they're supposed to fix all the air, fuel ratios and everything else when it comes to a tune, I wanted to get a low idle, around 900rpm but Noah just said, they tune it according to what it specifies (whatever that means). See uploaded video of the cam I installed at TDC and Torqued everything down to spec. They just quoted 8k, didn't even mention it before hand to save the trouble from coming all the way from Bremerton and spending 400 a tow (good thing we had insurance!). It's not difficult to open the front plate, check the markings take a look at the rockers and maybe the oil sensor bypass and I get it, backaches, soar muscles and dealing with chemicals, etc. Noah said that if I were mechanically inclined then I could do it, I admit, that motivated me. It was difficult to believe that the cam was installed incorrectly but I'll go half way and admit any fault but the markings were at TDC, the chain wasn't loose and I never removed the bottom sprocket. KM/Noah didn't mention anything about installing the stc, just hey we're going to have to go in there for 8k because it sounds wrong (so 10k all together). I mentioned to Noah about a broken exhaust header bolt on the passenger side, he said that I should of addressed that before hand. Well, they would of known about the sheared bolt if they read my email and maybe responded when I sent my notes a month ago. Could they have gone about it differently, possibly. They did refund my 200 dollar deposit, which is good and thank them for. I'm sure KM does good work. I love my truck though especially when I put sweat and bloody knuckles into it (Something Matt/KM should understand). I wanted to love KM because I thought they're awesome, just didn't work out for me, unfortunately.
They're now called Kaiser Motorsports.