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Also, i can ask as many questions as i'd like. I don't need private messages from a vendor telling me to stop asking.
If my question goes unanswered, i'd like to know why.
If this is the way customers get treated when dealing with you, then i will not do any business with you.
You came on this thread bashing others, which does not look professional. I know of a few shops that actually hold quarter mile world records in the rotary community, and they don't go around doing this.
Point is, we should remain neutral about what other shops do. Let their work do the talking.
In the end, the customer makes the final decision.
What is your game? How many times do you need to hear that I do all the tuning? I have never used another tuner for any car, ever. Is that clear enough for you?
I took it to pm, because your questions have no bearing on this thread.
The "shop" is a well known scammer, and has been a company for a grand total of 3 months. I do not have to remain neutral. I personally don't care how you think it looks. The work has already spoken volumes on just how bad it is. It was those "pictures that speak for themselves".
I do not have to run all over the forum posting links to our achievements or starting threads with ridiculous titles to garner attention.
Since you have already determined that you are not going to do any business with us and clearly have an agenda, consider this the very last response you will get to any question asked. I value my time too much, as there is very little of it that is free.
Last edited by Banzai-Racing; 01-14-16 at 08:41 PM.
Who wants to do business with that type of attitude?
I asked valid questions politely and respectfully, i should've received answers in the same manner.
As a business owner, you should consider treating potential customers with the same level of respect. To me, getting all sensitive and defensive with these valid questions raises a red flag, along with bashing others on this forum? Not professional.
It becomes irrelevant if you build "over 100 engines a year", you don't treat potential customers this way.
Who wants to do business with that type of attitude?
I would. As would/will many others. You won't. For one thing, you're in Miami and are just a troll in this thread.
Originally Posted by NeoZ06
I asked valid questions politely and respectfully, i should've received answers in the same manner.
Your question was asked and answered, both in the thread and, apparently, in PMs. Not being satisfied you continued in some fantasy of cleverly making a point. You failed.
Originally Posted by NeoZ06
I value my time as well.
Apparently not. He does his own tuning and you've wasted ours and yours.
In case you didn't know, Elite Rotary Shop is owned and operated by Sam/Sal, username: JustAnother7. His suspected alternate username, or buddy, is: trueimport
I have quoted a couple older posts as an example of the following points:
Sal and his buddy are banned from multiple local Chicago-area shops.
Sal repeatedly has stated that certain shops are great, and then flip-flops and says they are terrible.
Sal's buddy is suspected of stealing a laptop from a shop.
Sal has demonstrated no ability to determine if a part is quality or junk.
Sal's turbo manifold is potentially the worst ever posted on this forum. Yet, he defended it's quality to a shop multiple times.
Sal's suspected alternate username has sold multiple parts on the forums that Sal posted as being on his car. This is either likely a case of him selling parts through his friend to shield himself, or he is using multiple accounts to hide his identity.
Sal's friend has posted many negative remarks about shops that Sal has done business with in an attempt to discredit them and give the illusion that multiple people have had a bad experience there.
In this post, Sal attacks Zavier and compliments Banzai. But yet, in other posts he bashes Banzai.
Originally Posted by JustAnother7
Zavier your shop will never be in the same ring as IRP, shook motorsports, Banzai, A-Spec, Pettit and etc. you can "dream" all you want, your just a shady shop owner that does not conduct good honest business.
This is a long post, so I quoted the important parts from it.
Originally Posted by zayrx7
Trueimport and Justanotherimport are so called best friends off and on, so this is why Jusanotherimport had him start this thread. They are back together and they where Banned from Banzai, I should have learn my lesson along time ago and Banned Sal who is true import too. Johnny was Banned from our shop about 5-7 years ago when a laptop went missing from the shop.
Originally Posted by zayrx7
This is when I asked him who made his manifold and he stated he bought it used and he had his employee do some work on it. I never saw the design of the manifold, when i pulled the motor. Sal had so much heat wrap on it, it was concealed, he in formed me that it was a t4 undivided manifold and he had his employee convert it over to a t4 divided manifold to match his turbo.
Originally Posted by zayrx7
Sal blew his motor because of debris of metal going in the motor. He didn't break any apex seals in the motor. When I informed him what i thought he still would not take my side, he then tried to say i built his manifold not realizing that he had already stated in his previous text that he stated his employee did it. I told him he is a liar and that I was done talking to him. He informed me he was going to sue me and post stuff on all the car clubs and tell everyone i scam him out of money and built him a motor with bad housing.
Originally Posted by zayrx7
Let's see you and Sal have been banned from Banzai, Aspec and many other shops in Chicago.
In this post Sal first starts by stating that he highly recommends Shook, but then later says to stay away from them.
I agree shook motorsports is awesome, he takes his time making sure its perfect when he installs something or during the engine build. What a Huge difference from dealing with zavier "ZN Performance"....
Highly recommend Shook hands down
Originally Posted by JustAnother7
Picked car up from Ryan @ Shook Motorsports well worth the wait, the amount of time put into the details was great
Originally Posted by JustAnother7
Sadly guys 2nd time was not the charm. Glad it did happen now than later, but found out Ryan from shook motorsports can talk a great game but is full of his ability to build an engine or install a haltech stay away from him. write up and pics coming soon in bad business section.
And of course, he then started a thread bashing Shook Motorsports, with his buddy/alternate account, trueimport, joining in on the shop bashing.
Link to post: https://www.rx7club.com/bad-fugly-bu...kills-1067173/
Now tell me, if Sal has had these many problems with all the shops in the area and is so incapable of performing the work on his own that he has to continue to go to these shops even after supposedly negative experiences, do you trust your car to him?
If Sal's buddy made this part for him and Sal felt that it was good enough to put on his own car, and debate with a shop about it's quality, do you trust his judgement on your car?
not to through shots , but its odd justanother7 went from jumping from shop to shop. Then has his own shop, doesn't add up. Side note glad i didn't drop my RX at his shop, with all this just coming to light, time will tell with what's going on and what comes out with his name on it.
Still looking for a reputable shop in Chicago?? might bite the bullet and tow her to Banzai.
one thing stands out how did Sal get Banzai's personal FD "to take to Chicago" and then stole it/ used it for payment. Lot of raised eyebrows now. whats really going on here??
one thing stands out how did Sal get Banzai's personal FD "to take to Chicago" and then stole it/ used it for payment. Lot of raised eyebrows now. whats really going on here??
It is actually quite simple. I will preface this with the fact that I had been working on Sam's, Johnny's and several other FC's from the same Chicago group for a few years at this point.
Sam and Johnny had body kits installed and painted at a body shop in Chicago. I agreed to let the same shop paint my car. Sam offered to trailer it up there, this all seemed legit. It was only going to be a couple weeks. Just so that I was not giving him a running car I pulled the single turbo, engine and Blitz FMIC out of the car. In hindsight this was a very smart thing to do.
Here is where the problems start, Sam never told me the name of the shop or it's location, not a big deal as it was only going to be a "couple weeks". One, two, three, four, five months go by and trying to get a status update or any pictures is like pulling teeth. At this point I start making calls to Sam's buddies to find out where my car is.
I finally locate the car at a body shop and find out from the manager that Sam never paid for his own paintwork and had given them my car as "collateral" to get his car released from them. The reason my car was sitting there not painted is because he never paid his bill. This constitutes theft in my mind, he paid for his bodywork with my car and had no intention of paying the outstanding bill. It had been six months
The manager tells me he is not going to allow me to have my car, I tell him that I am going to be in Chicago to pick up my car on Saturday, whether it is painted or not and that it is not my problem that he did not get paid for painting a different car. The problem was that Sam was involved in the deal. I tell him that I am the rightful/titled owner of the car and have no problem getting the police involved to retrieve the car. We finally come to an agreement, that he will finish the car by Saturday, I will pay him for the work on my car, and he can find a different way to recover the money from Sam.
Needless to say I got a rushed paintjob that I was disgusted with, that I still had to pay for just to get my FD back.
At this point we start getting threatening emails from Sam, which we still have on file.
Prior to all of this, Sam had been talking to one of my customers about having her husbands FD repainted while he was stationed in Korea. I knew that she had been discussing paintwork and contacted her immediately when the troubles started with my car, that is when I found out that even though she was in college and living on a military income, she gave him $3K as a deposit. He then dropped off the planet, they never received any paintwork or any of their money back from Sam.
Last edited by Banzai-Racing; 01-31-16 at 08:22 AM.
In case you didn't know, Elite Rotary Shop is owned and operated by Sam/Sal, username: JustAnother7. His suspected alternate username, or buddy, is: trueimport
I have quoted a couple older posts as an example of the following points:
Sal and his buddy are banned from multiple local Chicago-area shops.
Sal repeatedly has stated that certain shops are great, and then flip-flops and says they are terrible.
Sal's buddy is suspected of stealing a laptop from a shop.
Sal has demonstrated no ability to determine if a part is quality or junk.
Sal's turbo manifold is potentially the worst ever posted on this forum. Yet, he defended it's quality to a shop multiple times.
Sal's suspected alternate username has sold multiple parts on the forums that Sal posted as being on his car. This is either likely a case of him selling parts through his friend to shield himself, or he is using multiple accounts to hide his identity.
Sal's friend has posted many negative remarks about shops that Sal has done business with in an attempt to discredit them and give the illusion that multiple people have had a bad experience there.
And of course, he then started a thread bashing Shook Motorsports, with his buddy/alternate account, trueimport, joining in on the shop bashing.
Link to post: https://www.rx7club.com/bad-fugly-bu...kills-1067173/
Now tell me, if Sal has had these many problems with all the shops in the area and is so incapable of performing the work on his own that he has to continue to go to these shops even after supposedly negative experiences, do you trust your car to him?
If Sal's buddy made this part for him and Sal felt that it was good enough to put on his own car, and debate with a shop about it's quality, do you trust his judgement on your car?
Well said.
Now he is trying to buy credibility with a banner ad. Sad that Internet Brands will put revenue in front of forum members' safety. It is one of the problems with tax return season, the scammers come out of the woodwork.
Last edited by Banzai-Racing; 02-29-16 at 06:36 PM.
A customer brought to our attention, that now this scammer is try to make a lower quality knock off of a product that we designed in 2008 and marketing them as his own. What is unbelievable is that he actually plagiarizes our product description as well as the part..
Elite Rotary Shop Oil Pan Brace is designed for installation on ALL13B ('74 - '85) engines. The main purpose we have designed this brace is to reduce oil pan leaks caused by engine flex.
Our brace is fabricated from laser cut 4mm steel, then is sent out for Black oxide coating to prevent corrosion. (picture pre treatment)
We provide all new hardware for easy installation,
Our kit includes:
Oil Pan Brace
21 Serrated 8.8 bolts to allow for higher torque.
We recommend our brace installation on all vehicles, from stock to highly modified.
What makes it even worse is that the "21 Serrated 8.8 bolts to allow for higher torque" will just strip out the rotor housing and front cover bolt holes if anyone applies any "higher torque". Just more evidence that this scammer knows nothing about designing parts or working on rotary engine vehicles.
Last edited by Banzai-Racing; 04-01-16 at 06:11 AM.
Not to jump into such an old thread but after reading all of it... I have to say that I've personally dealt with Banzai and I was very happy with their level of communication, even with all the shipping delays COVID caused. Reading through some of these threads leads me to the conclusion that there aren't many good shops around and most just want to rip you off. Glad people post this to protect those who are spending a good bit of money. I'm still a fan of working on my own car as much as possible, but I realize that sometimes not everyone has that skill or luxury.
Bringing this thread back to life cause Elite Rotary is still at it scamming people! Bought parts and a new REW from them totalling $9k back in Dec2021! Parts shipped in a few USPS and UPS boxes, but motor was being checked out before shipping. I said ok knowing if would be a few. Months went by checked on it said it would be a bit more and I would definitely get a call before shipping. Emailed and called month later and asked said someone would get back to me. Never did. Emails and call backs were non-existent. So then I called and emailed them to cancel the order for the REW. Never called back or emailed. He's always on Dyno, with a customer or out sick! But they are forever posting on Facebook. Filed a dispute in July with Capital One, but it was after 180 days so it was denied.
This guy Sal is a scammer and has been for longer than 14 years. I know first hand. He is the worst liar, thief, and scammer. He will never change. BEWARE!!!!!!
Bringing this thread back to life cause Elite Rotary is still at it scamming people! Bought parts and a new REW from them totalling $9k back in Dec2021! Parts shipped in a few USPS and UPS boxes, but motor was being checked out before shipping. I said ok knowing if would be a few. Months went by checked on it said it would be a bit more and I would definitely get a call before shipping. Emailed and called month later and asked said someone would get back to me. Never did. Emails and call backs were non-existent. So then I called and emailed them to cancel the order for the REW. Never called back or emailed. He's always on Dyno, with a customer or out sick! But they are forever posting on Facebook. Filed a dispute in July with Capital One, but it was after 180 days so it was denied.
How is this guy still around?
Sounds like a police report is needed. And preferably, a warrant issued too.
01-14-16, 08:18 PM
