I am starting this thread to try and gather information to put a stop to a local scammer/thief. I believe that he has done business on this forum and other Mustang forums. His name is Eric Irving. I know that one of his forum names is "Cool Blu R" or something to that effect.
Several of my local friends have been screwed over by this individual, and I know, from what they tell me, is that several people online have been through the same with him. His latest dealing.. is with a friend of mine who owns a 2003 Cobra. My buddy gave Eric around 12K (10K or so in cash, and over 2K in parts that were taken/sold from his car) for a Livernois built stroker, and a turbo kit. This was the summer of LAST year.. Since then, Eric has given my buddy the run-around, telling him that the companies that he gave the money to for parts, have gone out of business, and that it's "not his problem". However, my buddy contacted Livernois, and they are definately still in business
. We're not sure about the turbo company, since he's told my buddy 2 or 3 different company names since last year.
The latest incident... He paid for a Apton stage 3 ported blower and install. Eric performed the install on his car, and the car put down some awesome numbers. A bit later, my buddy gave him the car to swap out a set of headers/x-pipe, which he had sold to another local guy. Eric decided to steal my buddy's blower, which he had installed, and swap it with his buddy's stock blower!! He gave the car back, and told my buddy that it felt slower because of the change in the headers/x-pipe. Well, a few months went by, and my buddy pops his engine (detonation). Upon disassembly, we were startled to find that he had a bone stock blower on his car. So, he was running around at 14psi of boost, with a bone stock blower. When questioned.. Eric's excuse was that he didn't really know my buddy at the time, as a friend.. WTF?! So, just because you're not good friends with someone... that gives you the right to steal thier blower?
But, this isn't the end of the story...
Eric was supposed to provide my friend with a Livernois built stroker, with Oliver crank/rods and CP pistons. Of course, this never materialized.. So, he decides that he's going to have a local shop build the engine for my friend. Hesitantly, he agreed.. Well, come to find out, the engine has a STOCK stroke crankshaft, Manley rods, and some unknown brand of piston. Probably 1500.00 worth of parts from Ebay.. My buddy wanted ARP studs and Cometic gaskets... he got Felpro gaskets and stock head bolts... Keep in mind, this is an engine that's supposed to see around 7-800whp in the future..
So, at this point, my friend is pretty much down and out.. and doesn't know what to do. He's out over 12K in parts and cash, almost a year after he paid Eric. So, I am stepping in, and I'm going to help him. Another guy that he screwed over, locally, is good friends with the local District Attorney. We are setting up a meeting to sit down and present all of the facts/information to him next week. What I would like to do, is get anyone else who's been screwed over by this guy, to PM me. I'll need all of your information.. Name, address, phone number, and a contact email address. Give me a rough run-down of what you paid and what it was for.. Also, if you have retained payment documentation, that will be very helpful as well.
Thanks for reading, and I hope that we can put a stop to this guy's BS..
Travis
Several of my local friends have been screwed over by this individual, and I know, from what they tell me, is that several people online have been through the same with him. His latest dealing.. is with a friend of mine who owns a 2003 Cobra. My buddy gave Eric around 12K (10K or so in cash, and over 2K in parts that were taken/sold from his car) for a Livernois built stroker, and a turbo kit. This was the summer of LAST year.. Since then, Eric has given my buddy the run-around, telling him that the companies that he gave the money to for parts, have gone out of business, and that it's "not his problem". However, my buddy contacted Livernois, and they are definately still in business
. We're not sure about the turbo company, since he's told my buddy 2 or 3 different company names since last year. The latest incident... He paid for a Apton stage 3 ported blower and install. Eric performed the install on his car, and the car put down some awesome numbers. A bit later, my buddy gave him the car to swap out a set of headers/x-pipe, which he had sold to another local guy. Eric decided to steal my buddy's blower, which he had installed, and swap it with his buddy's stock blower!! He gave the car back, and told my buddy that it felt slower because of the change in the headers/x-pipe. Well, a few months went by, and my buddy pops his engine (detonation). Upon disassembly, we were startled to find that he had a bone stock blower on his car. So, he was running around at 14psi of boost, with a bone stock blower. When questioned.. Eric's excuse was that he didn't really know my buddy at the time, as a friend.. WTF?! So, just because you're not good friends with someone... that gives you the right to steal thier blower?
But, this isn't the end of the story...
Eric was supposed to provide my friend with a Livernois built stroker, with Oliver crank/rods and CP pistons. Of course, this never materialized.. So, he decides that he's going to have a local shop build the engine for my friend. Hesitantly, he agreed.. Well, come to find out, the engine has a STOCK stroke crankshaft, Manley rods, and some unknown brand of piston. Probably 1500.00 worth of parts from Ebay.. My buddy wanted ARP studs and Cometic gaskets... he got Felpro gaskets and stock head bolts... Keep in mind, this is an engine that's supposed to see around 7-800whp in the future..
So, at this point, my friend is pretty much down and out.. and doesn't know what to do. He's out over 12K in parts and cash, almost a year after he paid Eric. So, I am stepping in, and I'm going to help him. Another guy that he screwed over, locally, is good friends with the local District Attorney. We are setting up a meeting to sit down and present all of the facts/information to him next week. What I would like to do, is get anyone else who's been screwed over by this guy, to PM me. I'll need all of your information.. Name, address, phone number, and a contact email address. Give me a rough run-down of what you paid and what it was for.. Also, if you have retained payment documentation, that will be very helpful as well.
Thanks for reading, and I hope that we can put a stop to this guy's BS..
Travis
just beat his a$$
