Originally Posted by MMC Racing There is absolutely no way that uprev will report anything. They are under no legal obligation to do so and a sale is a sale.
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09-27-2010, 11:21 AM | #1921 (permalink) | |
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09-27-2010, 02:13 PM | #1923 (permalink) |
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Maybe if you guys live in CA you would know how we feel lol. The CARB is important to us. People gets state ref ticket for having just an intake. I wonder what the cop will say if he sees the blower haha. Probably will tow our cars without carb cert
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09-27-2010, 02:44 PM | #1924 (permalink) |
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You mean the CARB makes you live in fear of your own states vehicle laws (just rewording it for you), and it's the number one reason you will never find me living in california, if i ever even work there i'll drive from out of state every day if i had to.
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09-27-2010, 02:57 PM | #1925 (permalink) |
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Tom, have you ever had a tune that
has good driveability? I've seen your complaints about driveability and peak hp with the newer tunes not delivering as well in the upper rev range. What I'm thinking is that if they have given you a tune that drives well, just stick with that, regardless of the peak hp number. At 400 whp and 15% powertrain losses, you're making 470hp. That's stil 127 hp/liter. In the big scheme of things, this supercharger does work. At 127 hp/liter, that's like getting 635 hp put of a mustang or 787 hp out of a camaro. Basically, the only engines that are making the same power per displacement are cars with factory F/I and lowered compression ratios. Despite what their press release said, i don't expect them to squeeze this engine much tighter without something popping. Since GTM was more optimistic in their press release, advertising 452.1 whp with their stage 1 kit at 8 psi boost, let's crunch their numbers: 462 whp with 15% drivetrain loss is 532 hp, or 143.75 hp/liter. That's a higher specific output than an F430 scuderia (118 hp/l), Lexus LFA (115 hp/l) or a ZR1 (102.9 hp/l). 530 hp is the same as the $190k GT2 with similar sized engine. Did they really expect to be in GT2 territory with an 11.0:1 engine and a supercharger? My point is that your expectations are a little too high and if they can get you a tune that performs smoothly, you really are getting your money's worth. |
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09-27-2010, 06:55 PM | #1928 (permalink) |
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Stillen responded to my request to return the supercharger. Chuck called my shop and told them that there is nothing wrong with the supercharger or the 7 tunes and i can return it minus a 10% restocking fee. And they wont refund any money towards a custom tune. What a bunch of clowns down at stillen. They dont stand behind their products and basically told me to **** off . PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS SUPERCHARGER BECAUSE U WILL HAVE NO HELP FROM STILLEN WHEN ALL THE TUNES THEY SEND U FAIL.
F U stillen!
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09-27-2010, 07:11 PM | #1929 (permalink) | |
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This problem will get resolved, and I am seriously hoping this will happen. Stillen is def having some issues, but I would highly doubt they are going to wash their hands and walk away from the customers. This is a big market, and lots of money and expensive cars. I am just wondering like everyone else said, if you have HFC's how in anyway could your car be CARB certified. I am no pro, but I have no doubt a custom tune would solve this and you would be fine. I guess I will say goodluck and it stinks to see an S/C go bye bye. How is everyone else doing on the tune? |
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09-27-2010, 07:19 PM | #1930 (permalink) | |
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09-27-2010, 07:28 PM | #1931 (permalink) | |
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Yes, we did say that there is going to be a 10% restocking fee if you choose to return the kit. We believe that the supercharger is working fine. The reason for the restocking fee is because during this process we have received no information that we could use to refine your car. I'm not sure how it can be said that if there are problems we disappear. Again, we offered to fly up to you, pick up the car, drive it down to our shop, and return the car back to you with no expense to you or your shop and we were told that this was not an option. If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 888-222-2702 ext. 173 |
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09-27-2010, 08:21 PM | #1934 (permalink) | |
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Edit: I am really not trying to start a war here I am just trying to figure out how you are thinking, I might learn something here.
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09-27-2010, 11:51 PM | #1935 (permalink) |
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I agree with tomnavone on the fact that he should not be required to send this car over to Stillen. Stillen should not be selling advertised carb legal kits to their authorized dealers if they will need to have it sent down to them at a later date. Furthermore, tomnavone should not be stuck in the middle as Stillen continues to figure it out. If Stillen was still in the development stage their kit should not be on a the open market they should have waited to figure it out. This thread is now 131 pages long with over one thousand posts only to find out that Stillen will not step up and fully refund their kit. Is the 10% really worth the bad press? I'm sure all the other owners out there who are having issues with tunes are worried right now, they will have to either wait until the proper tune comes out for their application which as of now looks to be an indefinite time period or they will have to take a loss in their attempt to return the product. I knew from day one that Stillen has a habit of rushing out their products hence I don't have a single Stillen part on my Z. Good luck tomnavone, I'd read over that invoice real close and see what else they state in there.
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