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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by MIAPLAYA
I'm not going to mudsling here but EVERY new kit has growing pains. The APS kit had problems with the oil feed lines, smoking burning through the turbos, wastegates not alllowing enough pressure for built motors, the Greddy kit had problems with the ignition harness, e-01 overwriting the Emanage, etc, PE had manifold cracking problems, Vortech has had pulley and belt problems, ATI had engine management problems, the list goes on. EVERY kit out there has had its share of problems. What seperates the different kit is how the manufacturers handle and resolve the problems. Yes on the first run of Turbonetics kits somethings were missing. That was resolve immediately. It has not been a problem since. What fitment problems were there? The only fitment issue I have heard of is fitting the kit with aftermarket headers which the kit was not designed to run. But even through that Turbonetics was on the phone with the customer ready to help out in a situation the kit was NEVER intended for. The "noises" was part of the same install. All other "fitment": problems were a matter of just adjusting the positioning on some piping which the owners were able to do once they realized the pipe was misaligned. Regardless of that Turboentics has stood behind their product even when it was installed with items and issues the kit was never intended for. That speaks volumes about this company and kit. Ask any Turbonetics owner that has contacted Turbonetics with a question and see what they think about the service they recieved. The Turbonetics kit is more then worth it. I have had the kit on my car since January with no issues to speak of.

You're correct in saying that every new product will have some bugs and the ones you have listed for the various TT kits reflects this. The more important question though is are these problems minor inconveniences or serious engine blowing ones. If you do some research on this issue you will see that certain TT kits have caused serious damage to many engines.

I don't want to get into a big argument by naming products but if you are open minded and objective in your analysis you will quickly see which kit is safer and more reliable out of the box. All FI mods run a risk of damaging an engine but it is better to have a kit that is initially safe rather than having to add a bunch of band aids to correct it's design and engineering deficiencies.

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