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Old 09-29-2004, 06:47 PM
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So the 3600 price tag looks good, even though no durability reports are out. I think its a little concerning that the only way they'll take payment is via certified check, due to no warranty. This way a customer can't stop charges on a bad engine. Hmmm. Then, there is a hidden crate fee of $100, and a generous shipping fee($300 for one state away) Am I getting trigger shy, or is good sense taking over?
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Do a search for my thread about the SLP ZL402, I think SLP talked about the S&H...
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300 seems about right for shipping, but the crate fee is high, my crate fee on a 408 from HPE was $45 IIRC, but they charged more to ship it.
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Do other vendors do the "no credit card" thing as well?
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You can do better for the same price.. Spend your money with AP, HPE etc , that are on here contributing to the LS1 community, and when you have a problem, will the first to step up and fix it. you wont get that with SLP
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Originally Posted by max's dad
Do other vendors do the "no credit card" thing as well?
HPE won't do a CC over the phone, I think its part of their "anti fraud" agreement with the credit card company though and nothing to do with warranty of the motors, Chuck told me my motor had 2/24 long as there were no power adders on it (N2O, F/I)
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SLP has 10% off if you have the coupon from their catalog, btw. Should cover the shipping costs.
Tbynre sells them for $100 less, and offers $100 off if you order online.
Hope this helps.
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They may not take credit card orders over a certain amount. The CC co. charges the person taking them a %, so they add up on large purchases.
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Originally Posted by Sam 04 GTO
SLP has 10% off if you have the coupon from their catalog, btw. Should cover the shipping costs.
Tbynre sells them for $100 less, and offers $100 off if you order online.
Hope this helps.
I called...the 10% discount does not apply to the 402
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I will be ordering one very soon. Keep us updated...
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I'd personally spend the extra grand on Lunati myself.
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Just to clarify. We (HPE) are able to take cc's over the phone now. Had some problems with our old cc merchant, so we switched to a new one, and so far I haven't had any problems with them.

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do they have them in stock. Are they ready to ship or do you have to wait for them to build it?
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Originally Posted by MeanWS6
do they have them in stock. Are they ready to ship or do you have to wait for them to build it?

Our motors are all built custom per application. But we keep most of the normal stuff in stock, so we usually can get the average shortblock done within a few weeks.

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It cost more than a grand for lunati parts. I know this for a fact!



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