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Old 08-19-2009, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by subarubill96
http://china-autoparts.en.made-in-ch...d-EM-003-.html

put that in your pipe and smoke it. it says APS on it...
That might not be the only component from China...
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no doubt my man. i have said this in other threads that the turbo's are in no way MHI's but cheap poorly built knock-off's
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Originally Posted by xXxSilveradoxXx
HERE is a link to the pair of manifolds with another picture.
Well **** me sideways! hahaha. How slick would it be if another sponsor bought those in bulk and offered higher quality turbos for a hot-side-only TT kit? And where were you two years ago!? This would have been nice oh, so long ago.
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Originally Posted by SScam68
there is probably a minimum quantity. I'm wondering what that number is.

You still have to piece the rest of the kit together.
I just sent an e-mail to China but there was a delivery failure. I'm gonna call Zhejiang tonight, that should be a fun call. I'll let you know what I find out. IMO the hardest part of building a kit would be the manifolds, if I can get a set of these the hard part would be done.

Originally Posted by LilJayV10
I guess it was better for them financially to just drop the F body line than to fix the turbos.
It will be interesting to see what APS does with the New F-Body market just opening up. Like I said before, it wouldn't surprise me if they have a new Camaro on a boat headed Down Under right now.
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by xXxSilveradoxXx
HERE is a link to the pair of manifolds with another picture.
Well **** me sideways! hahaha.
I can't even tell the difference:
http://airpowersystems.com/fbody/manifolds2.jpg
http://www.china-autoparts.cn/z_admi...1959393986.jpg

How slick would it be if another sponsor bought those in bulk and offered higher quality turbos for a hot-side-only TT kit? And where were you two years ago!?
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Originally Posted by ls1greg
How slick would it be if another sponsor bought those in bulk and offered higher quality turbos for a hot-side-only TT kit?
I'm kinda thinking about it......
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:03 PM
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This was a great thread.

Probably one of the most legit threads I've seen. Silverado made an awesome post, very detailed and exact.

Then.... APS's reply... wow ...kind of lacking..
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Originally Posted by bboyferal
That might not be the only component from China...
I think I found the turbos.

LINK
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:08 PM
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chinese turbo's are no secret, they have been around for years. they havent quite figured out how to make them live yet as far as ive seen. i know a few honda guys that bought them with their ebay turbo kits and had very similiar problems like the APS kits....
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SScam68
Any plans to sell off the molds etc?
No plans to sell any F body tooling,

Peter
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Originally Posted by peter@aps
The decision to stop producing twin turbo kits for American muscle cars was made 8 months ago.

No chance, APS is now out of the F Body twin turbo market, sorry that I can't assist you.

Cheers,

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So all GM kits are stopped?
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:34 PM
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wow, what a dark day for APS, Truly I feel sorry for you people that are having problems with your system. Peter definitely sounds like a horse's ****. (pardon my french).
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JMBLOWNWS6
Peter
Now APS doesnt want to support the F body anymore.
What do you mean by not supporting the F body kit anymore?
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Originally Posted by subarubill96
chinese turbo's are no secret, they have been around for years. they havent quite figured out how to make them live yet as far as ive seen. i know a few honda guys that bought them with their ebay turbo kits and had very similiar problems like the APS kits....

True, but maybe those Honda guys know, in fact, that they are specifically buying them before they pay.
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Originally Posted by Cobra Commander
So all GM kits are stopped?
From what I understand they are stepping out of the F-Body market...... for now.
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by davidadavila
classic...they ******* came raped as many people as possible and flew away...
You must be joking.....every person who purshased a system at least had the system delivered.......more than I can say about a lot of US turbo companies.
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Originally Posted by bboyferal
That might not be the only component from China...
well on the bright side this kit could have been had at a third of what APS is asking. you know the Chinese only care about getting paid.
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Originally Posted by peter@aps
You must be joking.....every person who purshased a system at least had the system delivered.......more than I can say about a lot of US turbo companies.
In the country of the blind... The one-eyed man is king?

In the thief's guild, the one-handed pilferer is a moral man?



Interesting... F-body owners should be grateful...



What I've wanted to know for a long time:

Has any F-body owner on LS1tech ever experienced a problem with the APS turbo(s), contacted APS, been honored and processed a warranty of some sort, and then had the defective turbo(s) repaired or replaced?

Please raise your hand...
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by xXxSilveradoxXx
It will be interesting to see what APS does with the New F-Body market just opening up. Like I said before, it wouldn't surprise me if they have a new Camaro on a boat headed Down Under right now.
No plans for producing any turbo systems for the new camaro.

Cheers,

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To be fair, I would like to know if everyone who purchased a kit with a bad turbo (or turbos) was offered a replacement.
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