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Aug 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...

Aug 19, 2009 | 08:58 PM

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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

Aug 19, 2009 | 08:59 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. 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.

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:00 PM

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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.

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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.

Aug 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!?

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:02 PM

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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......

Aug 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..

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bboyferal

That might not be the only component from China...

I think I found the turbos.

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Aug 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....

Aug 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

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:31 PM

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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,

Peter

So all GM kits are stopped?

Aug 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).

Aug 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?

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:37 PM

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True, but maybe those Honda guys know, in fact, that they are specifically buying them before they pay.

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:37 PM

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So all GM kits are stopped?

From what I understand they are stepping out of the F-Body market...... for now.

Aug 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.

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:38 PM

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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.

Aug 19, 2009 | 09:42 PM

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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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Aug 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,

Peter