Calling out APS
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I agree that the non-APS customers need to tone it down, although I think that it's fine that they post here. I can't really tell the APS customers that had their turbos fail to tone it down thought. IMO they kind of have a right, as long as they don't go too far with it.
On another note; your post was the first time anyone called me by my "real" name in this thread, it makes me a little nervous!
For the record: Pete (xXxSilveradoxXx) ≠ Peter (Peter@APS)
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My humble opinion:
Those who have never bought an APS system, and never plan to, should dial it down. and stop posting.
Peter should stop posting those taunting messages. Come on. You've got a number of past customers in this thread and you are acting like that. Come on.
Those who have never bought an APS system, and never plan to, should dial it down. and stop posting.
Peter should stop posting those taunting messages. Come on. You've got a number of past customers in this thread and you are acting like that. Come on.
Regards,
Peter
the man with the lil chode speaks........ sorry had to get that one in there
oh and Pete(not er) you posted your name in an earlier part of the thread....lol Sorry about making you nervous(stalk, stalk, stalk!!) Bill
Originally Posted by Pro Stock John View Post
My humble opinion:
Those who have never bought an APS system, and never plan to, should dial it down. and stop posting.
Peter should stop posting those taunting messages. Come on. You've got a number of past customers in this thread and you are acting like that. Come on.
My humble opinion:
Those who have never bought an APS system, and never plan to, should dial it down. and stop posting.
Peter should stop posting those taunting messages. Come on. You've got a number of past customers in this thread and you are acting like that. Come on.
With all of that being said, lets make this thread constuctive.
Lets determine why the turbos are failing and what can be done to prevent them from failing. This would support the actual owners.
Let stop beating on Peter, this is not helping the actual owners. Peter has provided valuable input a couple of times recently (example: regarding banjo bolt holes). Without Peters input, I would have drilled the hole larger on my banjo bolt.
While we're all on the topic now of what certain people should be doing...
I think Peter should answer the questions posed regarding the turbo's...
But since no one is doing what they should be doing in this thread... Let it run it's own way. Users can post whatever they want as long as it doesn't violate rules.
I think Peter should answer the questions posed regarding the turbo's...
But since no one is doing what they should be doing in this thread... Let it run it's own way. Users can post whatever they want as long as it doesn't violate rules.
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As an actual owner of an APS kit, you are not supporting me at all. If anything, I feel this thread screwed the actual owners of APS kits more then APS themselves. The actual owners will never get any support from APS thanks to the continous beating of Peter on this thread.
I agree with Pro Stock John 100%.
With all of that being said, lets make this thread constuctive.
Lets determine why the turbos are failing and what can be done to prevent them from failing. This would support the actual owners.
Let stop beating on Peter, this is not helping the actual owners. Peter has provided valuable input a couple of times recently (example: regarding banjo bolt holes). Without Peters input, I would have drilled the hole larger on my banjo bolt.
I agree with Pro Stock John 100%.
With all of that being said, lets make this thread constuctive.
Lets determine why the turbos are failing and what can be done to prevent them from failing. This would support the actual owners.
Let stop beating on Peter, this is not helping the actual owners. Peter has provided valuable input a couple of times recently (example: regarding banjo bolt holes). Without Peters input, I would have drilled the hole larger on my banjo bolt.
i do apologize for the way i worded it if that was directed toward me but i dont see a problem in posting..
i do agree with things you said but you cannot take it out on another sponsor. so many sponsors on here hold a good rep and do what they say they will do. youre always going to get one bad one every once in a while
i do agree with things you said but you cannot take it out on another sponsor. so many sponsors on here hold a good rep and do what they say they will do. youre always going to get one bad one every once in a while
and think the other sponsors on here that have a good rep should speak up about this for their customers sake and their sake . Because if **** like this keeps happening ,,,,tech members will start thinking twice about buying a new product or anything for that matter knowing what happened to us APS buyers of this bum turbo kit This is all i was really trying to get across to all of you! 
i would like this thread to turn into more of a informative thread................those of us who have the aps kit need options for the turbos....
gt35's are prob one of the better options for replacing the little 20g's, but we need to locate some exhaust housings for them
we can get the 5 bolt ford style exhaust housings, but they are only offered in up to a .82 ar housing............................For the folks that are running 400+ cubes we really need to have 1.06 housings, but i havn't seen them in the 5-bolt ford style exhaust housings
Anybody know of a source to get the ford style 5-bolt exhaust housings in a 1.06??
That type of an exhaust housing would make it a lot easier to get the gt35's on the aps kits
gt35's are prob one of the better options for replacing the little 20g's, but we need to locate some exhaust housings for them
we can get the 5 bolt ford style exhaust housings, but they are only offered in up to a .82 ar housing............................For the folks that are running 400+ cubes we really need to have 1.06 housings, but i havn't seen them in the 5-bolt ford style exhaust housings
Anybody know of a source to get the ford style 5-bolt exhaust housings in a 1.06??
That type of an exhaust housing would make it a lot easier to get the gt35's on the aps kits
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LOL Dude,What did you think Peter was going to say about the banjo bolts ?Hey guys ,sorry about the wrong banjo bolts LOL No,Hes not going to say that and accept resposibllity for the turbo failures as of so far LOL Let us all know how long your turbos last with that 1 tiny *** bango holed bolt These turbos are internally metered and if you restrict it even more threw the bango youll be starving the turbo at higher RPMs Even punching open to a 1/8 size would be better then what it is now. I now alot of guys that have done it so far and there turbos are fine!Even the upgraded LG turbos have bigger oiling holes in there banjo bolts Take peters advice for what its worth my man !The only thing he did was post a pic of the banjo bolt from APS'S site and said this is what was was in our kits . He knows NOTHING about turbos or he would have chimmed in MANY months ago trying to help us figuire out what was going on with these turbos as soon as they started failing on us,(( which he didnt)) So go ahead and listen to peter if you want LOL
Understood... however (I will bring this up again)... the lines that supply oil to the banjo bolts have holes only slightly bigger than 1/16"... take a look. The banjo bolts could be drilled (not sure if that's good or bad yet), but then you would still be restricted by the lines. I'll try to take a pic of the lines tonight.
Last edited by bigblueturtle; Sep 21, 2009 at 01:20 AM.
Staging Lane
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Understood... however (I will bring this up again)... the lines that supply oil to the banjo bolts have holes only slightly bigger than 1/16"... take a look. The banjo bolts could be drilled (not sure if that's good or bad yet), but then you would still be restricted by the lines. I'll try to take a pic of the lines tonight.
Notice the oil line's hole (maybe 1/8") is barely bigger than the banjo bolt's hole (1/16"). Would drilling the banjo bolt even help much at all?
More stuff...
LHS Oil In
LHS Oil Drain
LHS Coolant In
LHS Coolant Out
RHS Coolant In
RHS Coolant Out
If the CHRAs were genuine... wouldn't the coolant IN/OUT be the same on both turbos???
Last edited by bigblueturtle; Sep 21, 2009 at 05:05 PM.
Staging Lane
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They only got a little of what they deserve. What they really need are multiple a law suits for false advertisement. Those who bought the kit were mis led from the begining. Peter never stated the turbos were genuine, but he did agree they were once someone else stated the fact. I know this because I re-read the entire advertisement thread that he started. I still may pursue legal action. I've already contacted ICPEN, and they referred me to econsumer.gov. Is it worth my time and money... I don't know yet.
Last edited by bigblueturtle; Sep 23, 2009 at 03:41 PM.