slp 485 hp head and cam package?
09-18-2003, 05:29 PM
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package?
Just curious here, why is it that SLP is constantly ragged on, yet other companies are held in such high esteem?
IMO, some of the former's power claims are "optimistic", their parts are generally pricey, and I'm not a huge fan of their customer service. They do, however, produce parts with OEM quality and feel based on my experience.
09-18-2003, 07:16 PM
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package? They are more like two divisions of the same company and they do interact. F.e. aftermarket part of SLP sells take-off wheels left from transforming z28's into SS's, suspension packages basically identical to SS packages, etc.
SLP Performance Parts (aftermarket) and SLP Engineering (second sticker packages) are two separate entities.
IMO, some of the former's power claims are "optimistic", their parts are generally pricey, and I'm not a huge fan of their customer service. They do, however, produce parts with OEM quality and feel based on my experience.
SLP Performance Parts (aftermarket) and SLP Engineering (second sticker packages) are two separate entities.
IMO, some of the former's power claims are "optimistic", their parts are generally pricey, and I'm not a huge fan of their customer service. They do, however, produce parts with OEM quality and feel based on my experience.
09-18-2003, 08:54 PM
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package?
They are more like two divisions of the same company and they do interact. F.e. aftermarket part of SLP sells take-off wheels left from transforming z28's into SS's, suspension packages basically identical to SS packages, etc.
My point was that its misleading to say that if I have an SS or WS6 and I don't care for SLP's aftermarket parts or claims, I lack logic - they are not one in the same. Besides, unlike the '96 and '97 SS's, the basic SS and WS6 LS1 cars don't have anyting more than some cosmetic work done at SLP anyway.
09-18-2003, 09:28 PM
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package?
They are more like two divisions of the same company and they do interact. F.e. aftermarket part of SLP sells take-off wheels left from transforming z28's into SS's, suspension packages basically identical to SS packages, etc.
I agreeMy point was that its misleading to say that if I have an SS or WS6 and I don't care for SLP's aftermarket parts or claims, I lack logic - they are not one in the same. Besides, unlike the '96 and '97 SS's, the basic SS and WS6 LS1 cars don't have anyting more than some cosmetic work done at SLP anyway.
09-19-2003, 11:43 AM
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package? um...well first Dave Hamburger is kind of a jackass, second their prices may be high quality, but their hp claims are outrageous, and third their prices are even more outrageous than their hp claims. I understand that if you have to stay emissions legal, you gots to pay. But I don't, 
so I won't 
so I won't
09-19-2003, 03:09 PM
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package?
Two divisions = separate entities in my book.
09-19-2003, 04:03 PM
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package?
Two divisions = separate entities in my book.
Yes, you're right that the parts carried by both "divisions" are the same, but those shared parts are pretty much limited to wheels and some body and suspension parts. The vast majority of performance parts are available only through SLP Performance. So, your earlier statement about lacking logic is misleading. To further clarify - I like the SS hood and wing my car came with, but that does not mean I lack logic because I don't buy into the claims of SLP Performance Parts heads/cam packages, engine assemblies, etc. Make sense?
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Re: slp 485 hp head and cam package? Maybe we're splitting hairs here, but it sounds to me like you've not dealt with SLP personally. Try ordering replacement parts for your SS or WS6 through SLP Peformance Parts (Toms River) and see what they do (usually they'll direct you to the Troy, Michigan headquarters).
Yes, you're right that the parts carried by both "divisions" are the same, but those shared parts are pretty much limited to wheels and some body and suspension parts. The vast majority of performance parts are available only through SLP Performance. So, your earlier statement about lacking logic is misleading. To further clarify - I like the SS hood and wing my car came with, but that does not mean I lack logic because I don't buy into the claims of SLP Performance Parts heads/cam packages, engine assemblies, etc. Make sense?
..And I did deal with SLP and had actually been a member of their forum for quite a while [until production stopped]. I just didn't like to hear that absolutely everything SLP make is junk, like some people implied..
