At least for the geometry issues, any aftermarket casting should have that fixed. I think if you look at all the castings in the hands of capable porters, they are going to be very close. Like Smokey said, call around, ask lots of questions, see who is willing to work with you the most, etc. Sometimes that is worth more than the part itself.

 

Hell yeah! I know if I send any of my contacts a question I'll get a honest response or answer. And those custom archangel heads that the company that screwed you on .... are brodix castings if I'm not mistaking.

 

Wait, that was the ARCHANGELS??? I thought it was Stage 4 stock castings. Man I thought those archngels looked pretty badass.

 

His heads were stock castings...they sell the archangel heads which I think are brodix castings.

 

Yup nothing but a rip off of a rip off of a rip off!

 

Yeah, I agree with you to some degree. but when you only drive it hwy miles and its consuming water from the beginning. Then you take it back to AHP and have them look it over (they claim they did a leak down, compression, with radiator positive pressure) and they keep it for almost 2 months and then tell you everything is fine (when its not and the thing comes apart a few hundred miles later). Then I think I can have some issue with it. Either they lied and never performed the checks they say they did OR they are incompetent in this area (they claim they are the worlds best; didn't you know).

They weren't going to cover anything. they were blowing smoke up my rear for this many months and wouldn't give me an estimate. this is why I have waited so long. (Kohle at AHP told me that I am not to take the car to another shop even for a tear down. maybe they didn't want someone else exposing their mistakes?). The realization is that they are just above amateur level. Listening to the things he comes up with just proved it to me. The more I worked with him and the descriptions he had me put for his work on the site finalized it for me. One walk around the shop and you realize that they are just pretending to be something they are not. Sorry to be this harsh, but If only I could show you email communication I had with him when he had issues with other customers where he wanted terms updated on the site as if it would apply retroactively. I never thought I would be at the other end of that. It was so outrageous, that I didn't know if I should be concerned or laugh. For example, every time I emailed him regarding a specific problem with my engine, he would literally send me an email to update the terms on the site to remove his liability for the issue I was bring up. I even had to bring it to his attention (he stated that it was just coincidence; whatever).

Anyways, I'm moving on and trying to see which direction I go now.

 

Man.... They wouldn't want my business. He would ride with me and see that there's a problem. Damn Fool about my $ and getting screwed. What happened to Paco....went up there and dude got smart... he's locked up for a lengthy stay this time.

 

Is this the same company out of Ca. that has over 52 reviews? You would think with their stellar reputation they would fix the car if they felt it was on them but as soon as you drive it out of their shop its all on you.

 

Hey, if a company is screwing people over, get their name on here so we can drag them thru the mud good and proper!

 

Better to protect members on the forum than to protect a f^cked-up vendor.

KW

 

The key is if the cars having a problem that u know and see, all that's needed is a ride with the builder to Show him the problem. From there is how my attitude would go depending on his response.

We need to get on the Vette forum where they pay to play. Never seen a post by them here. There's a reason they post on the Vette forum and not here or YB, Speedtalk etc....think about it.

 

Tell me about it. They didn't want to hear about the water consumption. When I told them about it, they immediately started blaming me somehow. I have a message from them telling me to "keep an eye on it and let me know if it gets worse" when I told them that I had to add 3L of coolant. This didn't make any sense to me. Why would I have 3L of coolant missing with less than 2000 miles since they performed the work. I had to bug them just to let them "look" at it. They threw my car outside on their open lot (was completely covered in dirt). I now honestly think that they didn't do anything.

prior to taking the car in, I had removed all the spark plugs to see if I can at least see anything unusual. I noticed that cylinder #7 electrode was cleaner than the rest and that it had rust at the end. they didn't seem to care about it. In fact, they "selectively" performed a leak down test on 2 cylinders only (and not even #7). I had no problem paying for them to do a leakdown on all 8 cylinders. They insisted that it wasn't necessary based on their "expertise" in knowing these engines inside out.

 

I understand trying to prevent abuse and competitors trying to slander each other, but what the corvette forum does is honestly disingenuous to its members that make up their community. They rather sell them out than let them find out the truth.

 

Bingo! You start this there they'll lock it down faster then you can imagine. They will ban you and the post will instantly disappear

 

Haha, they already did. That is what my second video is about. I think I figured out his game. I posted late on a weekend (missed moderation). had a few people concerned about it and subscribed to the thread. Come morning, he responds with a bunch of BS and lies (which basically emails all subscribed parties - that's how I got a copy) and then had the thread removed. This way, he gets last word (for subscribed members) and then its gone (no having to deal with my or other people's responses). Let me show you just one piece of the garbage Kohle at AHP responded with before deleting the thread:

Kohle at AHP:
"Also about the overheating issues and coolant issue. Why dont you tell the forum here the truth like you told Jake last time your were at our shop and that is your girlfriend (ex girlfriend now if im not mistaken) taking your car for a week without your permission and disappearing to here boy toys house. After that your car had issues. At least that's what you told Jake."


That's word for word his response on corvette forum before he had the thread removed. No joke. I don't talk to Jake (his manager) and I'm married. Making up BS like this shows he has no bounds at only shows how the sheep at corvette forum are being deceived.

 

That's why I would never go to that site. It's for the rich and if Screwed you can afford it you got a Vette nor will I ever buy from anyone who post there...yeah him too ....but he would've rode with me while I smoke 1. Topped the cap with water ride and when we got back. Yeah it needs water now what....waiting for a stupid answer. The 1 got me calm before I respond .....

 

Haha. I would be a couple hundred miles trip. I guess I'm a sucker

 

Speaking of corvette forum.... there is a thread says Darin Morgan left Reher Morrison and went to Mast ????????

True or fake news???

 

That's terrible. The AHP stuff never impressed me.

You need to go with an aftermarket casting with the LS7 to fix the issues. Hell, even an aftermarket LS3 head with an 11-degree angle is going to perform and not **** the bed.

Some guys on Corvette Forum have even done that. Grabbed the cheap GMPP Ported LS3 heads with BTR Spring Package and thrown it on the car... and they still make like 580rwhp with an LS3 intake and whatever LS7 cam they had in there.

 

Shut the front door!