Headers, crossover pipes, and intercooler

 

When can I expect to receive the rest of the kit?? Thanks Bill for answering my question.

 

i'm boxing up your turbo right now, every part of your kit minus ac lines will be out by this week

 

Bill thanks a lot for the update!! When can we expect to receive the ac lines??

 

Smearin,

You have to chill about all the people taking cracks at Bill or Hi Flo. I believe that ADHD is rampant in our countries, and that these shots will serve their purpose to people who do not want to read all the 500 plus posts.

There has been nothing but lies and deciet from Hi Flo and its OWNWER Marko since the inception of their bold promises. I will keep posting to ensure that this does not happen to any other F-Body enthusiasts. However, I can appreciate your posts in hope to receive your stuff.

But this aside, lets keep the F-Body community alert about the type of business Hi-Flo aka Marko has been conducting. If people had alerted you about their business practices, this would have saved you a pile of headaches and maybe even downtime.

Smearin, this is not a shot against you, just trying to help out my fellow F-Body enthusiasts.

 

I had my kit installed first hand....So if you followed anything.. I was the first person to have the kit let alone running and dyno'd

Im not defending Hi flo or anyone else...

Im just tired reading page after page of wise-cracks.. Its getting old...

I believe the only people that should be making wise cracks are the customers waiting for the kits... not the people on the sidelines... its only egging on everyone else and making the customers feel worst..

thanks

 

Since Smearin dosent didnt reply to this i will (im sure he will later) SMEARIN got the first ls1 single turbo kit, and visits the shop regularly (i think) so he knows better then all of us if they are trying to steal money etc. etc, so hes just sayign that weve heard enough for the next 100 years about this situtaion, now we are all waiting for tracking numbers......



HAHA right when i posted this smearin answered a second before me

 

i ran the number and it doesent exist............ thats not good

 

I agree with Smearin, I'm tired of listening to the bandwagoning. I think it's pretty clear everyone is unhappy. I have no problem at all with the fellow customers letting off steam.

 

roger

 

UPS website sayss.....

Unable to track shipment "1Z XA5 086 12 4466 262 5".

UPS could not locate the shipment details for your request. Please verify your information and try again later.

Remember, UPS Tracking Numbers appear in the following formats:
1Z 999 999 99 9999 999 9
9999 9999 999 9
T999 9999 999


(1044)

 

what do u think? is it a fake or a missprint....... im praying and praying that its a missprint and bill will post tonight with the right one or at least say he will give me the right one tommrow no matter what.........

 

:crosses fingers:

 

 

sometimes I have gotten that message up until the day of delivery. You could always call ups and see whats up.

I have been reading about Hi-Flos troubles for awhile now. As much as it sucks to have delays I can say that Bill and Marko really care about quality, to a fault actually.

I was the first fabricator brought in to help develop the ls1 kit. I advised Marko to ditch the tubular headers and go with logs. He wanted nothing to do with it, so I spent week after week trying to find a way to route the drivers side header without hitting the frame, while still allowing room to route plug wires and the downpipe. I made the mistake of trying to mock up with schedule 10 stainless pipe and fittings. The thickness of the pipes made the fitment issues worse than then needed to be. After weeks of messing around I finally got 3 of the tubes routed, I showed Marko the progress on the mock up motor that was on an engine stand. He looked at it and handed me a valve cover spacer. Of course with the spacer the tubes had no chance of working.

He said that he would not screw over the guys who wanted to run roller rockers. Back to the drawing board we went. I went round after round with that damn header until I left the shop for a better opportunity. That certainly didn't help with the time line.

For the guys who say their C5 kit is a copy... Its just not true at all. I didnt have my hands in it, but I watched as Bill laid out the turbos and routed pipe.
The only inspiration was someone in the shop mentioned that they heard of a kit that put the turbos in the fenders.

Marko has an obsession with quality the likes of which I have never seen before. Part of the delay is because of that i'm sure.

I look forward to the day that all of this is forgotten and people are running around the streets with Hi-Flo kits.

Bill or Marko, if you ever need a hand around the shop dont hesitate to give me a call, i'm real busy with work and my family but I would make time for you guys.

 

The problem is that they have lied to us all the way through, have given no explanation as to why the kits where so delayed, and after 9 months still are not complete. The only reason I was interested in this kit was because it retained ac, and not they have no ac lines. He said we could get a refund, but I have been ignored after a month of asking for one. they dont answer the phone or reply to pms.

On another note, WTF kind of tracking number is he giving out? I tried Fedex, UPS, USPS, and DHL and nothing worked.

 

That is a UPS number, the number won't work right away, I don't think I've ever had one work right off.

 

whenever i have run a tracking number (which i do 100s of times a week at work) i always get the default, "we have recieved teh hsipper information but it does not mean it has been picked up"............. never a bad tracking number...... bill could at least try to explain what has happened, if he dosent i could alwasy cancel my CC charge which i dont want to do in the least bit

 

UPS tracking numbers only have one letter in them.(the Z)

 

You know, this could be directed at my post a little. I'm not a bandwagoner by far. Go look through my posts on this board. It gets old seeing these types of vendors dodging the TRUTH. Who's egging on who here. I believe it was the customers that got tired of the BS and brought it out here. If I was a customer, and I'm glad I'm not. I'd be upset that you have your car in your own words "I had my kit installed first hand....So if you followed anything.. I was the first person to have the kit let alone running and dyno'd". I'm sure that makes everyone feel great.

Look through the past bs threads/posts about piece of crap venders. I don't know you from a hole in the ground, alas there was always people like you bandwagoning about how great said vendor was.

Your tired of bandwagoners and wisecracks from people that are not direct customers, don't read the thread. You ever think that some of these people have been burnt by past vendors? Then all of a sudden it's like, great here we go again! Oh well, you have the 1st kit right!

I'm sure it's makes people feel great that you were the first kit, are dyno'd and tuned. Especially the ones that have been lied and lied and lied to for almost a year. Meh, atleast your out enjoying your car. I guess it's ok by you to spend thousands of dollars and wait for eternity to get what you paid for. Believe it or not, you are defending Hi-Flow. Whether your helping the situation, I don't know.

From a bandwagoner standing on the sidelines I trully hope things work out. I've been burnt as well as a couple of my buddies and it's horrific for all involved. Especially in the internet world.

A great vendor now a days comes to mind. Look at all the plauges with Patriot Performance. All the bs they endured. But they stuck with the game and are now one of the top sponsors and have some of the greatest customer service in the game. Way to go Gunnar and PP! I really truley hope that Hi-Flow will come through this with lessons learned. That they also will raise to the top of the game with affordable turbos. Maybe Hi-flow will earn a and rub all the **** talking into peoples faces like PP.