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howell bottom end kit - review

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siueclipse

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Sep 11, 2002
Pros and cons....

Pro:

The kit was relatively inexpensive.. around 1100 bux for the full bottom end kit. It comes with high quality parts thats for sure. I don't have any performance pros for it yet because i haven't installed it. (It just arrived today). Im impressed with the kit..

Cons.. (ut oh)

Ok.. granted the parts are great but i really think they have no ####ing clue what they are doing over there. When i ordered my kit, they said it would be shipped in a couple days, 3 weeks later the kit finally shows up. They owe me a credit on my card and its been over a week. they claim they have done it, but my credit card company says they haven't. When i would call to find out the status, they would flat out lie to me and say that it is shipping the day i call. Its impossible for them to keep anything in stock. Granted everyone wants parts, however, i dont think they (or any company) should be allowed by law to sell parts if they dont have them in stock.

Also, they charged me for 2 day air shipping, but shipped it ground. I came home to find my box of parts sitting on the porch, in the rain.

Now.. another con, which doesn't relate to the bottom end kit.... I also ordered springs and valves for my head. I ordered them and they said, ok, no problem, the springs will be in, in a couple days.. here we are a week later and still no springs or valves.. Then i noticed my credit card has been charged 599 bux compared to the 316 it should have been. Well, it turns out that they automatically charged me for retainers for the springs. I was told when i ordered that the springs, that the retainers came with them.

Basically, i needed these parts so i told them to go ahead and let the order go through, but i also told them that i wasn't going to order anything more from them because of their unorganization.

Take all this however you want to. Im very frustrated with them, but at least im getting my parts.

J
 
Originally posted by 98Turbbo420A
Just a friendly reminder, don't turn the boost up passed 10 until it's broken in and new injectors!!!

yeah i know. however, i think my 310cc injectors will handle more than 10lbs of boost. at 10lbs of boost (flooring it basically) im still way to rich and i can't lean my shit out any more than it already is.

J
 
ok.. now im just pissed.

they were waiting on my valves, but the valves showed up before the springs and retainers.. i called them tryin to get a tracking number and the bi*** was like....

- oh they shipped today
- oh they shipped two days ago

Can i have a tracking number?

- i dont have it in front of me.

Ok can you find it?

- No

-- i hung up

these people have no ####ing clue what they are doing. im never ordering anything from them again and i urge others never to as well. i feel like i bought a star kit ;) haha
 
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