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locknload
03-25-2009, 01:35 PM
Does anyone know anything about Top Hat Performance?
ANVIL
03-25-2009, 01:43 PM
not really. but i do have their RB mounts when they first came out with them. so far they have been good, had them since 2006. what are you talking about specifically?
locknload
03-25-2009, 01:48 PM
not really. but i do have their RB mounts when they first came out with them. so far they have been good, had them since 2006. what are you talking about specifically?

Their builds (SR Motors)? Setup? Any comments?
karl wasabi
03-25-2009, 01:49 PM
I am using Top Hat mounts right now for my RB swap.

EDIT: NVM to what I have said.
locknload
03-25-2009, 01:54 PM
I am using Top Hat mounts right now for my RB swap.

EDIT: NVM to what I have said.

AHAH! It's all good. Thanks.
s14unimog
03-25-2009, 02:58 PM
I think they went out of business...? I haven't heard much from them since the KA-T motor sets they marketed awhile back...
nismo tuned s14
03-25-2009, 03:02 PM
They went out of business.

I hope they are in tons of debt for building shitty engines.

Fuck Top Hat.
locknload
03-25-2009, 03:10 PM
I think they went out of business...? I haven't heard much from them since the KA-T motor sets they marketed awhile back...

They did go out of business...
locknload
03-25-2009, 03:12 PM
They went out of business.

I hope they are in tons of debt for building shitty engines.

Fuck Top Hat.

Bad Experience? Did you have your motor built by them? Curious.
nismo tuned s14
03-25-2009, 03:25 PM
My KA-Twas built by them.

Once I finally got my engine after all the bull shit I had to put up with, my timing chain tensioner broke 1000 miles later.

The valvetrain was really loud, and the only thing that was different was a three-angled valve job.

The engine itself lasted less than two years, due to a broken snap ring on the wrist pin. That probably wasn't their fault, but it was still a bad experience overall.

I wouldn't have gone through them in the first place, but I was pressed for time, lived 200 miles away at college, and needed an engine a.s.a.p. Now I'm in the process of building the engine the way it should have been built by Top Hat.

For the record, Mike, the owner, is a good guy. He just had incompetent people working for him.
projectRDM
03-25-2009, 03:48 PM
They went out of business.

I hope they are in tons of debt for building shitty engines.

Fuck Top Hat.

Amen. Mike Sims is a piece of shit.
opponheimer
03-26-2009, 08:08 AM
Top hat mounts are shit... I watched mine bend as i rested the motor down on top of them. Their holes are off on the tranny mount too. Buy McKinney or make your own..
SHIFT_*grind*
03-26-2009, 08:12 AM
I bought something from them like 6 years ago for my RB20 swap, I think a 3" cat. No problems, but there's not much to go wrong with a cat.
180sxdrifter
03-26-2009, 08:19 AM
Ive had their crate motor for over 2yrs now still running strong
projectRDM
03-26-2009, 02:16 PM
Ive had their crate motor for over 2yrs now still running strong

You're the only one. Knock on wood. Daily.
kim_jong_il
03-26-2009, 02:35 PM
Top Hat and <insert 99% of all performance shops> are pieces of shit so buyer beware.
zorak
03-26-2009, 02:42 PM
Why do you have 2 threads for this?
180sxdrifter
03-26-2009, 03:36 PM
You're the only one. Knock on wood. Daily.

My car is a daily drifter and its gona be finally going to get boosted after all these years
opponheimer
03-26-2009, 05:51 PM
My car is a daily drifter and its gona be finally going to get boosted after all these years

Well atleast they had one pleased customer :p
nismo tuned s14
03-26-2009, 06:21 PM
My car is a daily drifter and its gona be finally going to get boosted after all these years

No boost = less stress.

I would be more reluctant to boost a two year old Top Hat engine than I would a stock KA24DE with 120,000 miles on it.
OBEEWON
03-26-2009, 07:16 PM
Thier rods were made of pubic hairs and they used sars to grease ther main bearings. Do not want...
s14unimog
03-27-2009, 12:09 PM
Thier rods were made of pubic hairs and they used sars to grease ther main bearings. Do not want...

^ :mepoke:

I met Mike once; he didn't strike me as a brilliant guy. I've had some friends get work done there before, but with mediocre experiences. It seems good riddance.
DaPCWiz
03-27-2009, 01:21 PM
Wow... I had no idea they had so many issues. I've personally seen two people with their motors. 180sxdrifter and another buddy of mine... and both their cars run awesome. (one boosted one not). Both guys got their motors a while ago when I first heard of top hat.. Maybe there was a quantity vs. quality issue on their later motor builds?
Phlip
03-27-2009, 01:26 PM
Why do you have 2 threads for this?

:stupid:

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