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GREENTONE
12-14-2005, 06:27 PM
I Had Ht Do A Swap For Me On My 95 S14 And I Was Very Unhappy With There Owner . I Had To Go Easy On My Way Home Because Ht Could Not Tune My Power Fc Or Get Jwt Ecu To Work With The Msd Injectors . The Owner Told Me Just Because We Advertise Them Dont Mean We Can Install Them . So I Drove Home My Car 300miles With A Built Motor And A Gt2871r Turbo Running On A Factory Ecu With Factory Injectors . All That After 6 Months Of Them Calling About 1 Thing After Another And $15,000 Spent On The Swap . All My Factory Parts Were Stolen Buy Them And They Tried To Steal My Ka Witch The Old Owner Just Had Factory Rebuilt .

My Swap Consisted Of 1 Sr Red Top With New Sr20det Harness/valve Cover/valves/grexx Springs/crower Retainers/hks Head Gasket/jic Manifold/gt2871 Turbo/o.e.m Gasket Kit/greddy Cam Gears/hks Stg.2cams/greddy Pulleys/new Oil And Water Pumps/tomei Fuel Pump/greddy V Spec Fmic/greddy S13 Intake With A New Z32 Maf/hks Hotpipe Ssq Bov/taka Lines/koyo Rad/fal 230 Fans/exedy Flywheel/spec Stg.3 Clutch/greddy Oil Pan/greddy Fp,water Temp & Boost Gauge/jgy Fuel Rail W/msd 72# Injectors/blitz Rad Hose/obx Downpipe/greddy Turbo Elbow/splitfire Coilpacks/greddy Profec Type S Boost Control/greddy Turbo Timer/greddy Intake Manifold

And When I Got Home I Installed My New Hks Manifold & Gtrs Turbo Kit,now For A Private Owner This A Pretty Great Package At Least Price Wise Its As Expensive As You Can Really Get

I Dont Have A Dyno But With It Running With 22# Of Boost It Seemed To Hit 400hp And It Boost's Smooth And Fast , I Have More Lag On My Audi Tt . But As I Reflect On All The Money I Have Spent On A Namebrand Swap With The Best Of Everything I See That The Gt2871r Would Of Been A More Powerful Turbo For 40% The Cost And I Love My Hks Stuff But $1000 For A Manifold When I Look At A Meagan It Looks Very Comprable For $89.99 So I Dont Think I Will Ever Go This Route Again . If I Would Of Known Of The Bs That Shops Give You With There Installs I Would Of Had A Stock Sr Swap Done With Maybe The Head Work And Fmic Then Done All The Other Myself .

I See Some People Saying Good Things About Heavy Throttle But I Dont Think They Had Any Major Work Done There . They Had A Local Crew Of 16 Year Old Kids For Mechanics That I Think The Owner Pays Migrant Worker Wages To And His Car Is The Greatest According To Him But Its A Booty Swap With Junk Parts And When You Meet Tuning Shop Owners 1/2 Are Arrogant Like Heavy Throttle And The Other 1/2 Are Helpfull And Kind . I Have Purchased A Lot Of Parts Through Jgy And Always Had Good Informative Help And Great Prices And Jeff The Owner Of Heavy Throttle Was Dissing Jgy When I Was Out There But Later He Slipped Up And Said He Got Most Of His Parts Through Them . Another Thing Is That I Told Ht That I Would Buy A Few Parts Through Them But They Could Not Get Anything , The Owner Said No Injectors For 3 Months . It Seemed Stupid Because I Could Get Them Cheaper And Next Day And I Dont Do Buisness Like They Do . So Always Get Your Own Parts A Month After I Was Suposed To Pick Up My Car They Called And Said That They Could Get A Gt2871r Turbo For Me But It Would Be $1399 And Take 6 Weeks , Now I Have Purchase A Few For Other Buyers From Jgy And It Cost $980 And Takes 2 Days Then Ht Got Upset Because I Bought My Own And Sent It To Them So I Dont Know If This Has A Point But I Hope It Stops Someone From Making A Mistake And Having A Morron Do There Swap .

Tenchuu
12-14-2005, 06:34 PM
post 2 and wrong section. should have went into buisness reviews section.

and do you really have so mutch extra money to throw around like this and your 25K worth of new parts for sale to get rid of post?? nothing against you but most 240 owners spend mutch more time detailing out ther plans in advance due to lack of 15K to toss into thier car's engine in one hit. i admit it sounds good, but soundsl like you tend to buy first and ask questions later. just a bit more impulsivethan the norm eh?

Jcb890
12-14-2005, 06:52 PM
Some Punctuation Like Not Capitalizing Every First Letter Of Every Word Would Be Nice. ;)

SRd240sx
12-14-2005, 07:00 PM
Interesting.. this is the first bad news I've ever heard of H-T...

Everytime I've dealt with tehm, they offered me SUPERB customer service.

On the phone they're super nice.

This does not seem like them at all. Thanks for sharing though... :)

mrmephistopheles
12-14-2005, 08:13 PM
wrong section