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Originally Posted by ragingpanda
Well in my case, the reason why I never contacted you regarding the issue with the VRSF inlets is because it took me a LONG time (well over a year) to figure it out. I had my turbos and inlets installed professionally as I simply do not have the time to do this job myself as I am in the medical field. I am even more busy nowadays thanks to everything thats going on right now, but let me share my story about why your inlets caused me a great deal of mental and financial agony:
I had all of the bolt ons on a stock turbo setup and a different brand of inlets for a long time but decided to jump the gun on a mildly used upgraded set of turbos with 5k miles. I placed an order on a aluminum set of relocated inlets and your downpipes (order number is 100048874) as I wanted brand new parts to accommodate my new turbo setup.
Here is a log on stock turbos and a different brand of inlets with a custom tune: https://datazap.me/u/rnmevo9/bq-v2-l...og=0&data=4-21
As you can see, there is no issue here and its running good.
And here is my first log on upgraded turbos and vrsf inlets: https://datazap.me/u/rnmevo9/rb-e45-...og=0&data=3-22
As you can see, its not holding boost whatsoever at high rpms and the wgdc shoots up as well. My tuner tells me that I have a boost leak. So I spent a lot of time and money chasing this 'boost leak' and doing repeated 3rd gear pulls to see if the new parts fixed it or not (they didn't). I did everything from doing smoke tests, pressurized tests, boost solenoids, etc and nothing fixed the issue. Then one day upon doing another 3rd gear run, I heard a loud bang and a LOT of white smoke started coming out of my exhaust. Turns out my rear turbo took a dump and I sent the turbos in to the manufacturer for an inspection, rebuild and have it upgraded to a larger wheel. I ate up the costs and figured maybe the USED turbos were the culprit of my issues.
Here is a log of my rebuilt turbos: https://datazap.me/u/rnmevo9/ng?log=0&data=3-22
Wow!! Apparently, the issue still exists even with rebuilt turbos. You can probably guess that these turbos didn't last long either and blew up once again. I bought a brand new set of turbos and a different brand of inlets this time and once again, had it professionally installed..
https://datazap.me/u/rnmevo9/2nd-rev...=0&data=3-4-20
Eureka! Turns out your inlets was the main cause of my turbo problems starving them of air and blowing up. If my friend hadn't told me to try out a different brand of inlets, I would have still been in this crazy loop of chasing a 'boost leak' when in fact it was your inlets causing this issue. I'm not here to promote other competing brands, I'm just here to share my story of how your 200 dollar part was the main issue to cause me over 6k in damages for a malfunctioning part. |
I feel like you should be more upset at the "mechanic" who wasted all your money. They sounded more like a parts replacer than someone who properly diagnosed and tested parts to determine if they were in need of replacement. You can't fall into the trap of replacing parts and calling it maintenance, which seems to be commonplace with this platform.