I will not give you a list of all of my vendors that I have spent thousands of hours and tens of thousands of dollars creating. Just like I don't ask you what the name and telephone number of your contact at KKK Turbos is.
Please don't take offense to what I've written as I do think that providing a cheaper alternative product is not in it's self a bad thing. (it's what drew me to vw's in the first place) But providing a product and not marking it as 'non-oem' is misleading at best and w/out a verifiable test behind it something I would be pretty pissed about if I bought a product thinking it was replacement for OEM and it failed prematurely.Personally I am interested in seeing product comparison between oem and what you sell.
I've asked prothe about his injection pumps, and he's been a bit cagey about them. He can't tell me if it's been properly calibrated or what brand seals are used, or where any of the replacement parts are made. He just says 'rebuilt'. That alone has me going to my local Bosch rebuilder paying $500 instead of $299. He also defends AMC heads, which are KNOWN crap (ask any head builder familiar with them: poor quality alloy). Not sure if that's the brand he sells, but those facts alone make me look to other sources.
about the pump heads seizing up: Tintin was able to seize a 12mm BOSCH head, and completely destroy it. now if the pump head was destroyed during *normal* use then yea it's a crap defective part. one thing for sure that i wouldn't buy non oem is the belt tensioner. that should be common knowledge by now, and it seems nobody is bringing that up. there's just been so many timing failures due to it. it would be just like playing Russian roulette with your engine :lol:
Joe:We agree, for the most part.I did not qualify WHO claimed a part to be OEM, but you are quite right: that is something for the manufacturer to declare, not a vendor (unless substantiated).As far as Cofap (not Cofab if I remember right) goes: I had nothing but perfect results from them in air cooled days. There are still a couple of 1776 engines I built 25 years ago with Cofap cylinders that are being raced today (untouched) after years of street abuse. That's my point: there may indeed be a "better" OEM part, but just how good is good enough? IMNO, if it gets the job done, doesn't break, priced right and is AVAILABLE, count me in. Another Cofap comment though: I don't think Brazilian parts are anything near what they were 20 years ago.PS: I take it the repetition was for emphasis? (sorry couldn't resist)