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      05-09-2012, 08:10 PM   #45
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Sorry to hear. This is my second VF blower. I had one on my e46 330. I've had nothing but a great experience. There's been quite a few super charger tuners making these kits in the last 10 years, VF is still around and alot of the others are not. Remember when everyone was on the Technic bandwagon? LoL! Maybe you should give them a second chance? I'm not gonna get in a debate about who's better than who ect... There's been enough of those. I think EAS won the tuner shoot out with their VF kit at MFest. From the videos Tom has posted it looks like he's been beating the bloody hell out of his car with no issues.
eh, not going to ruin your thread with my issues from years ago. if it's running great for your car, then thats all that matters
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      05-10-2012, 03:25 AM   #46
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long story short, ran like crap and horrible customer service from vf
everyones seems to be over the moon with the e9x vf kits, I'm not saying there no good its just to early to say they are reliable
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      05-10-2012, 09:04 AM   #47
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everyones seems to be over the moon with the e9x vf kits, I'm not saying there no good its just to early to say they are reliable
I would beg to differ... they spent a lot more time in R&D before they released this kit than everyone else. There has probly been like 7 or 8 cars with their kit on this forum before they were ever released for sale. VF's own car was on the Gold Rush run across the country with no issues reported. Tom @ EAS has been beating the hell out of his car on the track every chance he gets. What more do you need?

If I were judging by your previous posts, you slightly biased to ESS? Thats ok your entitled to your own opinion. However, there can be more than 1 powerfull, reliable M3 supercharger kit on the market.

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      05-10-2012, 09:39 AM   #48
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Nice review man.

The VF kit has been dead reliable for us...and I think everyone knows the abuse we put out cars through.
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      05-10-2012, 10:31 AM   #49
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Nice review man.

The VF kit has been dead reliable for us...and I think everyone knows the abuse we put out cars through.
yeah but you're a vendor trying to sell and make money on VF kits... sorry but your opinion is some what skewed... money is a HUGE motivator for people
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      05-10-2012, 10:44 AM   #50
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Nice review man.

The VF kit has been dead reliable for us...and I think everyone knows the abuse we put out cars through.
yeah but you're a vendor trying to sell and make money on VF kits... sorry but your opinion is some what skewed... money is a HUGE motivator for people
Yea I can see that. Let's hope for some more consumer reviews. I'm sure VAC, EAS and other vendors customers can vouch for the reliability. It's hardware and software. I can vouch for the hardware, it's simple, beefy and non intrusive. I installed it myself. So that leaves software? Something that no one can see? So there's only the drivability which is great. Mines a manual and VF's, EAS, and VAC all had DCT. As for the power, it's great.... And the vendors are proving it without consumers having to put roll cages, track tires and VBoxes in their cars. As I said, thier can be more than 1... There could be 10 a year from now you never know how fast the competition catches up.
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      05-10-2012, 11:42 AM   #51
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yeah but you're a vendor trying to sell and make money on VF kits... sorry but your opinion is some what skewed... money is a HUGE motivator for people
I'm a vendor who sells 3 types of BMW connecting rods every day: SP, Carrillo, Arrow.

How does that work?
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awesome write up!
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awesome write up!
Thank You!
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Nice review man.

The VF kit has been dead reliable for us...and I think everyone knows the abuse we put out cars through.
Mike,

Would you want to sell something that wasn't reliable? Even if you made some money, the headaches wouldn't be worth it right?
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      05-10-2012, 04:16 PM   #55
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I would beg to differ... they spent a lot more time in R&D before they released this kit than everyone else. There has probly been like 7 or 8 cars with their kit on this forum before they were ever released for sale. VF's own car was on the Gold Rush run across the country with no issues reported. Tom @ EAS has been beating the hell out of his car on the track every chance he gets. What more do you need?
Beating the hell out of it pretty much sums it up.





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Just good clean 91 octane gas being used. Glad to see horsepower can be added without added drawbacks.
If this is the case all the new fuel like 98 octane (BP Ultimate and Shell V-max) being cleaner and good for the engine is all bullsh$t. Just marketing statements and we pay a higher price for nothing.
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Just good clean 91 octane gas being used. Glad to see horsepower can be added without added drawbacks.
If this is the case all the new fuel like 98 octane (BP Ultimate and Shell V-max) being cleaner and good for the engine is all bullsh$t. Just marketing statements and we pay a higher price for nothing.


Octane rating has little to do with being clean. It's the detergent additives that helps keep the intake valves clean IF fuel is being sprayed on the the intake valves. If there was a mechanic issue with the engine or poor fuel quality or lack of oil changes oil from the crankcase would basically bake onto the intake valves. That would lead to poor idle quality and other issues ect. If the rings were having too much blow by from too much boost you would have similar issues that's what I has trying to display here.

Direct injection I feel is a poor design, requires more maintaince. IE valve cleaning with walnut shells. So glad our S65 does not have it.
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