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Originally Posted by JeShUa
I wouldn't put a kit made by them on my car unless you could tell me that if anything went wrong they'd replace it. They have like 0 research done. They don't even know how much pressure the IM can take.
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This was, and continues to be my major concern with AJP and their products. Around the time that I first posted my K20Z3 Turbocharger Analysis, I also began raising concerns in the various "AJP DYNO RECORD!!!!!11!" threads that such high levels of boost were being applied to a stock block with stock rods, pistons, and most worrisome of all, the stock compression ratio of 11.1:1.
My concerns were answered by the AJP staff posters almost flippantly, claiming that I was uninformed and unaware of the "advanced tuning" that was being used on their kits. I won't go over every detail of the argument, my point is that it is these responses by AJP that show a complete disregard for product research, testing and quality.
Most disturbingly, their responses show a profound lack of consideration for
the safety of their customers. The first thing I was taught when I started work at a service station was that even a single mistake while working on an automobile could cost someone their life. Something as simple as not properly tightening an oil cap, or not fully locking down a hood can can cause an accident. When you are talking about extreme engine modification such as forced induction, the margin for error is even less.
I am not trying to frightening anyone, nor am I overstating the issue. The automotive industry is uniquely burdened by the unacceptably high cost of failure. Every five minutes a person dies in the United States due to an automobile accident. That is 40,000 people a year, the number report by the DOT (Department Of Transportation).