NeedamkII;1191034 said:
Make it come with a cheap ebay intercooler or something too
. I plan on upgrading to hardpipes and a better intercooler soon. I'll be purchasing the ETS system soon (but 850 dollars crikes), if you can come up with something awesome first I'd rather patronize you or atleast see what ya come up with.
I'd stay away from the ETS kit for the following reasons:
(1) Poor customer support. They pretend like they are concerned if you have a problem, but never act on any resolution.
(2) Passenger headlight will no longer close due to poor ETS plumbing design. I confronted ETS about this and their response was "the owner" doesn't see any need to redesign the kit. Their solution to the design flaw is to remove your headlight bezel and drive around looking like a beater with an owner that could give a shit.
(3) ETS was a Vendor Member here, but after editing and deleting threads questioning their sales and support tactics apparently are no longer a Vendor Member here. Comes as no surprise to me...
I have a lengthy email dialog back and forth with ETS I am willing to share with anyone considering ETS. When I get the time I plan on dedicating an entire website outlining my ETS experience.
I spared no expense with my ETS purchase; 4" Core, Stainless, etc, but even then they were not interested in resolving the problems with their kit.
On the positive side the 4" core is pretty nice and bolts up correctly, but it does require cutting the crash bar. Something ETS also failed to mention.
Here is a picture of the passenger headlight. Gotta love the beater look of no headlight bezel. You'd think $1500 would get you a kit that was designed and plumbed correctly.
One of their excuses was all aftermarket IC kits for the 7MGTE required the headlight bezel to be removed including the HKS kit. I quickly disproved their claim as the kit removed from my car to make way for the ETS kit was an HKS kit! Tom with ETS really is an ignorant putz!
The car needs a bath. I've been planning on posting more pictures of the ETS kit installed after a wash, but have been too busy with work lately.
Best,
Brad