Im having belt slip issues even with a idler. Anyone use one of these or recommend anything? Thanks!
Ive not heard of failures from VMP or AMS. Quite possible that there have been, but Ive not heard of any here or on other forums. Would imply there were more than a small number of failures then. Completely possible that they got a poor batch of aluminum billets that wasnt up to normal strength standards.A "rash" of failures? More like you've seen a few on the internet.
Thump Racing has never made a bad tensioner. Ever. All have been made of 110% pure titanium and hand carved by John Coletti himself. Not only does it have a lifetime warranty, it automatically renews the new vehicle warranty of any vehicle it comes into contact with, including the delivery vehicle. Literally shits out pixie dust that converts missed shifts into full seconds off your ET. Converts wheel spin out of the hole into useable mid-range torque.So other than that one example, do you have any others related to the GT500? If not, maybe be more careful about using terms like "a rash of failures." I'm sure you can see where that would mislead people who don't know better.
And I may be mistaken, but the one example you mention was a used unit wasn't it? So you have no idea whether it was modified or damaged by the prior user. In fact, I would say it had to have been - if it had been used before, it must have been clocked correctly, right? Something else happened to that unit and I would bet it did not leave the manufacturer that way.
So now it's "several" failures instead of a "rash" of failures. See the difference?
My thump tensioner failed on me and I was told I over stretched the spring. Which I did not the cars motor was brand new and wasn’t even off its break in oil yet. I contacted them sent it in they charged me 100$ to have it rebuilt and an additional 25$ to return ship it. i have a video of the testing procedure the owner told me todo to see if it has failed . And now my rebuilt one after only a week is doing the same thing as the last one.
Yes sir that’s me(shocker yellow valve covers and a whipple crusher)! and yes it’s highly disappointing when they cost 500$ . The new owner is extremely impolite even when I was polite as could be he originally was going to charge me 250$ plus shipping to put a new spring in it.is it you that posted the video on IG testing it’s a torque wrench? Mine failed that test as well. That’s on top of 2 tensioners I hd to send back because the pulley has a visible wobble
Yes sir that’s me(shocker yellow valve covers and a whipple crusher)! and yes it’s highly disappointing when they cost 500$ . The new owner is extremely impolite even when I was polite as could be he originally was going to charge me 250$ plus shipping to put a new spring in it.
The new owner is extremely impolite even when I was polite as could be he originally was going to charge me 250$ plus shipping to put a new spring in it.
Yea I thought it was supposed to be a life time warranty too apparently not.That’s insane. I thought my ARS debacle was bad, but I would be blowing a gasket if that was the end result.
Don’t those have lifetime warranties as well though? Just pay shipping back?
The guy i spoke to name was peter he told me that he was the new owner. Those were his exact wordsI could be completely wrong as this was like 5 years back but I swear I thought somebody with the same name was claiming to be the new owner back then too
*****update the tensioner is bad AGAIN!!!! I took it out of the box put it on The car and put the belt on then started the car to warm up and noticed it bouncing around. Checked the tension was moving at 20 ftlbs absolutely ridiculous. So either they never repaired it or I have a lemon.
I have a video of it all
Yea I thought it was supposed to be a life time warranty too apparently not.
The guy i spoke to name was peter he told me that he was the new owner. Those were his exact words
well that sucks! Was Peter a foreign sounding guy? The guy I spoke to was