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V8KILLR 08-30-02 09:58 PM

Shane Racing
 
Is the radiator from Shane Racing any different or better than the radiator from Fluidyne, Koyo, or PWR? Any thoughts, ideas, comments, questions, would be great!

Thanks, Matt:confused:

Silex 08-30-02 10:07 PM

Hmmm, never heard of them.

RecKleSs 08-30-02 10:09 PM

Fuck those assholes, I can't stand them. They rip people off and you can forget about trying to get a deal on products they sell. Also, there is a guy in there that seriously needs his ass kicked.

Just get the Fluidyne or Koyo. I have the Fluidyne and it's awesome.

meddle 08-30-02 10:12 PM

My fluidyne works fine.

DavidR 08-30-02 10:16 PM

I just installed the Koyo. For ~375 you can't beet it.

GoRacer 08-30-02 10:22 PM

I really do "not" know but if I was to guess, i'd say it was a MazdaComp just because of the price. I use the Fluidyne and it's beautifully made and a perfect fit.

I've tried to e-mail questions to SR and it literaly takes two months for a reply. They seem similar to Tri-Point that they only want to help you if you spent alot of money with them and only buy their parts.

artguy 08-30-02 10:28 PM

goracer said it best...the fluidyne will do you well...the koyo isnt bad either but you would have to do some cutting


j

RecKleSs 08-30-02 11:58 PM


Originally posted by GoRacer

I've tried to e-mail questions to SR and it literaly takes two months for a reply. They seem similar to Tri-Point that they only want to help you if you spent alot of money with them and only buy their parts.

Trust me even if you spend a lot of money purchasing products from them they still act like assholes.:bgfuk:

1FooknTiteFD 08-31-02 12:10 AM

There is no "them" there is only Ray. I personally don't know what he does there other than sell stuff, does he even work on cars??

Anyways, to my knowledge, the Shane Racing "ultimate radiator" is the same thing as the koyo one. The difference is the price.

I'd just get a Koyo radiator from the store, it's the best radiator for the money

bploz RX7 08-31-02 03:22 AM

I have also heard their customer service is severely lacking when it comes to backing their products...my fluidyne works great for me!!

Tim Benton 08-31-02 04:19 AM

Count me in that group of feeling like Ray left me hanging. I bought his upgraded twins, PFC, and resonated MP. Got the turbos on and smoked like a BBQ grill on the 4th of July. Called Ray and said he wouldn't take them back since he used all new bearings and seals and that there was no way it could be smoking. I then asked just from him to look them over and if he still thinks they are ok, then I'd deal with it. He still won't take them back and since its past the 90 limit on my credit card, way past, before I put them on a car, I'm stuck like a T-bone steak on the 4th of July.
Tim

1FooknTiteFD 08-31-02 01:28 PM

this is getting interesting.

Sucks tim, what are you going to do about it for now?

I've had many friends who say that ray never took care of them after the sale (but of course kissed their asses before the sale)

rotorbrain 08-31-02 01:35 PM

i just dont like their prices. . . and the fact that they put their name on every part they sell when it is obviously made by someone else. i find that very lame.

paul

Maxboostrx7 08-31-02 03:42 PM

i would never deal with them again.. they sent me wrong intercooler pipe ($299) so i returned and they charged me restocking fee $50+ WTF...
also they price SUX

Tim Benton 08-31-02 04:01 PM

I've since sent the leaky primary to Bryan at BNR to be redone. It was leaking bad enough around the housing seal that when I took it off, burnt crusty oil was all over the housing were the small metal plate hold the compressor side housing and center section to the exhaust side. Right Ray, its not leaking or nothing. After Bryan fixes them, I'm going to sell them since I have since bought and installed the 99 spec turbos I got from Jesse (0 miles) and they don't leak or smoke:)

Tim

artguy 08-31-02 04:39 PM

the apexi n1 dual they sold me melted the hell out of my rear bumper lip...

j

SPOautos 08-31-02 05:53 PM


Originally posted by Tim Benton
I've since sent the leaky primary to Bryan at BNR to be redone. It was leaking bad enough around the housing seal that when I took it off, burnt crusty oil was all over the housing were the small metal plate hold the compressor side housing and center section to the exhaust side. Right Ray, its not leaking or nothing. After Bryan fixes them, I'm going to sell them since I have since bought and installed the 99 spec turbos I got from Jesse (0 miles) and they don't leak or smoke:)

Tim


Yea, i kinda figured you would come out better that way versus selling them for cheap. It really says alot when someone buys a product from a vendor then has to send it to another verdor to be fixed!!!!!!!

I'm glad I've never bought anything other than a PFC commander from him. I HEARD everyone got screwed back in the day with the Power FC retune for free deal. Some of you guys havent been around long enough to know but back in the day Ray advertised if you bought a PFC from him he would remap it for free when you add on new mods. Well supposedly when people upgraded and called Ray to remap thier PFC for free he told them NO......he said it was only if thier upgraded parts with HIS. Well, I can assure you that he wasnt telling people that when they bought the PFC cause I called him 2x about buying a PFC back then and he never told me it was only good if you bought his parts. That is crooked anyway you look at it and I've never even checked about buying something from Ray since all that went down.

Anyway, I'm sure there is someone one the forum that likes Ray just like Rikki likes Peter, ect,ect. They always have at least one satisfied customer haha. I think Rays customer is ErnieT, ernie is running Rays single set up.

STEPHEN

1FooknTiteFD 09-01-02 05:02 AM

By the way, has anyone on the forum ever had their power fc Dyno tuned by Ray? If not then where the hell is he getting those super rich maps? I called him before and he said he does dyno tuning with power fc, but has anyone ever had their car dyno tuned by him?

RotorMotor2 06-11-07 01:47 AM

PLEASE READ ! ! !

http://forums.rotarytuner.com/showthread.php?t=7018

airborne 06-11-07 08:52 AM

To the original question, the "SR Ultimate Rad" IS the koyo. I bought one way back in the day for a substantial premium over a koyo but eventually took the SR sticker off and underneath is koyo imprinted on the radiator. Big rip-off.

I can take a pic of the koyo emblem with sticker glue still stuck to it and i think i still have the receipt if anyone actually needs more proof.

RotorMotor2 06-11-07 09:50 AM

I personally would get a kick out of the pictures if you care to post them!

airborne 06-11-07 09:58 AM

I'll snap pictures tonight for the record. I hope I have the receipt too...though it'll pain me to see it since I remember the price for the rad being $700....

XLR8 06-11-07 10:07 AM

From the recent posts and thread link, I don't think I will be buying from this dude.

Surprised he is still in buisness, crooked ass.

DigDug 06-11-07 10:39 AM

There's more:

https://www.rx7club.com/questions-about-members-102/thinking-about-ordering-sr-motorsports-shane-racing-ray-lochhead-read-1st-628636/

My car also has an SR-rebranded Koyo, though that was the previous owner's purchase. Just as airborne pointed out, it says "Koyo" under the decal. Plus it's just plain obvious from looking at photos of the two.

I talked to this "Greg" character at SR when demanding a refund for my PPF. I never spoke to Ray (AFAIK), so I couldn't say if it sounds like the same person. He claimed that the PPF was, to the best of their knowledge, a Mazdaspeed. And that was how it came from their dealer in Japan. :rolleyes:

DigDug 06-11-07 10:53 AM

Oh yeah, one more thing. After telling him that I spoke to Mazdaspeed, who told me that the real MS PPF is powdercoated, and the one I received was obviously spray-painted, Greg claimed that he didn't know the difference. Ignoring the fact that this is completely false, I'm amazed a vendor would even try to make that claim. :uhh:

RotorMotor2 06-11-07 07:03 PM

if you read in my post on rotarytuner.com i mentioned that RAY is in fact one and the same person as GREG and he himself has confirmed this, he is trying to have multiple identity's and websites for tax fraud and so he has a better chance at keeping his business going, and to keep RAY's name from being bad he calls himself gRAYg ! ask him on the phone if his name is gRAYg or if it is RAY and he will say "well my friends call me RAY, but you can call me gRAYg" i wonder if ACT and koyo and fidenza got wind of all this if they would still keep him as a Dealer?

joeydinc 06-11-07 09:54 PM

people can get away with a lot of crap. Becaue he's not buying directly from these companies he's buying from distributors..... and well they don't care because as long as they buy they will look the otherway...

There was a guy who used to be about 20 miles from my old shop and used to buy from the same people as me and would put like AEM stickers on "ebay" style intakes and sell them at full price.... wouldn't even have the CARB sticker on them......

I called his distributors and told them what he was doing, and I was friendly about it and they didn't do anything... people are jackasses when it comes to selling to people it's sad.....

I just got my koyo in the other day... and it fits 95% of the way in, some lines are in the way... but I think the lines aren't exactly where they are supposed to be so I'm going to move them over.... Go with the koyo or other major brand....

P.S.
I got my Koyo for $290 shipped from a guy on ebay who was doing the best offer thing....

7syawedis 06-11-07 11:48 PM

+1 for koyo

-9875607464 ray, shaneracing, and all related businesses

just search it up :scared:

airborne 06-12-07 08:25 AM

Couldn't find the receipt but I bought this mid-2001 and I'm pretty sure the price was $600-$700.

Must of added glue or used awesome stickers!

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeopw2w/s...s/img_0357.jpg


His regular price from http://www.srmotorsports.com/sr93cool.html is still $700...special of $549!!!! That must be something special since the rx7store has koyos for $369.

Also, has someone hacked srx7.com? Go to www.srx7.com and click on "Click here to go to SRmotorsports.com". It takes you to SRmotorsport.com (no "s" on the end). And that page says they have a full supply of muffler bearings in stock. :lol::lol:


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