I've been getting that same advice from several unhappy HPS owners as well. One of the dangerous parts of the HPS kit is the intercooler. In my opinion, the first incident of the cracked intercooler on Linh's car was the real cause of the blown motor because the water got into the engine and caused the damage. Now I am hearing that another car blew his AMG 55 motor because of the intercooler failure. I've also been given advice to check my coolant level in the SC intercooler. If it is low then I may have a leak which would eventually start damaging my engine. I think I'll check it first thing tomorrow morning.

Can you believe that HPS is so LOW, DESPERATE and DISGRACEFULL that he modified one of my posts on this form and posted on his website at myhps.com as a CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL WITHOUT my permission or censent?

What a total loser!!! Would you respect a person who does this???? This dude acts like a immature little kid!!!

Robert what are you going to do about this? Make me proud!

This is grounds for lible.

Although the words are almost identical, he did not get your express written consent to protray your accurate testimony of your expierence.

Sue his a$$ and have him remove that blasphemous content on this webpage.

holy COW that's just wrong what HPS is doing

I told them I will see them in Court and it's not a threat but a PROMISE! I will have to get in line behind at least 2 other people I personally know but I will be present to testify on their behalf as well.

They are messing with the wrong guy.

Ah ok, gotcha!

man they even posted your picture on thier website, I think they are trying to rub your nose in to it!

If the engine(E55 S/C) and tranny comes with the harness and everything(DME incl) it's a breeze! It's not a science project!I'd rather do mod upgrades to that engine vs putting on a KLEEMAN S/C on the higher compression N/A motor.You'll have what they call RELIABILITY!I'm looking to do the same tranny and motor swap my self once I find a buyer for my present 5.4L motor that's in my C43.

I'm in the same boat as you. I was very excited about the engine swap. I found the person has that done it before on his personal cars through Jesse but the plan was spoiled when the junk guy said that he can't except my engine as trade-in because he can't sell an engine from a car that's not totaled due to DMV regulation/policy.

After getting only 320rwhp at Advanced Motorsports in Irvine a month ago. I decided to get a final one at EVOSPORT to find out what my AFR was running. Although the AFR looks decent it still lacks any power. My Flecher Jones dealer wiped out Jessie's (SpeedInnovation) chip tuning but it is still a far cry from the bogus 414rwp that HPS sent me. I still need to check the SC coolant level during my lunch hour to see if it leaked into intake manifold like the other guy recently reported on this forum.

This dyno was done with all the airboxes on and no dyno mode in order to simulate real driving conditions. The temperature was in the 90's and an SAE 5correction factor was applied. I used Costco 91 Octane gas. Bob also advised me not to Reset the ECU even though I drive in congested traffic everyday since it would put the car in neutral mode instead of aggressive.

Very dissapointing results once again. This is my last and final dyno. This absolutely proves that HPS was lying about their claims about a 150hp gain with their Gen II kits.

at this point, i didn't think there was any dispute that HPS lied to you and that you got royally screwed. it's been that way for some time now. the question is, what are you planning on doing about it? what's the point of confirming further that you got screwed unless you use that information to hire an attorney, file a complaint, and start bringing the pain. you're wasting all that money on dynos when you could be paying for an attorney. a quick search on lexisnexis tells me that HPS has assets, assets which could become yours if you're willing to go for it.

I'm going to small claims court on the 8th and 31st of August on behalf of two other HPS customers then it's my turn.

ok well at least you're doing something. just remember that smalls claims are limited to dispute amounts up to $7500 so that's the max you could possibly receive.

also, whatever you do, don't consent to a judge pro tem, insist on a real judge. judge pro tems are just lawyers that temporarly act as judges.

Nice tip! Thanks. I may still organize a class action law suit and hire a nationally renowned automotive fraud attorney if they would be willing to take the case on a pro-bono or contingency basis.

Well,
I'm the first to take them to small claims court. If anyone has anything to add to my case please send me a private message, so they don't see what's comming.
If there is a time that i need you guys, it's NOW.

Ummm . . . this is probably bad advice.

I have been a small claims court judge pro tem (volunteer, unpaid, like all small claims judge pro tems) for about 4 years. Contrary to popular belief that all attorneys are pure hedonistic scumsuckers, there are some of us who actually feel some sense of human compassion and duty to the world, and act upon same.

We are "real judges". . . we just happen to be "real judges" who volunteer our time to try to help people resolve their small dollar disputes without spending tens of thousands of $$$$ on attorneys and years of their lives disputing a relatively small amount of money.

BTW. . . If you refuse to stipulate to a judge pro-tem in California (which you have the right to do), your case goes to a "paid judge" (usually a commisioner). Typically, the commissioners, many of whom also have little automotive knowledge, are already burdened with a bunch of traffic infractions and other matters, and you can rest assured that they are just "thrilled" to see you reject the services of the pro-tem judge. If you think you are going to, via rejection of the pro tem judge, obtain more patient and intelligent judicial analysis of your dispute, you may be in for a bit of a shock.

Let me give you a suggestion. . . use small claims court, and use the assigned judge pro tem (unless you happen to know that the particular pro tem is an idiot). However, you need to consider the fact that the average small claims trial lasts less than 1/2 hour, and that the pro tem typically has little opportunity to listen to detailed testimony about the issues in dispute. As such, you need to get your message to the pro tem in the most expeditious and effective manner possible. You need to prepare (or have an attorney prepare) a kick-**** written brief, with all exhibits carefully tabbed, for the pro-tem to read, so that he can get himself painlessly and quickly up to speed on the technical issues involved.

Anyone is welcome. Bring the family and kids.

Thanks Vomit!

Your advice certaintly will make HPS vomit. I will prepare a organized portfolio when I file my case.

Anything in your favor from the court case today?? Although maybe you can't post here for legal reasons. I sincerely hope you came out of it with some sort of satisfaction.

Well!

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Attn: All HPS customers!!!

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Adam Follman, Vice president of sales for HPS, Filed a Civil Lawsuit in Orange County Against me Sean H. a PRIOR CUSTOMER (I purchased the Gen II HPS Supercharger last Aug in 2005) Adam Follman's lawsuit demanded $500,000.00 + for INSINUATING HE WAS A HOMOSEXUAL, & INSINUATING HE HAS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE.

NOTE!! Keyword here is : INSINUATING, I NEVER posted any of these mere jockular JOKES as FACT or TRUTH on these discussion forums. After my Attorney Joe Allen contacted Adam's Attorney they quickly lowered there initial demands from $500,000.00 to $50,000 to drop the case out of court.

Joe Allen, has instructed me to write this post informing everybody of the present situation.
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what's the definition of the word "frivolous" ?

Wow! I didn't didn't know people can actually sue for that kind of stuff. That's ridiculious. Let us know what happens.