JustinL

Lol, that's an understatement. I ordered a 3" Vband downpipe from Tim at SFR and 6 months later with MANY excuses, promises, delays I got this from SFR: A 2.5" pipe with the wrong flanges and crappy welds. Tim has the ability to make nice stuff. I was a returning customer for many years, but after the last experience I'll never deal with Speed Force Racing again.


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zmf

Had the same problem with the LR exhaust I ordered two months ago. Poor fit and it was the lowest point on the car. It was returned.
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jimbo1111

Not too many options. So its the best of two evils. I never tried fabspeed. Anybody have some experience with there products?

shortyboy

It seems that Tim doesnt do all the fabrication or welding all the time and its a hit or miss. I had a similar experience with my headers and downpipe/ exhaust. The downpipe and full exhaust system fit perfectly. Where as the headers didnt fit properly and the cross over hit the oil pan. When I sent it back, repair was done within a few days and noticed a slip-fit connection at the cross over ( didnt have it initially ). You just need to be persistent. Im guessing hes over the whole Porsche scene now since hes been doing for some time now. If anyone of you are following him, hes the fabricator for the V12 Twin Turbo Supra.

jimbo1111

Looks like you may have received my exhaust by mistake. On second thought im glad they sent it to you. Lol. Its difficult to get a sober latin American to see straight on a Monday much less weld. Ask for Wednesday or Thursday production runs

JustinL

Yeah I had to return it, but crossing borders I get dinged on import charges, which I never get back. I was lucky to get my money back at all and had to go through the credit card company. It's not really my problem if he has other projects on the go, if he is going to do business, he should do good business. I feel like he was just shipping me stuff so he could get me a tracking number knowing that I'd have to return it. It was the worst experience I've had with a vendor and after seeing those welds and the price they charge for work, I just had it done locally by a buddy.

V2Rocket

Probably 4 years ago I visited SFR (i used to live a few minutes away) and even then Tim wanted to get out of 944 stuff.

SFR is a medium-large size tuner shop specializing mostly in fast Japanese stuff (Z cars, Mitsubishi, honda dragsters). 944s have never been much more than a blip on their radar. They've probably got 10-15 people working there so anybody could have welded that pipe up.

Their parking lot and shop is always packed so i suspect they're busy working on their main revenue source rather than alacarte obscure 944 stuff.

JustinL

That's fine if they want to change direction, then get out of the 944 stuff and don't advertise it. Waiting 6 months, getting multiple wrong packages and a constant stream of excuses, not giving a refund when asked is a terrible way to run a business. If you can't do it, just tell your customers and don't jerk them around.

chrenan

Whoa, whoa, whoa let’s not go crazy here! Not being competent and jerking customers around is a business model of many 944 vendors, do we want nobody to supply our community? What next, you want to get rid of failed group buys too?

mdj577

Have a FabSpeed cat delete 3" on my street car. Very happy with it. Doesn't seem to have fitment issues. Pricey but man is it gorgeous. Been on the car about 3 yrs now. Sounds good too. Subtle but satisfying.