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April-14th-2006, 07:05 AM

#16

Da P-Funk!

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Location: Maryland

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^All the reason why Ken was my first stop to buy a bunch o' stuff for the 90K service.

Quick response on the gear oil, gaskets, water pump and timing belt. He even threw in a gift!

The motor mounts will be shipped separately - but ken can't (or won't ) tell me when. PMs sent get no reply... Buehler? Buehler?

If they are backorder - i would have cancelled and bought the ones in FS section! But i keep watching for the delivery guy...

April-14th-2006, 08:36 AM

#17

kargoboy

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Join Date: Jan 2004

Location: Pittsburgh PA

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I'll say this in Ken's defense: they guy must get a million PMs a week. Honestly, I don't know how he sorts it all out. With the few GBs I've run it's hard for me to keep up with PMs sometimes and Ken has to get 10x the amount I do.
But, I received my intake mani no problem and it looks great.
I've sent PMs too that get unanswered, though. I think he needs an assistant.

April-14th-2006, 12:17 PM

#18

Roddimus Prime

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Location: Birmingham, AL

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Roddimus Prime is on a distinguished road

Ken works a full time (50+hr/week) job and runs p-garage. If I can help answer any questions for you/him I will.

He DOES need an assistant but at the bare bottom prices he offers he can't afford to pay anyone. This is more of a labor of love for Ken.

April-14th-2006, 03:13 PM

#19

SinZero

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Join Date: Apr 2006

Location: Maryland

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Quote:

Originally Posted by steve_protege

Yeah, I know whatcha mean. But from my (and Im sure a lot of other 1.6ers) perspective, when there isn't a lot of product out for us 1.6 guys, it makes customizing our vehicles.....not worth it. See where Im coming from? I mean, I love modding my car so Im going to do it regardless until I get tired of it. But I will admit that on occasion, I get a little depressed because nothing is available to us. I see the 1.8/2.0 guys get all the goodies and us 1.6ers left out. I would love to have pistons, cam gears, engine mods available to me. Id love to have more than one turbo kit available to me. I would love to engine management kits available to me. Plus a bunch of other things I can't recall right now.

But I do see what you and Ken mean though. Im just saying that it would be nice to have a couple more things available. Thats all. Maybe it would be possible to produce one-offs on occasion??

I see where you're coming from, even with the 2.0 I realize things seem to be a lot more expensive for my car than my friends RSX, etc. It's just a small aftermarket. Which reminds me, I know I'm knew here, but I've been looking at the Fujita F5 CAI, I installed one on my friends RSX and it's crazy. I want one so bad, but at the moment they are only producing it for the mazda3 and mazda6. I think we should all email them and keep bugging them until they do something for the protege community. please?

As for Ken, I haven't ordered anything from him yet, but I plan on ordering the Fidanza Lightened flywheel, Hiboost turbo kit, and a B&M short throw off of him soon. He has been really quick to reply to my emails, and extremely helpful. I hope to do business with him in the near future.

May-1st-2006, 07:50 PM

#20

Justin

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Join Date: Feb 2006

Location: New York

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Just thought i would add my 2 cents to how great Ken is. I just orered several parts including new clutch and flywheel. The order is in two parts, but the first part got here very quickly, and communication was outstanding the entire time. Also, information prior to order was great, ensuring that i got exactly what i wanted and needed. Im looking forward to the second part of the order coming in soon, but i would def recommend anyone looking for just about anything to check out Ken first.