Need to vent - SLP has lost their minds!
Sorry fellas...need to vent...kept this in too long... 
I've been a diehard SLP fan since mid 1995 when I ordered my SLP modified 1996 Trans Am. Since then, my car has been an "unpaid" billboard for SLP, complete with badges, engine and suspension parts, and windshield display. Anyway, they have really lost touch with their roots...great parts at a reasonable cost.
For instance, check this out...
They have a 455 hp "upgrade" kit available for the 05 GTO. It consists of the following:
* 160º Thermostat
* High-Flow Air Filter
* Under-drive Pulley
* Long Tube Ceramic Coated Headers w/PowerFlo-X Crossover/High-Flow Cats
* Loud Mouth II Cat-Back Exhaust System
* 1.85 Rocker Arm Package
* SLP Custom PCM Tuning
* 455 HP Bobcat Fender Badges
How much, you ask? Oh, just $3,600 before tax and shipping!!!!
That equates to $65 per horspeower increase. And let's be honest, the thermostat, air filter, pulley, and badges are worth nothing. Looking at the exhaust and rocker arms...maybe $1600 in parts. The tuning is just a PCM reflash...not dyno tuning.
What a shame...these guys have lost all sense of reality. Dave H. used to be a real down to earth guy. Why would anyone spend $3,600 for 55 hp when for less money, a supercharger will net you a 150 hp increase?
Perhaps SLP feels we should have to pay a premium to have bestowed upon us their name??? A $2,000 premium over the cost of the parts! Unreal!
It's bad enough the LT1 and 96 - 97 Ram Air cars have been wiped clean from their shop history (go ahead, find any mention of this Tier 1 deal). Since late 1998, they have completly stopped supporting LT1 motors. Sure, you can buy a ridiculously priced air filter or stickers for the rear of your car (by the way, they charged me $20 + $5.95 shipping for a small SLP sticker for the rear of my car...fair huh?) but as far as engine parts...forget about it. I called a few years ago asking about head/engine work and was told, "sorry, we don't support that line anymore".
Anyway...needed to vent. They wonder why most guys I talk to laugh when they hear the name SLP. They've priced themselves right out of the F-body world. And now they want GTO fans to "buy into" their dillusion.
What a shame....
I've been a diehard SLP fan since mid 1995 when I ordered my SLP modified 1996 Trans Am. Since then, my car has been an "unpaid" billboard for SLP, complete with badges, engine and suspension parts, and windshield display. Anyway, they have really lost touch with their roots...great parts at a reasonable cost.
For instance, check this out...
They have a 455 hp "upgrade" kit available for the 05 GTO. It consists of the following:
* 160º Thermostat
* High-Flow Air Filter
* Under-drive Pulley
* Long Tube Ceramic Coated Headers w/PowerFlo-X Crossover/High-Flow Cats
* Loud Mouth II Cat-Back Exhaust System
* 1.85 Rocker Arm Package
* SLP Custom PCM Tuning
* 455 HP Bobcat Fender Badges
How much, you ask? Oh, just $3,600 before tax and shipping!!!!
That equates to $65 per horspeower increase. And let's be honest, the thermostat, air filter, pulley, and badges are worth nothing. Looking at the exhaust and rocker arms...maybe $1600 in parts. The tuning is just a PCM reflash...not dyno tuning.
What a shame...these guys have lost all sense of reality. Dave H. used to be a real down to earth guy. Why would anyone spend $3,600 for 55 hp when for less money, a supercharger will net you a 150 hp increase?
Perhaps SLP feels we should have to pay a premium to have bestowed upon us their name??? A $2,000 premium over the cost of the parts! Unreal!
It's bad enough the LT1 and 96 - 97 Ram Air cars have been wiped clean from their shop history (go ahead, find any mention of this Tier 1 deal). Since late 1998, they have completly stopped supporting LT1 motors. Sure, you can buy a ridiculously priced air filter or stickers for the rear of your car (by the way, they charged me $20 + $5.95 shipping for a small SLP sticker for the rear of my car...fair huh?) but as far as engine parts...forget about it. I called a few years ago asking about head/engine work and was told, "sorry, we don't support that line anymore".
Anyway...needed to vent. They wonder why most guys I talk to laugh when they hear the name SLP. They've priced themselves right out of the F-body world. And now they want GTO fans to "buy into" their dillusion.
What a shame....
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