Ill start this off by saying that this may get a little long. Mainly because I want to give the most honest review of my experiences so far. Nov. 5th I stopped by Shains shop and gave him the 50% down for a pump gas kit plus a few extras to be able to run 10 lbs of boost. On the 16th or 17th I dropped by my stock head and throttle bodies. Shain told me that he was putting the kit together and that it would be ready in about a week. I asked him that in the mean time if he could email me the instructions so that I could start to read over a few thing and maybe get my sled disassembled and ready for insulation. He had them emailed to me within hours. The following week I called Shain and asked him if everything was ready yet, He told me we were waiting on just a few simple parts to finish everything up. And that he would call me back in the next day or two when it was ready. Well I think that I gave him one day and called him back because at this point I was getting excited. On the 23rd I stopped by his shop and he was putting my complete kit together. I started to go through the checklist on the kit and found that I was getting some extra parts. I asked Shain about it because I felt that I was ripping him off and he explained that he found the kit that I want to run is going to perform so much better with those extras. At this point I was blown away and I got a real understanding that he is not just selling me a kit to make a dollar off of me, he wants me to have a kit that works.
Install:
Instructions could be a little simpler, I installed the fuel pump incomplete,and instructions on wiring it was a bit confusing,I called Shain @ about 8:00 at night and he was more than willing to walk me through the steps, a shock tower vent was installed incorrectly (my fault), had to call Shain and get the sizes to drill and tap (not in instructions)
First Start Up:
Followed instructions exactly as Shain had told me, but couldn't get oil through the lines to feed the turbo. Tried calling Shain but got no answer (8 or 9 at night again) got on here and sent Hatchers a PM and he helped me through it, I just didnt know that it would take like 5 min to get the air out of the lines. got all lines hooked up and put the #s in the attitude box and everything started and ran perfect. I am running 2lbs more on fuel pressure than is instructed.
First Test Ride
09 M8 162, 100% av gas(100ll)premix ac apv 2876, 9000ft,target boost 10lbs
started up, warmed up, checked all lines no leaks. rode down the trail in and out of throttle and everything was running great, gauges reading, everything flawless, decided to try a few WOT seconds, and it would get up to about 7lbs and pop and sputter. Started turning the boost down and it started to clean up, kept turning boost down and all the sudden sled just came alive, running right around 9 1/2 10 lbs (found I had it turned up to maybe 15lbs and not the right fuel settings for that much) At that point I was able to hold it WOT and watch gauges, AFR was staying at 11.8 to 12. a buddy jumped on and was very impressed with how flawless it ran with only 30 min of tuning.
Second ride:
Sled ran perfect all day. On the way back to the trailer I got a code on the attitude box telling me it was stuck in boost mode. shut it off, started up nothing, still got the code (solid blue light always on) limped back to the trailer. Got home called Shain and Derek they both told me that the sensor got moisture on it. Shain said I could bring it in and they could re-flash it and that should take care of it. so I took the box back and told him that I would feel a lot better if he would give me a new box since the sensor had moisture. He agreed and said thats fine he can get that box repaired. Programs me a new box and Im on my way
Third Ride:
New box, 2feet of fresh powder, I started to mess with the box, made a few pulls and the sled dies,pull pull pull nothing, pour fuel in the cylinder and fires up and runs but real boggy on bottom end. Once on boost, sled rips. Shut it off and nothing, wont start again, same thing, pour fuel starts up runs but same thing every time. I head back to the truck, on the way back I noticed that the boost mode would intermittently come on, got home and went to call Shain and noticed that I already had a voice mail from him. he had a diff program that he had been working on and I needed it. I told him that I had had problems all day and so we went through all the problems I was having. Well, what I had actually had done was taken all of the fuel out of the bottom end and so there was no fuel to start up.
took sled to Shain and he put a new program in it that he had found was working much better for my setup (no buying new programs, no more cash out of pocket for his R&D just a better program). He asked me if there is a day that we could meet and go out on a test ride to make sure everything was running well. We went up farmington and did a day of tuning after about 30 min we were dialed in and he had me rip on it to see if i could get it to foul up or anything. sled ran perfect for the rest of the day. he gave my sled a good look over and gave me a few tips to watch for. have not had a chance to get out and run it again, but Shain has called me to check and make sure that I havent had any issues. (real customer service) I will keep all posted on any updates.
But so far I am very impressed with the customer service that I have received and I am positive that if I have an issue he will make it right. He stands behind his kit he has not charged me for one thing extra. He stuck to the base price and made sure that the kit is running like I was told it would
This is not a post of whose kit is better. I have no experience with other kits this is simply my account of dealing with twisted oh yeah and boost is unreal
Install:
Instructions could be a little simpler, I installed the fuel pump incomplete,and instructions on wiring it was a bit confusing,I called Shain @ about 8:00 at night and he was more than willing to walk me through the steps, a shock tower vent was installed incorrectly (my fault), had to call Shain and get the sizes to drill and tap (not in instructions)
First Start Up:
Followed instructions exactly as Shain had told me, but couldn't get oil through the lines to feed the turbo. Tried calling Shain but got no answer (8 or 9 at night again) got on here and sent Hatchers a PM and he helped me through it, I just didnt know that it would take like 5 min to get the air out of the lines. got all lines hooked up and put the #s in the attitude box and everything started and ran perfect. I am running 2lbs more on fuel pressure than is instructed.
First Test Ride
09 M8 162, 100% av gas(100ll)premix ac apv 2876, 9000ft,target boost 10lbs
started up, warmed up, checked all lines no leaks. rode down the trail in and out of throttle and everything was running great, gauges reading, everything flawless, decided to try a few WOT seconds, and it would get up to about 7lbs and pop and sputter. Started turning the boost down and it started to clean up, kept turning boost down and all the sudden sled just came alive, running right around 9 1/2 10 lbs (found I had it turned up to maybe 15lbs and not the right fuel settings for that much) At that point I was able to hold it WOT and watch gauges, AFR was staying at 11.8 to 12. a buddy jumped on and was very impressed with how flawless it ran with only 30 min of tuning.
Second ride:
Sled ran perfect all day. On the way back to the trailer I got a code on the attitude box telling me it was stuck in boost mode. shut it off, started up nothing, still got the code (solid blue light always on) limped back to the trailer. Got home called Shain and Derek they both told me that the sensor got moisture on it. Shain said I could bring it in and they could re-flash it and that should take care of it. so I took the box back and told him that I would feel a lot better if he would give me a new box since the sensor had moisture. He agreed and said thats fine he can get that box repaired. Programs me a new box and Im on my way
Third Ride:
New box, 2feet of fresh powder, I started to mess with the box, made a few pulls and the sled dies,pull pull pull nothing, pour fuel in the cylinder and fires up and runs but real boggy on bottom end. Once on boost, sled rips. Shut it off and nothing, wont start again, same thing, pour fuel starts up runs but same thing every time. I head back to the truck, on the way back I noticed that the boost mode would intermittently come on, got home and went to call Shain and noticed that I already had a voice mail from him. he had a diff program that he had been working on and I needed it. I told him that I had had problems all day and so we went through all the problems I was having. Well, what I had actually had done was taken all of the fuel out of the bottom end and so there was no fuel to start up.
took sled to Shain and he put a new program in it that he had found was working much better for my setup (no buying new programs, no more cash out of pocket for his R&D just a better program). He asked me if there is a day that we could meet and go out on a test ride to make sure everything was running well. We went up farmington and did a day of tuning after about 30 min we were dialed in and he had me rip on it to see if i could get it to foul up or anything. sled ran perfect for the rest of the day. he gave my sled a good look over and gave me a few tips to watch for. have not had a chance to get out and run it again, but Shain has called me to check and make sure that I havent had any issues. (real customer service) I will keep all posted on any updates.
But so far I am very impressed with the customer service that I have received and I am positive that if I have an issue he will make it right. He stands behind his kit he has not charged me for one thing extra. He stuck to the base price and made sure that the kit is running like I was told it would
This is not a post of whose kit is better. I have no experience with other kits this is simply my account of dealing with twisted oh yeah and boost is unreal
