Re: Banks Power Products

Msg # 5240 of 8004 on Powerstroke Diesel Conference (1)
To: Richard, From: Dave
Time: Thursday 01-29-98, 11:45 am

  On Wednesday 01-28-98, 11:41 pm, Richard said:
-
-On Wednesday 01-28-98, 07:24 pm, Gary Hawkins
-said:
--  On Wednesday 01-28-98, 06:02 pm, Richard said:
---I had a 1993 ford diesel that I put a turbo and
-all
---the extras on and threw a rod while it was still
---under warranty.  Ford would not even come close
to
---paying for one dime of this. 
--
--Were the 93's turbocharged from the factory?  I
--don't remember.
--EOM
--GH
--Gary,
-I don't know if they were turbocharged from the
-factory.  The one I had I had put on, mine wasn't
-trubocharged from the factory.  That was the reason
-that ford wouldn't pay for it.  They told me that
-the reason they had the engine set up like they did
-was that was all the truck could handle in terms of
-torque and horsepower.  ATS said at the time that
-wasn't true, but I quess it was ford's opinion that
-counted.  Ford told me at that time that any
-aftermarket parts that were used to enhance would
-void the warranty.  When I bought my powerstroke I
-asked the ford dealer and they told me basically
-the same thing, any aftermarket parts and the
-warranty was void.  I am very leary about putting
-any parts on one now for this reason.
--
-- 
I recall that when the factory turbo came out Ford
published an internal memo to dealers, which I was
shown, about how they would definitely not be
warrantying vehicles with aftermarket turbos,
since, I presume, they now had their own offering
(giving a whopping 5 HP increase, by their specs).
They can say whatever they want, it doesn't change
the law. Ford dealers are not above telling any
manner of lie. Just yesterday, a service writer
didn't want to take in my ride for its
mileage/power problem. My take on that, thinking
cynically, was that they didn't want a formal
record made so early in its lifetime.

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