Ditto that. A few months back someone else on the list was trumpeting the
ATI Golden West Intercooled Supercharger and referred me to someone in
the Austin area who was selling his. Turns out I knew the individual
having met him at the March Texas DML meet. His vehicle was easy to spot.
There was oil leaking from the intake manifold, a situation he said was
caused by the ATI supercharger. Six months later and he is so disgusted
with the ATI Supercharger that he wants to sell his R/T since he's hardly
ever gotten to drive it since the ATI unit has caused him so much down
time. The down time was primarily related to the A/F mixture problems
which he said they were never able to solve.
Another key issue to me was that he said once he had paid for the kit and
installation it was extremely difficult to get Golden West on the
phone.Needless to say, I didn't buy the ATI unit from him.
Buyer beware.
Richard in San Antonio
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 07:16:18 -0600 "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net>
writes:
>
> I spoke with my neighbor down the road about hid buddy who has an
> ATI on his
> vehicle...and he stated: "The performance sucks from this thing.
> It was a
> big disappointment after we finally got it dialed in." I also spoke
> with
> one of me GM buddies who's also installed and ATI and he's not happy
> with it
> either. I'd be very careful with this thing....
>
> Jimmy is right in the fact that a 13.81 from an Intercooled 8#
> Blower isn't
> something to write home about.
>
> $0.02
>
> - Bernd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jimmy L
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 12:33 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: ATI Procharger for 4.7 135-140 RWHP gains
>
>
> >>Not A flame....But how about a dyno sheet<<
>
> I'm gonna' need more than a Dyno sheet... I know of several guys who
> put
> this magical ATI blower on it and did nothing but ping. The computer
> mod
> isn't enough, there isn't enough fuel pressure, and there is a lean
> condition at all throttle positions...
> just what I've heard tho...
>
> -miggity
>
> Just wanted to put my opinion in here also... Keep in mind that the
> ATI
> Procharger is one of the best blowers you can buy, that is from ATI
> in
> Kansas. Golden West performance in Colorado is the company that
> modifies the
> ATI kit for the Dakota. And Like Miggity said, I also have heard
> nothing but
> Bad about the "intercooled Procharger" for the Dak. One of my best
> Buddies
> Paid the Ungodly amount of about 5 grand for the intercooled
> Procharger from
> Golden west (thats with no install, we did it) on his 98 R/T and all
> he
> pulls is 13.81.. Kinda Pathetic for an intercooled 8 pound blower..
> BUT In
> My Opinion, if one had the funds and the time to tweak this system
> correctly
> (meaning a HUGE fuel system upgrade) then you would be pullin some
> serious
> horsepower.. Just food for thought before ya dive in =]
> Oh ya, just my opinion too =]
>
> Jimmy Latano
> '99 5.2 5sp
> 14.14@98.2 Powerdyne
>
>
>
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