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R.I.P D1SC.. 56k BEWARE

Old Mar 4, 2008 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by dbrockma
Anyone know the end of the story? Did it get replaced by ATI? I am about to purchase one now and would like to know too.

Yes, if you would have searched under the original poster's name, you would see that ATI took care of him and got him an F1A for a really good price.
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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I can't really agree with you guys calling out ATI like this. Saying "ATI is junk" as the basis from "you are the 4th person on this board who's procharger went out after less than 2 years" is just ludacris IMO.

Look at the market first of all. There are more of us with Prochargers on this board that any other brand superchargers. The percentages will be scewed of people with issues. If you take the same percentage of people with other blowers such as Powerdyne or Vortec, I would almost garuntee you'd see just as many problems if not more percentage wise with them. I have not been keeping an accurate count, however I remember as a whole that more complaints and issues have been made against Vortec, and Powerdyne than ATI.

ATI is by no means "junk". No supercharger is indestructable, and all will go out given certain perameters. As Ponyhntr said, he already got a great deal on an F1A, so you know ATI's customer service is good. Being the top seller in supercharged F-bodies (or maybe even superchargers for all cars and trucks), I can't understand how someone could accuratly call ATI "junk", unless they just didn't know any better.
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Ponyhntr
Yes, if you would have searched under the original poster's name, you would see that ATI took care of him and got him an F1A for a really good price.
ATI did take care of me and were good people to work with. Yes it was un-fortunate that the d1sc exploded, but I got an F1A for a price you could get a powerdyne for!

I have no complaints as I was looking into getting a f1a anyways, just so happens that my disaster helped me in the long run. Plus, there is usually allways a reason things like this happen...improper lubrication, blower being spun too fast, too much belt tension, etc...I spoke with one of the engineers at ATI and he said they were literally baffled at what happend. Bearings showed no signs of lack of lubrication, and everything else looked fine. So it was a fluke...Would I recommend ATI prochargers to other enthusiasts? 100% absolutley.
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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This is what I wanted to find out! Glad it worked out for you, and now I can place my order with confidence.
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