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TERMINAL VELOCITY IIâ„¢ FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - WARNING!!! DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT!!!

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Old May 21, 2008 | 01:41 PM
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It is offered through Drag Specialties, and is the TERMINAL VELOCITY IIâ„¢ FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
see here:
http://preview.dragspecialties.com/9/121/6420690

the manufacturer talks a real pretty sales pitch on the capabilities of the system, but doesn't deliver. I purchased one, and it didn't work. I purchased another, and it didn't work either. There were dead spots at certain RPM's, hesitation accelerating from a stop, etc. My buddy is experiencing similar problems. I have yet to come across a single unit that works!!! I'm in the process now of taking them to court to recover about $1400 in costs (pipes, labor to install, etc.)

Dudes, save your money and DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

(you've been warned)
 
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Old May 25, 2008 | 10:04 AM
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Iwas looking at the system on ebay and didn't get it cause to make it work correctly you need to buy other add ons for it or have access to a dyno etc. etc. Thanks for the heads up. keepem sharp
 
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert_M_Kyle
the manufacturer talks a real pretty sales pitch on the capabilities of the system, but doesn't deliver. I purchased one, and it didn't work. I purchased another, and it didn't work either. There were dead spots at certain RPM's, hesitation accelerating from a stop, etc. My buddy is experiencing similar problems. I have yet to come across a single unit that works!!! I'm in the process now of taking them to court to recover about $1400 in costs (pipes, labor to install, etc.)

Dudes, save your money and DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

(you've been warned)
What add-ons did you have to get? I'm going the fulsac dual conversion and some slip-on's...then I'll get the TV III for the FBW...several friends who have it installed swear by them. My tech will do the entire thing for $450 (that's including the price of the unit!). The idea of an auto-tune is great...if the PC III or any other tuner is so great, why don't they auto tune? You'd think they'd have the science down by now!
 
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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OK, why the dyno time for an auto-tune item?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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you should have searched the forum before buying, that product has a long ****ty history of never working.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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the manufacturer talks a real pretty sales pitch on the capabilities of the system, but doesn't deliver. I purchased one, and it didn't work. I purchased another, and it didn't work either. There were dead spots at certain RPM's, hesitation accelerating from a stop, etc. My buddy is experiencing similar problems. I have yet to come across a single unit that works!!! I'm in the process now of taking them to court to recover about $1400 in costs (pipes, labor to install, etc.)

Dudes, save your money and DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

(you've been warned)[/QUOTE]

Still waiting for an answer...why the problems? Just because you screwed up installing the O2 sensor bung doesn't mean they're responsible...I've seen the installation instructions and they're spot-on...and the shop I go to has had great success with both the TV 2 and TV 3...
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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Bummer that you have to go though this. This situation just supports my own theory about adding more unnecessary hardware to get the job done.
Just go with systems like TTS, DirectLink, etc, etc, etc.

Hope everything works out and get your dam money back...
 
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