off to api
 

emotional moment :cry: lol
after nearly a year and a half hes finally going for treatment :D


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What you getting done.

just a rebuild with sti parts :D and exedy clutch + flywheel , iridium plugs etc

Cost !

£3,560 i think :wonder:
thats with an m.o.t , oil pump and £100 pickup included in that price also .
may be pricey , but highly recomended :thumb:

You could of had my fully forged 2.5 for £2.5 with cosy sump, RCM oil pumps arp studs bc rods mahle pistons cometic gaskets NGK7's etc etc

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no offense , but with all second hand engines you never know what your getting ? :wonder: i wanted a rebuild from day 1 :D and having it done at api i believe was a good decission ?

None taken fella, Api are mega expensive, and if you are happy to spend your hard earned cash, then nock yourself out. Best of luck with your build fella. :thumb:

I disagree, [ as you would expect ] We charge sensibly for what we do and how often have you heard on ANY forum, of one of our engines giving trouble?

More's the point, how many have you heard of giving trouble, where the owner is less than satisfied with our response?

You get what you pay for in this world.

l'll pitch us quote for quote against any of the popular Subaru tuners. RCM, 'Clinic, Engine Tuner..............

It is possible to get amateurs to beat any of us for price, but as one member has found out to his cost; his ' specialist' of choice wasn't insured when a claim was needed. What would have happened if the car had been substantially damaged?

You get what you pay for in this world in many ways.

David APi

Actually, I hear comments like this all the time:

"Api built me a motor and i'm going to have to get shot of it: it's so quick that I've accumulated 9 speeding points since the rebuild and do you know what that dodgy character David said by way of customer support? 'How about an AP brake upgrade, sonny?'. It's disgraceful!"

:D :D

Ns04 (Owner of an Api built 470/480 Hawkeye)...... and a speed camera database that is now updated every second of the day!!!! ;) :D

LOL David, So for £3,560 what are you doing.

Now that would be telling. If InitialD wants it out there, he'll tell you. I ain't gonna have his lady on the phone wanting to know why he is spending however much on whatever.

Don't forget also that 20% VAT adds up too, that I recall is in the figure. Can't stop the government nicking our hard-earned no matter how hard I try.

I think you need a set of coilovers NS04 :p You got brakes already:lol1:

David

Come on InitialD, lets us see what value for money you are getting for your £3,560

I disagree as well. I had a few quotes in before I choose API and all the recognized places were in the same ballpark, and yes 20% VAT is a killer.

Personally I'm happy with what I got and what I paid, all be it a forced cost as my engine died.

You'll be happy when you go to pick yours up, trust me it's a good feeling.

Thanks Dad, see you at tea time :lol:

No problem son. Now where's my 10% discount :-).

Hallo!, Hallo !, seems my internet connection is down, Hallo, hallo, anyone there? Nope can't get connected, sorry................

Had a bit of a bump on the way here - sorry! We reckon it'll polish out though.

David


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I work at Indigo now obviously so everything is done in house but I'm proud to say my Type R has an API Engine, it's one of the reasons I bought the car!

Had mine rebuilt two years ago at API.

Out of the 4 Main guys at the time (Clinic, Engine Tuner, ZEN and API) Only API would put in writting what was going to be done and was £900 cheaper than all of the rest.

As it turned out I spent that £900 on other performance products and items out of the bat cave at the time so no money saved!!

:notworthy oh my god david !!! seriously im sitting here with my girlfriend and we both gasped !!:eek:then i thought oh..........................................i got black wheels :D

as for telling you what im getting for the money ! i dont need to mate im happy with it thats all that matters . as david sais you get what you pay for :thumb: and vat included in that also ! i think for good piece of mind that its being done properly its fair price :D

ive heard some good but alot more bad of api.

not speaking from personal experince tho

cheers mickyboy

well i think api customer service is sh*t and that is personal experince oh and i wont be buying any thing from them again oh thats becuase david refused to sell me another cluthc after two of them shat them selfs in the space of a year but i dont want to go on to much or i might have to load of photos and tell the hole story,

but then im not saying his engines are shat but i would forget customer after care

well i feel better :confused::lol1::lol1:

theres always gonna be mixed views when it comes to things like this ! i mean ive had terrible customer care from another company and cant believe people use him ? but alot rate him very highly !!! so far ive got nothing bad to say about api ! david is a very nice bloke to talk to , tells you exactly what hes doing , how much it costs arranges a pick up for 11:30 and sure enough he arrives 11:30 bang on and its well over an hour away !! these are the first bad comments on api ive come across ! but ive come across about 50 good ones :thumb:

Dont get sucked in by the doomsayers here, you have made a wise choice. I only hear good things about API.

im not a doom sayer but i feel people should here all veiws i hope you do get a nice engine from them and have good motoring for ong long time and thats the honest truth

me too to be honest :nono:

suppose you cant keep all the people happy, all of the time.

I had no problems with APi when I used to take my RB5 down to Southam. Nice bacon sarnies as well. :thumb: