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[group Buy] Acpt Carbon Fibre Tailshafts Any Model! $1400us

Angus Smart

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sheeeet....

Was this 1000 rated or 2000??

Isnt there 1 or 2 guys that have installed them?? Anyone else had dramas??

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Angus Smart Grand Master

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Hey Marc??

You have his Phone number.. i'll talk to paul.. but i'm not sure whats going to happen over xmas eh..

thats so shit this better not happen again!! f**k this has been the worst idea i have had ever.

elrodeo666 Mentor

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I feel sorry for ya andrew..you had all good intentions and I was planning on buying this anywau when it popped up here on SAU i jumped all over it..hope it all pans out well and it was just 1 dud...but with suss fittings i reckon everyones a bit aprehensive...

OS30GK Experienced

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rated to 2000..............................................................!

i cang et the number again, but james does fark all! he sits on his a55 doing bugger all and then lies about deliveries being sent... So, i dont particularly want to chase up that chap.

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Rang jim Leslie the Director at ACPT. I am getting the money back and a free carbon 2000hp 'correct' shaft. He was rather pissed that some moron sent out the wrong tubing...

Oh well, free shaft for my customer.

Happy days!

OS30GK Experienced

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Marc,

As we discussed on the telephone, this shaft was not built with the correct tubing. The diameter should have been 9.6 cm (3.8 inches).

We have built hundreds of shafts for Skylines and usually don’t have any problem. I hope your customer is happier with a refund and a new shaft on it’s way. I’ll monitor the build from this end. Please let me know how it works. James should get a shipping date to you, but it will be after the New Year’s Holiday due to the balance shop being closed.

I apologize for the problems you have had with our company.

I hope you are having a great Christmas!!

Jim

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Jim Leslie is a genuine guy, he has pulled their heads in over what has happened on here. He said that he only found out about this whole debarcle a week ago and has found the employees responsible, very angry at the ACPT name being associated with malfunctioning product and incompetent production rates.

So, hopee all of you got the correct tubing size. Ours was out by 1 full centimetre....

elrodeo666 Mentor

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Well after measuring the circumference and using this calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/picalc2.html mines about 9.55cm ..

so where does that leave me now....is .45 difference okay or is she going to bust apart..

Think everyone should do a measure and see what we come up with..

just measure circumference and divide by 3.14159 (PI)

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so where does that leave me now....is .45 difference okay or is she going to bust ap

Unless my math is wrong, that is 0.05 diff, which is probably not important.

Although I don't understand why tubing dia, visually pretty much right (how much was it wrong by?), created a shaft

that looks as though it would not handle the torque of a civic, let alone 2000 hp.

And what about the wrong sizes in the other direction.. is that down to the same malfunctioning individuals?

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Mr. Keets Grand Master

Mr. Keets

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Shaft + Money=Win!

Good outcome. Maybe this thread should compulsory reading for anyone wanting to start a GB, I don't think I would take one on. My shaft will be in Perth soon, fingers crossed, and I'll get it measured.

Angus Smart Grand Master

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Glad its all working out fine, as Marc said Jim from Acpt is great to deal with i wish he was on the case from the start..

as for Paul, He's thrown in the towel.. so if someone wants to be the distributor for Acpt its up for grabs...... this even comes with free INSANE stamps for everyone involved :banana:

Never again for a group buy is what i say... i hope that everyone else's shafts are correct..

wrxkilla Mentor

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hey guys,

I'm going to measure mine.

I took the car to the drags the other night. It withstood 2x passes I ran 11.1 @ 125mph best and up top end it had some pretty serious vibrations... Iv'e never had a prob like this before. Not blaming the shaft yet, will measure it up also, check a few things out, might even trial fit the stock one again to make sure the shaft is the problem....

sigh.

Michael

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Beer Baron

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Fark! it's pretty clear where and why it failed. you can see it's snapped right at the end of the steel insert for the mounting hardware. nasty.

hopefully the correct shaft will be ok, and money back shows at least the director is serious about attempting to mend his companies reputation with you guys. he should praise jeebus that nothing really bad happened when it failed, like the car getting launched, pieces penetrating the cockpit, major accident etc etc. very lucky.

Piggaz Grand Master

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hey guys,

I'm going to measure mine.

I took the car to the drags the other night. It withstood 2x passes I ran 11.1 @ 125mph best and up top end it had some pretty serious vibrations... Iv'e never had a prob like this before. Not blaming the shaft yet, will measure it up also, check a few things out, might even trial fit the stock one again to make sure the shaft is the problem....

sigh.

Michael

Be interesting to see if you still have these vibrations.

Was it in any particular gear?

wrxkilla Mentor

wrxkilla

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well, could have only been in 4th... That's when I really noticed it.

Havent driven the car since, so will be getting under it this weekend and investigating then going for a drive.... :happy:

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