Hey brother,
The shotgun popularity is increasing significantly lately -the new housings are going to be sweet when they come in. As for the negativity; there was one old legitimate negative review out there from years ago about the housing cracking; this happened on early designs. Version 2 corrected this quite a while ago and Version 3 takes it a step further with a very slick 1 pc. unit that will be available very soon. The truth is that most of the negative guys are just doing some ad-hoc engineering guessing and confusing shooting from the hip with actual knowledge/experience -or they want to sell you a competing product. We haven't seen reduced HPFP life, but honestly if that's a concern buy one from FCP Euro and never worry again. The next argument is injectors. Get some index 12's and *most* of the time you'll be good to go as long as you aren't going over 700 whp. At 800 whp injectors start getting a little more cranky/pickly, but they'll still work fine at 700 range.
The fuel hose we use is pretty heavy duty; Tony's been using it on the shop car(s) since forever ago. Fuel hose isn't something you want to mess around with, but our application isn't some one-off use. We're well within working spec. I'm actually unaware of any concerns about that floating around. Shoot me an email ([email protected]) with some more details about what you heard and I'll just address it head on. I'm curious.
Finally, we do not pay for reviews. It's funny that you mention that, because we are often approached by people who are willing to do us a solid in exchange for discounted or free parts. This is way more common than you think and with bigger parts than fuel system pieces. I would say I probably reject at least 1-2 emails per week like that. It's just never really worked out for us. That's why we tend to encourage RESULTS, like in the stage 2/2+, $100 for the first 600/650 dyno from each turbo, respectively. Just an acknowledgement from us and appreciation. Occasionally, if you think you're an exception to the rule, we'll give a minor discount to those that we trust and have an established relationship with, but our relationships in general aren't founded on discounts as much as shared passion, integrity, and technical goals. It's how we like to roll.
Best,
Chris
