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Originally Posted by DisturbedSS
May want to think your comment through a bit more...
so its smart for a shops only criteria to recommend the highest margined item to a customer? I think profit margin takes a bigger hit when you end up going to another shop - aka ZERO profit margin. Anyone with an ounce of knowledge prior to purchase can see past that. Of the 10 shops, I only came across 1 who did that - ironically they were also the highest cost shop.
A S/C should be tailored to what you are using it for and what parts you intend to keep/swap...period. 9 of the 10 used THAT criteria.
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where did I say it was the only criteria?
did you ask any of the shops which S/C's they were registered dealers for or what they had previously installed?
you said you gave no clues or guidance on what to recommend, so obviously not, but if a shop is signed up with magnusson but not the other two, who do you think they are going to recommend? (and so on)
I've never been to a shop that hasn't had a preference on manufacturer for a variety of reasons, support and profit being the main two. I think its pretty naive to think that all of the shops you called have installed all three superchargers on a Camaro (the whipple isn't even out yet for a start) and that they don't have some kind of preference based on factors other than what they have direct experience of being "the best" for your application.
Based on what you've said your requirements are, the simplest route for you probably is a PD and probably the easiest to support from the shops point of view. But at this point I can't see how a shop can possibly seriously recommend you to/not to get a whipple as its not even out yet, so that would raise alarm bells for me.
There's also kenne bell, which resellers tend to hate because they sell direct. Ive seen a lot of shops disparage them but end users who have them talk very highly... i can't think why resellers might want to disuade people from a product they dont make a resellers margin on.
You blindly trusted a shop on your Mustang, and look how that ended up for you.