PTP Gripes - SRT Forums

BDCarrillo · 03-23-2009, 02:45 PM

*Well I finally got my core return, after a big hassle, so now I can speak without fear of my money being held up.

Please do not waste your money on purchasing a PTP throttle body. $120 bucks (after core return) is ridiculous for the work that was done. If I had put my hands on one and looked at it in person, prior to purchase, I would have realized they are out of their mind.

Here's the dish:

-new butterfly was not knife edged. Seriously, a few minutes with a grinder was too much to ask?

-screws through butterfly were too long. Apparently purchasing the correct length hardware OR grinding it down is too much to ask.

-butterfly screws were peened off-center, looks very unprofessional

-machine marks were quite evident on the interior of the body

-the newly bored throttle body was grimy and oily. Apparently it wasn't tanked, or wasn't cleaned after machining.

I suppose I was expecting more than I got, but a "work-over" of a stock throttle body should have included the above-mentioned items, especially for $120. Even at industry standard rates, that cost should translate to 2 hours of machine work! That's enough time for a machinist to take those little extra steps that make a product special.

Either their price needs to be more realistic, or they need to take a little extra time to touch up a few areas and make it excellent, not just adequate.

*I found it curious that my "cryo-treated" TOB fork came in a box still sealed with a mopar sticker on it. Hmm, unless y'all peel off the sticker real nice and glue it back on, it would seem like you didn't even touch the damn thing to cryo it.

*Also, why in the world does PTP ask for $30 to get a 1/8npt hole in the spacer? It's a two-step process that should take less than 5 minutes. $30 pays a machinist for a half hour of work... you do the math.

Did I say should take less than 5 minutes? I mean DID... it DID take 5 minutes for a good machinist to do it. And you can bet your ass it wasn't PTP.

rubicon04 · 03-23-2009, 02:53 PM

Ptp SUCKS this is nothing new,im sorry you had to deal with them, but lesson learned right

S3PTPSRT4 · 03-23-2009, 03:05 PM

I had the same problem with the butterfly on my ported TB, it ended up scratching the walls of the TB and gouging areas pretty bad from the butterfly opening and closing.

wish I had pictures to post... I guess you could go to the City Dump to check it out since it went in the garbage a long time ago.

rubicon04 · 03-23-2009, 03:08 PM

^^another satisfied customer

Adionik · 03-23-2009, 11:11 PM

Wow that bit about the cryo treated fork is extremely discouraging...

91PumpKing. · 03-24-2009, 01:22 AM

i've had awful experiences w/ ptp as well.

im sorry to hear OP. and that is extremely odd about that "cryo" TOB fork...

**Philth** · 03-24-2009, 01:25 AM

Sorry to hear you joined an ever growing band of people that have had shit for experience with them.

<---is one of them.

ToMuchBoost · 03-24-2009, 01:40 AM

Join the club dude..

Good info in OP though

nutz · 03-24-2009, 01:51 AM

lol...ahh john fuks another srtforums member, i am still waiting for him to take the money and run like some other vendors

i know he stole $260 from me

lol @ cryo treated parts in factory bags

i bet he sticks em in the frige for a nite and calls em cryo treated

**Philth** · 03-24-2009, 01:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by nutz

lol...ahh john fuks another srtforums member, i am still waiting for him to take the money and run like some other vendors

i know he stole $260 from me

lol @ cryo treated parts in factory bags

i bet he sticks em in the frige for a nite and calls em cryo treated

Haha...is that what a deep, controlled freeze means??? To sit in freezer over night, then thaw to room temp sitting on the counter???

rolla4now · 03-24-2009, 02:24 AM

that sux.. I've had a bad time with them as well, but chose not to put it on the boards since a good friend of mine reps them. I just don't promote them.

BDCarrillo · 03-24-2009, 09:50 AM

There's nothing but gripes about PTP from locals. About the only thing they have going for them is the queasy... which seems to be perpetually out of stock.

Anyone else see the fuel pump rewire for $90 on their site?

-2 relays: $12
-1 relay harness: $11
-Stock connector: $10 at a junkyard

That leaves 57 bucks for some kickass (lol) 10 ga wire and a few terminal connectors...

LW flywheel bolts for $60
I can get 40 new head bolts for the same cash... most other flywheel kits from ARP cost 20-40 bucks depending on the size/number. So Johnny boy had to order them 300 at a time... shouldn't that have made them a lot cheaper?

Let's all not forget that PTP is home to the $83 map clamp

Here's another PTP gem...
Crankcase breather... $18.50 at PTP, $9.99 at Checker Auto

Don't believe that he is doing nearly 100% markup? Check the links below:
CSK Auto

PT-Performance.com

2.4 litre kreeder · 03-24-2009, 10:06 AM

lol at their SST V26 lol they keep blowin up haha. I feel bad for people who buy from them...What a scam

**srt1002** · 03-24-2009, 02:29 PM

if you guys only knew

nutz · 03-24-2009, 04:15 PM

lol, i think i have the # of the guy who used to do SST's for him in Florida i was quoted under 300.00 for the up grade and clip i think he charged over 600.00 + core