| I will am so wicked pissed right now and will never buy another ashspec product again. Every product of his I have purchased there has been something wrong with it. I bought one of his ECU upgrades way back in the day and it ran so rich it looked like I was driving a diesel. I got a JWT chip from another member and it ran much better. Then recently I got the massives and the 2.5" intake kit. The massives had metal shavings inside of them. It looked like the mounting holes were drilled and tapped after the end tanks were welded on. I spent quite a bit of time with a shopvac and air compressor trying to get it all out. On the 2.5" pipes I was surprised to find that it looked like bead blast media was still inside the pipes. They must not have been cleaned after powder coating. My engine isbrand new from the crank bearings up to the cams. I would have died and went on a rampage had I started my car and this crap wreaked havoc in my fresh motor! I am not new here and even made some of my own one offs that have fit and worked well. I get how after market parts may not fit perfect, and its not a big deal, but there are no mounts. All the pipes just kind of hang on to the engine and inter-coolers. These pipes are paper thin, I have tendinitis and could probably crush them like a beer can in my hand. They will not line up no matter what I do, the passenger side turbo inlet is firmly pressed against the frame rail. My engine has been in and out my car 5 times today clocking the turbos and making piping adjustments, but it just won't work. 
Now my car will be down while I work this out, which means I will miss the first of two track events the local z club hosts. I will probably use these ATP flange adapters and make new inlet pipes like I did for the stock setup.
 Here is one of the ones I made for the stock piping.
 The only reason I got this kit was because Specialty Z sells it and I support those guys as much as I can. If I had this to do all over again I would get the czp kit. I have seen it in person and I know it fits better.
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