Problems with Fritz Bitz exhuast manifolds

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Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:36 am

Ths sounds like another "gunni" situation,passing the blame on!
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Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:31 pm

macas wrote:Ths sounds like another "gunni" situation,passing the blame on!
Didn't Gunni pass the blame onto Stevie Wonders dog?
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Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:53 pm

jonb wrote:
macas wrote:Ths sounds like another "gunni" situation,passing the blame on!
Didn't Gunni pass the blame onto Stevie Wonders dog?
Stevie's dog's trainer.

It's a miracle these guys are still trading tbh.
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Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:59 pm

Gunni had one bad thing about him said, but he is still one of the best out there for mapping which is all he does now along with supplying VEMS ecu's

I wouldn't be too harsh with him and my own personal experiences are all positive
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Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:42 pm

Ladies and Gentleman. I give you Fritz Bitz exhaust manifold, this is how thin the metal of the headers were where the cracks are. Almost every cylinder had cracks in it.

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This is how the ports looked like

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Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:48 pm

How much material have you taken off it?
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Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:54 pm

I did not make any modifications to them, this is their work. when I brought them to shops to ask on price to get them fixed, and get a load of this ... Richard said I am trying to make profit and benefit financially !
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Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:48 pm

Have you sent it back for a refund yet?
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Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:09 pm

Z2TT wrote:I did demand a refund, but Rich (Fritz) said that the warranty lies with the manufacturer (who Fritz subcontracts his work to) and not himself, even though the money went directly into Fritz account and all communication before the sale was with Fritz and nobody else.


I'm sure the sale of goods act, says differently.
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Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:12 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:
Z2TT wrote: Again he now made me speak with the manufacturer as it he believed it is not his responsibility.
Liability for the product is 100% the responsibility of Fritz Bits, as they well know. The manufacturer has no liability to you whatsoever, as no contract exists between you.
Do not, under any circumstances, attempt any reworking of the manifold yourself, or let any third party do so.
Return the manifold to Fritz Bits, and ask for your money back.
If this produces no results, ask for your money back, plus reasonable expenses, accompanied by a solicitor's letter.
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Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:25 am

Is anyone on here aware that if you bend 304 stainless it changes the molecular structure of the material and becomes magnetic on the back of the bend? that would explain one point
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Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:31 pm

Indeed, work hardening austenitic stainless changes it to a body centred cubic (martensite) and it thus becomes magnetic.

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Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:49 am

Fritzels kidz FTL :(
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