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Old Oct 1, 2021, 04:12 PM
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Most likely a private label deal. Enersys/Hawker is the manufacturer...Odyssey is their in house brand. You can buy them with more generic Enersys branding on them for less- their G16EP model is the equivalent to a PC680. We used to buy them wholesale for around $80, re-brand them, and sell them for around the same price as everyone else who was doing the same thing.

Keeping them on a tender is pretty much mandatory unless you want to be replacing them all the time. We offered a pro rated warranty on them contingent upon use of a tender, which was sold with the battery as a package. That was tough to validate but people were more honest with us than I would have expected.
Old Oct 1, 2021, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Apex Hunter
Most likely a private label deal. Enersys/Hawker is the manufacturer...Odyssey is their in house brand. You can buy them with more generic Enersys branding on them for less- their G16EP model is the equivalent to a PC680. We used to buy them wholesale for around $80, re-brand them, and sell them for around the same price as everyone else who was doing the same thing.

Keeping them on a tender is pretty much mandatory unless you want to be replacing them all the time. We offered a pro rated warranty on them contingent upon use of a tender, which was sold with the battery as a package. That was tough to validate but people were more honest with us than I would have expected.
Tender status, 24/7. I never drive it, so....
Old Oct 3, 2021, 01:38 AM
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Not running a filter on my turbo... Distroyed my engine, upon inspection the pistions and oil pump look like they been sand blasted 🤦
Old Oct 3, 2021, 02:08 AM
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@Wheelspk Got any pics?

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Old Oct 3, 2021, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Wheelspk
Not running a filter on my turbo... Distroyed my engine, upon inspection the pistions and oil pump look like they been sand blasted 🤦
That's to be expected, though. I.E. I see people with FF turbo kids and no filter...and immediately pour some beer for a fallen homie.
Old Oct 3, 2021, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Apex Hunter
@Wheelspk Got any pics?
The oil pump, don't have for pistions anymore.



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Old Oct 3, 2021, 02:01 PM
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Selling my Evo. Missed it every day, so much that 4 years later bought back the same car.
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Running an open cone filter in hot/humid Houston TX. Even with a "shield" added it still got horribly sluggish in summer and as soon as ambient temps got anywhere over 75 degrees. Replacing it with an AEM with the closed box and tacking on a 3.5in intercooler and better tune just to be sure.
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Originally Posted by EAGLE 5
Running an open cone filter in hot/humid Houston TX. Even with a "shield" added it still got horribly sluggish in summer and as soon as ambient temps got anywhere over 75 degrees. Replacing it with an AEM with the closed box and tacking on a 3.5in intercooler and better tune just to be sure.
I'm in houston and was about to try a cone filter. Is it that bad? I've been hesitating but more due to the annoying BOV noise
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