Greg Kosareff

Scott,

Greg up in Post Falls Idaho, I have all my finished pictures so you can replace the ones on your web site with the finished project, I am very pleased with your quality of parts, your quality of service, and the help you provided, feel free to use my name in any recomendations or customer inquiries. you guys rock! This car is sweet and scary fast, and man does it handle! (with all the right stuff and some tweeking). It has turned out way over my expectations. Please take the old pictures off and replace with these new ones. You can keep the old in a file to use as you want just like the ones you sent me when I started. Enjoy!

Greg
Post Falls, Idaho

For pictures, click here

Another Note From Greg

I was one of those people that thought I could "re invent the wheel" so to speak... Well, at least duplicate it for a cheaper price. I confess it was the fact that I figured I could save a ton of money and build just as good of a system for way less, I mean it's a small block chevy... how hard could it be?

Well here goes... After spending a lot of time rounding up what I figured would be all the parts I would need to build the radiator enclosure and the radiator, hoses, etc, etc... spending all the time figuring out how and where to place all the components, then actually going for the cut. Out comes the body saw and a lot of prayer, fabrication, frabrication, and fabrication... Go get more metal and bolts that I forgot the first time around... And finally AHHH it is finished, hooked up, and looks just as good and clean as the Renegade system. (I said looks as good).

Time for burn in... All seems to go well (I said seems), no leaks in the system we are good to go! (So I thought) After driving for a month and the summer started kicking in with temps of 75-80 degrees outside it was running a little warmer than I wanted - 220-225, so I started playing with restrictors to slow the water down to give it time to cool in this beast... Seemed to work until it hit 85-90 degrees. How hot is too hot... 240-250 degrees is! I know that because the system blew off on the freeway (Can you say big tow bill?) I can! Scott said this would happen... He was 100% right.

I gave in and bought the Renegade cooling system, He (Scott) guaranteed it would run in the 185-210 range in outside temperatures in the 100 degree plus weather... Guess what, the day I completed the car and final burping of the system our temp in Idaho reached a record for the season 103-105 degrees, depending on the source at the time. I was a bit apprehensive due to my last experience with my old system, but what better way to test it out. So I grabbed my wallet and my insurance card with the tow companies number and headed out... To make a long story longer, that day was "Fill The Boot Day" a fundraiser for muscular dystrophy. That is where they block all the intersections and ask for donations from drivers, you can imagine traffic back up... And it's over 100 degrees outside... A vaild test? Yes quite, that's what I get for taking the side street route to work...

I made it through the intersection (twice) and decided to hit the freeway. I made it to work and home again... My final verdict... The car never went over 213 degrees on our hottest day of the year.

My final cost analysis of the whole ordeal:

My system that I first built myself using all new components cost me about $1,000.00 (Not counting my time, frustration factor, or towing!).

Buying the Renegade system for $1,400.00 (approx) and so easy to install! Everything is bent, cut, and wired the way it needs to be! Perfection at the very least! Top quality everything.

I now have a car I can drive anytime, any weather (don't know about snow yet) and it runs perfectly.

I now have $2,400.00 invested in a system that would have only cost me about the $1,400.00, if I had only listened (How many times will we say this to ourselves?).

I cost myself $1,000.00 (not to mention all the downtime and frustration!).

The fool buys everything twice! Take my advice (And Scott's) buy the Renegade system in the first place!

I received nothing for this testimony and paid full price for the Renegade conversion package.

I hope I save somebody some time, money, and grief by this letter.

Greg Kosareff
Post Falls, Idaho


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