Does anyone know where he went? Finally saved enough for an intake, dont' want the Frankencar cause it just doesn't look good.

 

they look the same to me . too bad berk is out of business

 

The Frankencar midpipe on my 2K looks great, and Steve's customer service is top-notch.

 

Took everyones money and ran for the woods. Unless something fatal has happened in which case I'm going to hell for making the previous statment.

 

thanx for the replies. Hopes he's doing OK and didn't "take off for the woods." Looks like it's frankencar for me.

 

BERK Tuning aka Cobymoby is officially MIA.

possibly even KIA

who know's

 

I submitted the paypal inquiry forms and they have been unable to reach him as well.

 

Well if he died or something I dont see why his web page would dissapear Or why his phone # etc. would vanish. I think Steve possibly made a hit on him maybe he made him dissapear, jk. Nah IMO he took off but I'm suprised he would do this judgeing by his previuos character.

 

Steve was actually explaining to me last night he is about finished paying off the hitman from the funds of his last GD

 

take a look at the Firm Fabrications intake. they're the only ones to integrate a new maf housing in their intakes. i've been back and forth with them on their 2k/2k1 products and i'm made to believe that it's nearly available. jeff at Firm told me that they were in final testing back in early-mid october and to expect release around early november.
check it out here CLICKY

i have no problems with frankencar if that's your inclination. but i personally have been waiting for the polished finish and 'one tube' design, very clean and from the looks of it, very well executed.
btw, i've had no problems getting responses back from them. in fact, if you guys want to email jeff there at jeff@firmfabrications.com it may serve as a reminder that there's good interest in this product.

 

thats exactly why I'm not too fond of the Frankencar, looking for something polished

 

is the firm fabrications intake gonna come with the apexi filter?

 

nope. i asked them about that and they don't carry k&n or apexi. they use another filter with a velocity stack in it. don't know the brand.

 

is it oil based or dry?

 

 

Paypals response to my inquiry:

"Our investigation has determined that the seller is at fault, but we were unable to recover any funds from the seller's account. As stated in the PayPal User Agreement, Buyer Complaint funds recovery cannot be guaranteed."

 

well it looks like he pulled a fast one on everybody. wonder why he skipped town all of a sudden

 

I've emailed Jeff 2 times and have never received a response. I asked in the email if the MAF was included with the purchase of the intake. Does anyone know?

 

you mean the MAF adapter (plug in). I'm sure it is since its supposed to be built into the midpipe.

 

It took Jeff a couple days but he replied to my email. Yes there is a MAF adapter housing built into the intake. Yes and no regarding the filter element - in the words of Jeff, "It is a dry filter, lightly oiled." Not sure what that means but I guess it's not as "wet" as the K & N and not as dry as the Apexi. One more thing, he also stated that the Maxima intake will fit the v6 altima but the filter would be too close to the engine and draw in hot air, the altima intake will be ready sometime early december.

 

this is a response i received from jeff a while back regarding the filter they use.

"Our filter is manufactured for us and is a dry type (semi wet) filter with dual built-in velocity stacks and is constructed of nitrile rubber, not synthetic. thank you."

i've seen a pic and it looks to be light blue. not too bad i think, kinda nice. but does anyone know anything about nitrile rubber filters?? how does it compare to the paper and cotton elements?

i'm not sure i care THAT much about filter selection. from what i've seen, most of the difference between all these boutique filters are not that dramatic. i understand that they're almost all better than stock paper filters and simply due to the sheer surface area increase over stock, we're looking at increased performance anyhow. i'm sure the one FIRM uses is very good, but since it looks to be a standard 3" opening, we can always swap out for a k&n or apex-i later on.
the only one i'm reluctant to try is a foam type filter. something about that doesn't jig with me intuitively.

 

If you paid by credit card you still might not be SOL. File a complaint with them and they will go after Berk.

 

this intake looks sweet, it's about time someone else came out with a WAI.

 

Top-notch huh, then how come I ordered mine over 3 weeks ago and still no sign of mid pipe.

 

How is it possible for Double FF to get the MAF into the design of the intake when the MAF costs Several hundred dollars?

I saw a blue filter on the speed channel called Cool Blue. Looked exactly like a K&N ripoff claiming 40% more air flow and 3 times the dirst stopping capacity of a K&N.

 

good question

 

it shows the integrated MAF in this pic though

javascript:Start('http://www.firmfabrications.com/maxima_intake.asp')

blah i don't know how to make links work, but in that pic the intake is installed with the integrated MAF

 

i haven't seen one in person so i don't know for sure. but here's my understanding of it.

you use your existing stock maf sensor (the thing that hangs down into the pipe) from your existing stock maf housing (the pipe). what the Firm intake does is integrate the midpipe and maf housing into a single piece. so what needs to be done is the maf wires unplugged. then the actual maf sensor itself needs to be unscrewed from the stock maf housing (the pipe). the pipe is then set aside and the maf sensor is then screwed into the new housing which is part of the Firm intake. then you plug in the wire, etc. etc.

really, really simple i think.. i hope.

the reason that replacement maf from nissan is so expensive is cuz you're not just buying a pipe, but the actual sensor which screws into and hangs down into that intake pipe. that sensor is not included with the Firm intake, only the piping/housing portion of it. you still use your stock maf sensor.

if someone has a Firm intake, or has even seen one, please correct me if i'm wrong.

 

i've installed many intakes for my friends ranging from injen to weapon r to aem and so on....ones w/ the "integrated maf" ....and you're right....its just swaping the pipes...the sensor itself is not replaced....

 

Just as a side note/FYI. I, and several others, purchased the Soprano's third season on DVD from an Ebay merchant using PayPal. Same thing happened, the person took off with thousands of dollars. After taking my case to PayPal, this is the SAME EXACT RESPONSE they gave me. I called them up and demanded more information than "it was the sellers fault" to no avail. Ebay was no help either. The thing that gets me is that I always tried to use PayPal when I could. As a safety net. Huh. One other thing I might mention (sorry for off main topic) is that PayPal tries to get you to draft your funds directly out of your bank account. The reason, so if you get screwed (as you have), the funds will have come from your bank account, not Visa. If it comes from Visa, then Visa provides you with protection and will recover from whoever they can (IE- vendor/PayPal). PayPal doesn't want to have to deal with Visa/MC/Amex/Disc. I think Ebay and PayPal (now one in the same) are pretty darn shady when it comes to such matters. Beware.

 

I agree with you...now that ebay has bought paypal....paying for stuff using paypal will never be the same. Paypal even changed thier user agreement. They will only attempt to refund the money if you never receive the item and sometimes not even then. And if you purchase something that does not work..you are S.O.L.

online shopping has gone to hel1 in a handbasket....very depressing