If you think losing a couple hundred bucks to a shady seller here hurts, read this...

[BillWS6Formula]

...and what's happening to these guys from a supposedly well respected tuner! One guy is out over 140 large!!!!



Buyer Beware! (http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=234868)

[DaksGT]

I actually read the whole thing and all I can say is jesus.

[XYRCNCP]

holy $hit!!!!!! someone should send that one to Motor Trend.....

[DaksGT]

I give the guy respect check his sig, look at his cars and his house, he's living my dream life, plus to send 140 ginos to someone u dont know?.....

[static]

Man oh man.. that is just terrible. This should definitely get in the hands of all major car mags...

[BillWS6Formula]

I'd be watching my back if I was JH....people losing a few hundred bucks is one thing, people with that kind of money and losing the kind of money mentioned there...well another kind of "specialist" can get involved. Hope his life insurance is paid up - for his family's sake.

[larryd]

jesus thats sick.. 145,000 later and I guess you learn.. I mean WTH.. how is this guy not behind bars or dead for that matter already??

[2kgtx]

Man I used to want a Hennessy Venom but after reading that I will stick with the dream of owning a A Stock Viper

[Da Kine Guy]

Man that bites.

BTW, nice new sig pic larry. Looks quite a bit better then the old one.

[atehrani]

That is totally ****ed up! I hope that guys gets all of his money back!

[scapamouche]

Makes cipolla look pretty small don't it......

I had a good impression of Hennessey, too.

[larryd]

Originally posted by Da Kine Guy
Man that bites.

BTW, nice new sig pic larry. Looks quite a bit better then the old one.

thanks.. Ill update it again soon once I get the car lowered :)

[bme107]

I didn't even need to check out the link, I've been following along from the begining. Everything you see in the mags says how great the guy is and how fast he can make his Vipers. Who knows if they have even seen the dark side? Within the last month he has posted some dyno's with 1000+ rwhp on a TT viper! Other viper owners comment "very impressive/good job" but 95% would never do business with him.

begin quote:
"Actual rear wheel power:
1087.5 rw hp
1123 rw torque
56.6 deg. F ambient air temp, 30.40 in Hg. air density

SAE corrected rear wheel power:
1015 rw hp
1057 rw torque
Dynojet corrects to SAE standards of 77 deg F and 29.92 air density

Amazing what 12 psi of turbo boost plus 75 hp shot of NOS will do. Thanks to Venom 800 owner Ed Illgen for letting us tweak his beast. Thanks to the team who made it happen: Jason, Joe, Alan, Brad and Drew. You guys are the best to work with!

http://members.aol.com/hmsvipers/1087rwhp.jpg
end quote

My neighbor sent HMS his '00 RT/10 to get the "Venom 650" package installed; including headers, exhaust, CF air box and some new internals. (The 650 denotes crank hp) When he got it back and had it dynoed he ended up with 466rwhp. (Stock has 415 hp+/-) He only netted 50hp when he should have received about 100-150rwhp. In addition to that he ordered 14" Brembos all the way around and ended up getting 13" Wilwoods.

When talking to him Tue. night he said that he spent more $$ with HMS than it cost him to buy the car (~75k out the door) and he is pursueing options to get some of the $$ back.

[HilfigerCelica]

I just emailed Motortrend. Looks like Hennessey's reputation is going down the tube now.

Hennessey:bang:

[4PASNU]

How about this scenario. He spent all that money on his car only to get SMOKED by Bryce's 900 Supra.

[jdm-style]

damn..that really sux...i hope they get their money back

[RACEonlycelica]

OUCH!!! thats a lot of money.