Rs Cosworth 1

Well seem's me morph and D4 (i know of more now) have been had by this said company, In all honesty here is my post on event's that happened, Caz karl rob neil a few more will back me up,

Right firstly this is not slander or pulling the said tuner down, It’s just my dealing with enhanced performance (Luke and danny CHARLIE1). 2009-2010.

I had my engine built for my S1 escort at medway rs centre (kent) they did a pretty good job I’ll admit but we had a few issus regarding a wiring job done on my car, So I looked for a tuner who could fix my issues and also set the car up, EP was recommended to me so I rang luke up and had a chat, He agreed to sort my issues out and guarantee the engine as he would give it a full check over and set up, £1280 fixing a little wiring not all of it like I asked and setting the car up (Also fitting a flamer kit) Knocked me £80 off the bill.

So I take my S1 to EP, It’s there longer than he said it would be, But eventually i got it back and started driving it, I noticed a slight stutter on cruise (boost was fine 15PSI), So I took it back luke said the MFI is shit and needs sorting (I was peeved off as should have been fixed before let out on the road) So I had a another MFI metering head and so did luke, So went down and changed it over no JOY same shit (Rough idle and stuttering) So luke said we will EFI for just the cost of the ECU £180 IIRC (As a favour for the troubles so far) So I was happy, He set the S1 just before I went home that day, I broke down 2 times on the M25 due to a rough set up,

I take it back again, Luke sets it up again AGAIN Christ it’s only MFI, He kept it a while while fixing it, So I pick it up again I ask him is it safe to drive as going to see my sister up in leeds in the S1, Luke said it’s fine don’t worry, So off I set on my 230mile journey, 15miles on the return trip BANG no boost just BANG I pull over engine is that hot I burnt my self on the inlet, Engine tapping like a bitch stuttering like anything (Its foooked), I get recovery at the cost of nearly £500 to lukes garage (EP).

So there inspecting the S1 (danny and luke) Luke reckons head gasket which I even knew wasn’t the case, We check the oil (Me and danny) and the oil is silver (Particles) so its fooked strip it down, Which they do to find the cam had been wearing out (Hence the stuttering and rough idle) and the cam lobe wore off shattered the tappet into my STAGE 3 head cam head all snuffed, So luke wouldnt accept any responsibility for the engine breaking, I classed it as shit tuning if he sent it out rough idling stuttering without even finding the problem and he GUARANTEED the S1’s engine after the £1200 bill, So much for that guarantee he straight blamed medway using a fucked cam, Which even I knew marc wouldn’t do that, So I went to marc asked for my old head and cam back which he build up for me (Thanks marc) I had luke fit the new head etc, Luke promised a full drop of it’s guts and clean out of all the gallerys with metal shards (from the tappet only 1/4 was recovered of the tappet the rest was in the engine somewhere, Lukes words!) So all the metal bits in the oil, He changes the head bill’s me near enough £500 for a head change, JUST A HEAD CHANGE! Because he didn’t drain the engine STILL OLD FILTER AND OIL in the engine as i drove away with a new head, So the tappet shards fooooked the engine AGAIN!, As I drove it away well happy no stutter etc I was chuffed, Nearly home and the stuttering starts again .

I phone him up, Very pissed off as I checked the oil when I got back and there was NO OIL in the engine at all :S. Checked in the morning was all there (SILVER particles still in the oil) So took it back and was given 2 excuses, Dannys report big ends shell’s etc, Lukes it’s the cam again,

So from here luke offers a full apology and tell’s me EP will re-build your engine top to bottom to make sure it is all sorted on the next build of the same engine, (FREE OF CHARGE) for the build he even offers EFI to me which I accept, So months go by, Eventually it’s ready, I nicely get informed it’s costing me £1000+ for the build, I went mental at him and threatened him with posting all my info on passion ford, He soon back down and reduced the bill still made no difference I didn’t have £600 as I spent up and in all honesty I wasn’t paying for a garages mistake, He see’s sense and let’s me take the car as mum was selling her cosworth, Well the engine is built up running EFI but WAIT what’s this all over my S1 (BLACK OVER SPRAY chips and dent in my wing) :@ Very fuming!!!
So I drive to pauls (north yorks and even ask paul how the engine sounded ENGINE not gear box, Sounded unhealthy to say the least)
On the way back I notice it’s getting tappy I was ok new build so I will top the oil up, Yeah BECAUSE there wasn’t any oil in it!!! Later on found out he had not put my return oil pipe on my breather system so oil was been pissed out over my gearbox, Again I get home, I look over the car in the day light and WELL FUMING WAS NOT WORD!!!

List of damaged parts, Body dents scratches, Floor pan was jacked up on which gave me a hole in the floor, Black over spray all over my MINT S1 (Anyone who saw my S1 will agree it was very VERY CLEAN) Needless to say I phoned back up RANTING RAVING etc, EP wanted the car back to fix I was dead set against it, So he payed me for a re-build of the same engine £1000 (about) I sold the S1 off in bits and shell with all bits for 2K, So lesson learnt 4K buying the car, 5K at medway, A further £2500 (Around) I walked out with enough money to reclaim my 4K buying budget,

In my EXPERIENCE they are bodgers and luke uses his gift of the gab!! ASK any decent tuner and re-search ABC motorsport before you touch these guys! Oh yeah and the owner of EP is CHARLIE1 on here, If he is indeed the owner still. Everyone needs a muppet with cash right?.

Overview of what I found wrong when I stripped the engine my self, (Pictures to prove)
Spark plugs 3 were champion 1 was something else, Oil had gone gunky, Silicone holding my inlet on and my TB, Injectors fitted incorrectly (Leaking), Crap fuel lines used for EFI, Oil return pipe to block missing, Dent on my wing, Rust in my sunroof from been left for months in the rain, Scrath on my wing, Black over spray everywhere, (CAZ will know this as she helped me clean the car up).

Take a look at the pictures and see for your self, Ask your self WOULD YOU TRUST THEM WITH YOUR RS!? It cost me £7500 (what i lost) and I never saw a penny back of that money WHAT A WASTE!!!. + people might see why I was over concerned with STEVES 4I map been messed with by EP instead of tony!!

S1johnS1 on my old mans account! I will just ADD EVERY TIME I TOOK THE CAR OUT IT BROKE THAT SAME DAY! It was off the road a year with all this messing about!!!

CheeRS.

A link to my account onb photo bucket - http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s...n_08/Car%20S1/ If the link doesnt work i will be on later to sort it,

Hope the mods dont remove as this is my dealing with EP and we are allowed - and + comments about firms surely!.

Less.

does not sound good at all,I can recommemd Tremona Garage in Southampton for future set ups

Rs Cosworth 1

Good garage is tremona,

Here is a link to read for your selfs.

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-e...ne-bays-8.html

**caz**

I thought i would bring over my account of EP's fails to this thread!

Im so glad to finally read that EP have been shown for what they are!!!!!!!!

Meant to be some great company that everyone on here raved about....but yet can't even get an engine build right....fill you with high hopes of what your going to get back...you think you have until your nearly home and your ringing them back to tell them there is a problem! They have no care or consideration for the cars that they have in there, as John said the S1 was near MINT!! No word of a lie! It came back with a marks and a few dings, and the black over spray ...that was just unbelieveable!!! Took me and John a complete day to get that off, it did look fantastic again after mind, but we shouldn't have had to have done it in the first place!!!!!!

When the car originally went for work...it was because the head gasket had gone, after one re-build, and as explained above was then taken to EP! Filled with broken promises and now empy wallet, for what i might add money down for nothing!!!! Luke had the car for months, he said he would do a guarantee on the engine after he inspected it, but when his guarantee didn't prove his inspection very well he then charges John for work that should never have been needed had his inspection picked up any issues!!

John, if you remember correctly when you went to drive north, got barely 60 mile, had to turn back cos your fuel was disappearing,you got back on closer inspection there was an issue with the fuel lines and the metering head unit, we were out in the dark messing around with fuel pissing out of it? correct me if im wrong of course!

Also when it left Medway the engine bay looked mint, ya had a lovely white charge carrier when it went to them and came back a shoddy black one, with some horrid looking fasteners, they completely ruined the look of your S1 engine bay! Their work is just diabolical, when it was actually going on , ya just couldn't believe what you was hearing it was like a dream, if ya know what i mean!

Also when the car went to them the block was painted ford blue by Medway, when it came back from EP it was black!? Was this a different block or what? Why did it come back black?

Just another few issues to add to the list! COWBOY's is being generous, i wouldn't take nothing to them! They should have been named and shamed a long time ago!

Im trying to remember all the issues that happened over the rediculous amount of time they had the car there was so many its proving difficult! I think your account and mine has pretty much covered them all! Anymore i remember i will add!

XRT_si

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Some truly horrendous stories are unfolding here!

morph

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Here's the link if anyone wants to read more horror stories.

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-e...gine-bays.html

rog

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Wow, what a total f*ckup!
Enough to put you off for life, I have my own opinions but I won't post it on here.
Good luck with the next attempt, whatever that may be.

JonnyBravo

Oh dear.

Seems Luke is getting the mapping right but not so on the rebuilds

I thought Danny had nothing to do with EP and he involvement was in the paintshop ?

carlo

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Shit i was just asking where danny was as well havent seen him post for a bit

milesy23rst

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Truly shocking stories, shouldn't be in business fucking peoples cars up like that, i hope they read this and come up with some sort of compensation for you john, d4 and morph completly out of order

Rs Cosworth 1

Map's? He cant set up MFI up let alone EFI, Shouldnt be trusted by any mean's, Also look at D4's map/engine now, It's FUBAR.

Danny is more involved than you lot think, Trust me,

carlo

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Cossie4i & a few others have been happy with their service

milesy23rst

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Doesn't surprise me john to be honest if he is

morph

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mapping wise mine was set to run 11%co level at idle!
What for? its a 1.6 cvh not a veyron running a 1000bhp!

JonnyBravo

I was going to say the same, that said Paul Hills has some good customers and then some that, well we don't need to go into that do we

Steve the Plumber

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O Dear, thats not good.

Rs Cosworth 1

I agree but after seeing the pictures how it was returned to me. Would you go there? Cosworth's there ok at, Seem's me morph and D4 have been shafted.

Just sharing my story, All the evidence is there, Take the warning or dont, If you get burnt any of you, After reading this then it's on your own head, I am just sharing my story!!! I would say this though i am not happy with the work they did and looking at my pictures would any of you be happy with that?

After the 4TH time it broke and they fixed or re-built in a year i needed a car that worked,Not one that sat a garage going rusty!

rog

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TBH every tuner will have some good and bad stories affiliated with it, but so many f*ckups on 1 car by the same place, I wouldn't go near it.

Gary F

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Happens all to often!

Gary F

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This has the makings for a 10+ pager I'd say!

squizxr

I very good friend of mine is having a cossie engine built by EP, made over 600brake yesterday and his had no problms at all!!

As someone said above, you'l hear good and bad storeis about every tuner!!

Ciderwoman

compairing the before and after pics shown altough not the best close ups you can see obvious differences, no engine and bay should come back looking worse.

As mentioned by caz went with mint and white, came back Matty horrible black!

JK12

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Reminds me of good old PTS!! Ucked my car up after 3k rebuild!

Darylc.

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They sound like right rip-off artists. Don't think I'd trust them with any car, let alone a mint RS.

Char1ie

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By the way I see my name at the top of this thread but I haven't been involved with EP since around September last year due to differences of opinion between me and Luke.

And I'm not a muppet with cash More a friendly person who saw a business opportunity and took a chance. When things didn't work out Luke and I agreed to part company and we went our seperate ways.

I never owned Enhanced Performance and have never been involved with the day to day running. Luke and I still chat and now that he's involved elsewhere I wish him all the success in the world.

As has been said elsewhere Luke does good work but may lack organisational and admin discipline.

Charlie

Char1ie

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Darylc.

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thanks for clearing that, but good work? Not being funny, but what they did to the OP's car I wouldn't even call sub-standard.

I suppose every company has it's good and bad moments, but it looks like they didnt have the foggiest ide as to what they were doing with the OP's car and just making it up as they went

Rs Cosworth 1

No charlie this is where i didnt pay because your mechanic fucked my car up

I am not a walking piggy bank read through the above statement i dealt with luke and danny, Not you and to be honest the amount of horse shit luke fed you, You wouldnt have a clue what actually went on down there.

Darylc.

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would you pay for this work?

Rs Cosworth 1

Also charlie, The re-build was offered free of charge to me "Through lukes mistakes" your just the man with the cash that got stung also.

StephenC

exactly what I was about to put

Neil@FastFord

Charlie- I recall you posting about your "tuner" having issues with Gotech, but it never got fully cleared up. What was the outcome with that?

timotei1980

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Waahey, looks like i've just joined the club after being there 4 times and something wrong on the way home on 3 of them (1st visit was the only time i drove home without a problem).

Char1ie

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That was Luke swapping a non-working Gotech for a Link ECU. No drama.

Charlie

Steve the Plumber

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Thread seems to be gaining momentum now!

Char1ie

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That's a possibility

Luke was never "my mechanic" he has always been his own mechanic.



Charlie

timotei1980

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By the way i just got home from there about 1:30ish after arriving there at 9:20 where Luke was supposed to meet me. He was'nt there but think he had problems with his son so i'm not having ago amount that(these things happen). Then about 2 1/2 hours later i was told he would be in shortly, then AFR (the company he now works for/taken over EP) had another phone call saying he's been in a car accident, quite bad i think.

So in the end i did'nt see Luke today but the car was supposed to done so after being charged more than i was told the very day before i left with it idling at 1500rpm and when i got home found the P/S pulley had worn through my rad hose pissing water out every where.

Gary F

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Yeah, I can see the snowball effect running along nicely

carlo

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So is enhanced performance no more then? has the company been taken over sorry i cant be arsed reading through loads of threads to find out ! i wondered where danny was

timotei1980

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From speaking to them today (AFR) EP is still EP but are owned by AFR. The unit has both signs above its door.