The utekineir Addendum
Utekineir
really really wanted the vortech idler/belt thread added to their pile, so here it goes!
That thread discussed two separate issues which resulted in belts breaking. First, some pulleys being shipped by Vortech were crappy; there was no final word on whether it was a bad batch or a bad manufacturer. Regardless, Vortech began shipping new, different pulleys in their kits.
The second issue was a pipe-rubbing clearance issues where the pipe going over the Vortech pulley was rubbing the pulley. Vortech responded by redesigning this pipe in their kit.
There were a total of 10 owner-reported incidents reported in posts 1, 7, 12, 17, 90, 108, 114, 125, 143 of that thread. Two of them (posts 12 and 124) were already accounted for in the compilation of the larger "discussion" thread. Again, I did not include nelsmar's issues because he states those were caused by fa20club and not Vortech.
Here is the revised chart for Total Number of Issues:
Vortech's bar has gotten substantially taller (heh) as they increased from 14 to 22 issues. They've been on the market the longest though, so how does it affect their issues-per-month (IPM) number?
Their IPM has increased from 1.17 to 1.80.
Innovate would need to go issue-free for roughly 5 months to match Vortech's revised IPM.
Kraftwerks would need to go issue-free until August 2015 to match Vortech's revised IPM. If you want to disregard the "lack of oil cooler solution" row, then they could catch up in July 2015!
Jackson Racing would need seven issues reported next month to match Vortech's revised IPM.
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Ralph Spoilsport & normancw, you're welcome!