I think the important part that Champion played is to create some market competition, and force some of the higher priced brands to be more price competitive. I have 2 Champions. No problems in functionality. I put a 4 core in my Lemans, and it is thicker than stock. In hindsight, I might have done better to go with a 3 core version that fit stock.
FiTech did the same thing with market competition. Before FiTech, aftermarket efi was significantly more expensive. Even the cheapest systems (Professional Products) were easily $600 more than FiTech. FiTech proved a low cost system COULD be done, and set a new price bar for the other manufacturers. I think Champion did much the same for radiators.
This is great for the consumer, any way you slice it up. It gives options. Sometimes there needs to be a budget option for those who play in the low end of the hobby.
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"...ridge reamer and ring compressor? Do they have tools like that?"
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