I understand the trouble you are having. The splitters functioned perfectly, until 16.17 when filters were added to splitters. However, for versions after 16.17 you may encounter issues with any splitters trying to run faster than 120 items/second. I have managed to get 170 items/second out of splitters, but it isn't consistently reproducible :(
I have not removed faster tiers yet because I am considering trying to add my own version of splitters that can run faster, though they would be a bit lua intensive and not very UPS friendly. Also, the faster belts do work, just not the splitters.
If you or anyone else can help with this, it would be much appreciated :) Sorry for the current troubles