This is my opinion based on my experience, your free to have yours , i have my own

Ive been to a lot of diesel performance shops , A lot and i can tell you this , no innovation comes from the ones who keep there nose in the books with spick and span shops , its been along time proven to me that the best way to learn and to develop is to do it , not talk about it, if it don't work you don't give up you try something else! Then once you have a proven design you can listen to all the people who are not even on STEP 1 tell you how you don't know what your doing and laugh your *** off.

Ive personally talked to a lot of the Biggest names in Diesel Performance and guess what they dont know crap I asked them all the SAME QUESTION , its the mechanic that's getting paid next to nothing who works for them that knows what they are doing.

Want an example?

EEP Dave Mitchell was being made fun of at his shop... just a little ribbing ..... they told him he couldn't even dill a manifold for a pyro .. he jumped up on the truck and drilled right into the divider between 1-3 and 4-6 cylinders and junked the manifold.

why do you think he quit pulling , he was competing against all the guys who built his truck and repaired it for him. could you imagine fixing your bosses truck that your going to compete against? if you win then you didn't do good enough job on his truck !

Ive been around a lot more than you may think , i never claim to know the ins and outs of Performance. but i do know who to stay away from and so much corruptness and misleading by those who are "respected" in the business.

I do my best to ensure our little piece of this industry is Corruptness free , it should show at every turn.

And as for the Question , a little shop you never heard of that dont want more work because he cant handle the work he has , told me .. i tried it and it worked perfectly , i had a major hang up in my Re-Bomb no one knew what it was.

There is a HUGE Misconception in Diesel Performance , Ask Gale Banks what a Cummins Head is Torqued to i bet he has no clue , he has a department for that!

Whats Funny is how a local boy with a little greasy garage and minimal money beat KURT HAISLEY at the NADM event this month , what resources does Kurt have at his disposal ? now what about this guy who lives down the street from me ? Explain that! And no he didn't break, it was a nice pull but not enough.

Money Don't impress me , Actions do and ill root for the little guy who has busted his knuckles every night after work in his garage to kick the *** on the track of someone who has a waxed up truck that had a team of 5 mechanics building it for him and he just takes the drivers seat and the glory.

If you want my respect in this industry i dont want to hear you talking about what you can do , i want to see it being done.

There are so many talkers , talking out there asses that the only way to separate bull **** from truth is to see it.

Don't set back and tell us how awesome you are , show us.

The True Hero's in Diesel Performance Innovation , Have No Name.

 

Thanks Chad that's the eye opening truth

 

Good rant. I agree with most of what your getting across here. Except you cant be angry that the big names in the industry have no clue. They are big names because they started a business. they are business men not mechanics. everybody has a trade they are good at. and lots of the people that have the skills and the know-how in the industry dont have the skills to start a business. thats just how the world works. you do your job and others do theres. the big names are what got our industry popular and competative so i don't care if they are the worlds best mechanics. they did there part now we are here doing ours.

 

Understood and Agreed

 

and the sad thing about it, only the people with money will be on top.

 

True this sport is WAY over priced some things that sell for 500 only cost 20 to make that's ridiculous

 

I agree it is sad that's how that works out, but at the same time if you were in their shoes wouldn't you be in first place too? you can't fault them for having money and resources you build a successful company you should reap the benefits, but it's people like us that know the small guys and the guys that compete with a fraction of the investment, and I can guarantee you they are going for the same thing as the big guys, they want to be able to pay to have a "pit" crew to fix the truck when it breaks at the pull or the track, but it's the guys that don't have the ability to afford those things that keep the sport alive and run their products on our trucks, so because of us they have a business and because of them our "sport" hobby is liveable

 

Hey DM, that little shop that nobody has heard of that knew the answer to your question, that wouldn't be the one that adjusted your valves would it? It wouldn't suprise me if it was, I haven't been able to stump him, even with my most absurd "theoredical" questions, he usually looks at me like I'm an idiot but they tells me why it won't work.

 

Yes it was Kenny McCabe 740-342-5007 (yes its memorized ) , Ive seen trucks at his shop Jeff Garmon Sent up from GA for Kenny to Fix because they Couldn't ... believe it

 

I just hope he gets a chance/gets talked into pulling his summer, I relly want to see him hook that thing