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Good, I was leaning the right direction

Congrats Ray!

Basically because we are trying to stream-line our inventory better. I would rather have the absolute best price on Kooks because we place $25k orders instead of saying we do "OK" on Kooks because we also have $5k of American Racing in stock and $5k of Stainless Works etc etc. Same thing here. Pace Setter wants $10k for stocking inventory and I don't want to do that as well as whatever OBX or whoever else wants and then be stuck "Pushing" one or the other based entirely on what we have on the shelf instead of what may or may not be better. I would ideally like to stock one expensive/higher-quality line and one cheaper/lower-quality line to fit different peoples budgets. Jeff

Winner! Now you just need to go buy a Camaro to put these lines on Jeff

We are direct with all the "Higher End" header companies like Kooks, American Racing, Stainless Works, Borla, B&B, DynaTech, etc etc. However, I am looking to go direct with one of the cheaper brands for those that don't have $1k+ to spend on headers and am currently on the fence. What would you rather have -- a mild steel PaceSetter that is USA-made and fits good or a China-made OBX-type product that is stainless but might not be as great in the "Fit and Finish" department? Is it just, "Whatever is cheapest" or if both of the above options were the same price what do you prefer? Thanks for the feed-back, Jeff

Yes and yes. New address is on the site and if you need any help with directions feel free to call Jeff

Winner! We are waiting on your Roto-Fab to arrive and you picked up a free 2010 Camaro Road Mouse Jeff EDIT: I had that backwards. Your Roto-Fab is here and we are waiting on your Road Mouse (We only had 5 in stock so 15 more are on the way).

Just hit "Refresh" then in a week. I can't make somebody post up saying they got something but I can promise you that they will if they don't Jeff EDIT: And there 3 winners in that thread (Matt and his brother Mike are two different people).

This site is a very small fish in a very large pond I am not going to link every single forum the sale was one but here is a quick one since I had it up already: http://www.3sgto.org/showthread.php?2418-2010-Black-Friday-Sale-!!!/page8 EDIT: Since you can see the order #s winning I am sure you can compare them to yours (3914 and 3933) and see why you didn't win. If not, I will make up a "177th Place" certificate for you and mail that out so you don't get your feelings hurt and get a complex for being slower than the faster kids Jeff

It's weird how faster people win things and slower people don't

All the 3/S guys did Every single "Free" order had a pump on it in the first 20 so they went FAST lol. Jeff

The last 200 or so were emailed (To the address provided) the following Monday-Tuesday of last week. Brandon has been calling all the winners the last few days on getting shipping info and processing the "Free" orders. Shoot me order #s and I can tell you in 5 seconds if they are even on the fence or not, Jeff

Looks just as good in person

Thanks Hal! I wish I could say we get back to every single request we get but I know that isn't the case. Over the winter months it is much easier as the volume of requests is lower so I would say we do now. We will have changes in place by spring to make sure it stays that way Every year we keep growing and every year we keep getting better. Next year will take that to a whole new level and we are all very excited about the 10x bigger and better IPS for 2011

We just moved in the past month We are now at 8333 Green Meadows which is right behind that group. Stop by if you are in the neighborhood and someone will be more than happy to show you around Jeff

My "Hunch" is this is due to the often widely variable requests we get on a daily basis. Meaning, if on a given day we get 6 or 7 quotes for 2010 Camaro's and Z06's and then another 4 or 5 for V6 Accord's or Scion TC's or GM Trucks or Miata's or V6 Mustang's which do you think we are going to get to first? The one's Brandon or myself can answer the easiest and quickest -- the ones that we know inside and out without doing any homework on or the one's that require lots of time we never have? Does that mean we couldn't quote a turbo kit on a Miata? Of course not, it would just take a little more time to feel like we are really doing a service to our client instead of reading them the first thing that pops up on a 5 minute google search and running with it. That typically doesn't end well for anyone In the past, we were very bad at just saying "Not interested". Instead, we would tell someone we would give them a call back and hope to find time to read up on their "XYZ" while trying to stay caught up on the quotes for cars we know like the back of our hand. A couple days later the odds of us slowing down to get back to it (Or even remembering that we were forgetting to get back to researching it in the first place) was slim and none. By default, this gets translated into getting "Blown off" by the potential client. In our new facility, and with our current staffing, we have been getting good at just saying "Sorry, but not interested" and trying to direct the person to "XYZ" shop better suited to help them. This has helped us focus on talking, writing, and quoting what we know instead of struggling to learn platforms we have no interest or knowledge on. Trying to do so with little to no time has resulted in many of the "Blown-off" reviews I'm afraid. Jeff

Just out of curiosity, what was the list of parts for? (Kind of car). Thanks, Jeff

Thanks for sending him over

Saw you again this morning on Orange Rd

We actually have a hybrid civic now even though we are by no means a "Honda" shop. If you are in Worthington we are not all that far away either (Corner of 23 and Powell Rd). Shoot me a call (614-444-5884) or send me an email over: sales@ipsmotorsports.net Take care, Jeff

I am 99.9% sure this thread is in response to the "For Sale" thread in our section for a different LS3. I would be pissed too if I saw an engine being sold that I "Couldn't" buy for the better part of 3 months. I am sure Shawn had no idea this was a different engine and different scenario. Honestly I don't blame him at all for being upset... Jeff

This is being made out to be something it isn't. Shawn was one of 4 or 5 people all wanting to buy this LS3 shorty. I had no clue what it was worth. I told all of them to shoot me links from Ebay or CF or Craigslist or whatever and I would take an average and call it done. There were no exacts but 2 or 3 long-blocks or LS3/L92 "Variants" found (Collectively). Since I wasn't selling the engine (Meaning I hadn't taken the time to figure out what it was worth myself and take pics and start a thread) I didn't want to give it away and then be out money to buy another used one later. Since a "Fair" market value couldn't be established it stalled until we got a pair of heads to make a long-block which most of the comp's were actually of anyway. Now it just needs all put together and it it is much more "Black & White" sale -- which Shawn doeesn't want (A long-block). I dunno. Such is life... Jeff

It had nothing to do with not returning calls and everything to do with an inability to get the engine assembled and THEN "Ready" to actually sell. Where I screwed up was acknowledging we had one in the first place as it was not ready for sale and still isn't... Jeff

No problem at all Even though Brandon deserves all the thanks -- all I did was tell you to come down and we would get it figured out Jeff

I sure will I wasn't (And am still not) in any hurry to sell the other LS3 so I wasn't willing to give it away. I had no idea what it was worth as the only comp's I could find at the time were completely assembled. Since we also had a separate set of heads and intake and tb I figured the simple solution was to put it all together and make it a drop-in and much easier to come up with a price. I think I told you on the phone about 15 times I had no idea when it would get put together as we were moving and we had 100x too much work in the shop as it was. I never told you "2 weeks" I never said "2 months" and I left the outlook as pessimistic as possible so it was clear it could be awhile. I never took a dollar from you and we never even really agreed upon a price until it was all assembled (Which it still isn't). The other LS3 belongs to a client and he named his price and wanted it gone. Easy peasy. If/when it is ready for sale I will post it up with a price like any other part we sell (New or used) Jeff