Science Abuse

yes :woowoo:

I'm Eric, and I also have a cougar. This is much nicer then mine.

that cant be healthy.

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BMW CSI or CI or I w/6-SPEED

Have you contacted the guy I refered ya to? He's a retired russian born/educated structural engineer that spent time in a gulag for protesting in the early 60's, you cant beat a character like that.

Matt just called, the tranny is done, feel free to make it up to me.

On behalf of those posting on behalf of IPS, I'll explain something to the unsavy masses why you've posted on IPS's behalf. It's not a matter of phonecalls. I'm sure no one was called in at the behest of Mike or Jeff. It's about maintaining a buisness relationship. Dont know what "Buisness Relationship" means? Think is sounds gay? Here is a list of reasons that an IPS customer would find it in their best intrests to defend IPS and their work, even if they hate the people that work there, it all has to do with maintaining a buisness relationship: -You are a regular, you are satisfied, you plan on going back. You want them to stay open, so you do what you can to keep slander from hurting buisness. -Hindered buisness often translates into higher prices. -You want to sell your car some day, and you want to put "Built and tuned by IPS Motorsports" in that ad to raise the price, not lower it. -They know your name, you know theirs, they know your cars history. It's in your best intrests that they stay open. -You are proud of your car, you want "built by IPS" to be a bragging point in conversations, not an omission. If you have a Buisness Relationship with someplace, what is good for their buisness is good for you. To help maintain that buisness relationship, one may take it apon themselves to sing the praises of said buisness. Call Scott at Kirk Auto for all your automotive maintainence needs!

This is where your argument dies. Nothing fast dominates at the dragstrip. There seems to be a great confusion in the difference between quick and fast. Tubbed big motor cars whose biggest tread blocka are the DOT numbers molded in the side are not fast cars because their race is over after only 400yds. They do that 400yds very quickly, thus they are quick. [/soapbox] thou you're right. Actualy the fastest cars around are, 9 time out of 10, built by their owners. The owner may be an owner or employee of a shop, or just some shaved headed madman in Johnstown. The fastest tend to be produced with an anal retentive attention to detail that you simply cannot buy.

Not gunna work very well with that pepsi can stuff in there.

Yes I can. I can be angry at stupid people no matter where they rear their vacant heads.

I might.....unfortunately, Russian is his second language.....madarin is his first, Taiwanese in third and English a distant fourth. Plus he's in China now, and will be until June 9. The cool thing is, his name is Fanzhe, pronounced "Fonzie".

not sure how my pivot compares to stock, I've got a lakewood scattersheild.

you mean penis.

They're on a short list of shops that I would consider to swap my benz to EFI. Bosche KE-II Jettronic FTL.

I'm pretty sure Jesus would walk.

And Sam said that, too.

This man has no clue how a buisness environment works, nor does he take pride in anything he does. If he did, he'd realize that even the few and far between insignificant crap needs adressed. This would be hilarious if it weren't sad. The bad publicity would be unfortunate if it was anything remotely credible. Personaly, I seriously will not take anyones bad experience with a 3si with a huge grain of salt. Everyone I know who has ever tried to do anything serious with those cars, no matter who they took it to, has had nothing but trouble with them. Your experience with the shop wasn't an acception, it's the norm. If youdont like frustration, dont try to mod a 2-ton AWD car who's engine is crammed in tighter then an Egyptian pyramid block. But, I will also state that Jeff PR skillz are lacking. Though it was an entertaining read, you've realy got to be on your professional game at alltimes. Squeaky wheels get attention, dont forget it. Of course, if you ran IPS on a firm and unwaivering buisness model, you wouldn't have let him take the car untill payment was made in full. You had every legal right to sit on that car until everything was paid up. The finacial screw around completely negates the legitimacy of any argument you could put forward, Jeremy. They had difficulty tuning a hackjob car, you outright stiffed them on a significant amount of cash. Interesting fact from the "quality sciences", which is my trade. Per most accepted statistics and standards of inspection, assembly, production, etc etc misc actions, a human being can only be expected to find 88% of the faults in a given system or object. This means that everyone makes mistakes. compare the number of positive experiences to the number of negative ones (that were actualy the fault of the shop) and I bet you'll find a ratio far better then 9:10.

Anything interesting? I heard about this spot from an older chap I work with. Back in the 80's he dateda girl who was a botany student at OSU. Apparently they frequent the area for its botanical diversity. Now they'll find the rare and illusive free-range Redbull can.

But not banned from public markets by the Department of Defense.

The only remaining parts I seem to lack are the throw out bearing and pilot bearing......are these the same as OEM? It came with a throw out, but it'd be stupid to put a used on in if its just an OEM shelf part. Anyone know? (edit; non hydrolic)

got any white slaves?

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