Matt Sheppard

Something tells me Danno has this thing for purple. Hmmm

I also really don't believe Huntley copied Guru's idea for a head gasket, although an eire coincidence their design and release dates. Huntley was working on the idea before Guru ever filed for f. business name - back when you used to have "Guru" status for over x# of posts. I remember his posts to that effect - laying out the idea for the design of the gasket.

I'm sure it boosts someones ego to develop cool solutions for Porsche motors. That's fine w/ me. "Let's me see here, . . . you pay to create solutions to for problems?, . . . to feel good about yourself, . . . OK.

m42racer

Its all just fun remember. Or its supposed to be. Some people just want to know everything.

Well said Danno. If only you would organise a shop tour of this place. then and maybe then all of these doudters, nay sayers or whatever could see what real engine parts are and just how easy it is to make/adapt, as you so rightly point out. I am not going to make any more posts as I am following the wishes of this shop in not posting the name etc.

BoostGuy951

When can we expect to see some pictures of the build?

Konstantin

the idea is good but.....how much power can be had and for how much?
this is what most of us want to hear.

Konstantin

BoostGuy951

I think that this project will benefit alot of us. If this builder can make available certain better parts to us for a reasonable price, we all stand to benefit. Maybe not spending extravagant amounts of money on a total engine, but I hope to snag at least a few new parts for my 3.0 buildup.

BoostGuy951

I know who the engine builder is, and I have not been to their shop, but I do know that they are great, "no BS" people.

M42, is there anything to report?

Let's forget about the pissing contest going on here. We would like to know how this project is going. You don't have to list specifics, just give us a general idea on what is being done.

m42racer

Boostguy,

The project and parts are progressing very well. To date there is many new engine parts under developement, along with electronic parts including some new gauges. Most of what is been developed here is an application for the 944T. If you know who is doing this, call them directly, as I know that they are becoming more open about what they are doing now. BTW, I understand that a certain person who is well respected on this forum, is now working for them. From what I'm told, he will be directly involved in all of the 951 applications, as well as others. All questions can be directed to him, when he "comes out"

I do have a question for you Boostguy. What is your opinion of this company? If you have talked to them, how did they treat you? IMHO, the 951 world has never seen anything like this before. Whats your's boostguy?

BoostGuy951

Yeah, I was told by a source in this company that they have aquired a "defector" from a well known tuner on this board.

This company has absolutely blown me away with customer service. They are absolutely superb. I don't even know if they have ever heard of outsourcing. They do everything... from machining to producing engine management systems. They've got guys who know how to work mills, and guys who work with circuit boards, all in the same company.

I can't corroborate the F1/cart experience, but it would not surprise me. I do know that they are international and have a whole flock of engineers on the payroll. I also know that several "in development" products (that people have been raving about) from certain tuners are actually made by this company.

I think you are going to have one hell of an engine. I am expecting a call from someone at this company next week. I am going to encourage him to come out on this thread and tell rennlist what is being done. (If you don't mind)

I am keeping the name under wraps out of respect for their privacy to ensure they are the first to produce/market/patent these new products.

David Floyd

Does Travis's "New Job" post have anything to do with this.???

BoostGuy951

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Somebody catch the cat!

Steve Lavigne

Is the proprietor's initials NH?

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coupe

I have been hooked on this post since I first layed my eyes on it. I too would like to see more available for our cars and at an affordable price.

I'm glad that someone has the resources to do it and come up with something that may benefit us all. I can't wait to see the final result.

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rcldesign

"flock of engineers"... any with a degree?... Anyone know the actual number of employess at the place that's building these products? If Steve's assumption is correct (and I most definately think it is), then we're looking at all of what, 2 employess? (Being a RESELLER, or SALES DIVISION, or DISTRIBUTOR of a particular product and providing feedback to the MANUFACTURER does not mean in any way, shape, or form that you ENGINEERED, DESIGNED, IMPLEMENTED, INVENTED, etc. said product. Rather you provide TECH SUPPORT and you SELL.)

Now that I think about it... of all the shops around, how many actually employee engineers? Guys with degrees in engineering? IMO, having boat loads of experience may make you very good at coming up with ideas, and making them happen, but it doesn't make you an engineer. The title 'engineer' is way over used these days. As one of my professors put it, "The difference between a HOBBIEST and an ENGINEER is noise". The context was in reference to transistor design on a semiconductor level, but you can substitute "noise" for something witty of your choice to make the statement more widely applicable.

Perhaps, being a professional engineer myself, holding a degree in engineering, working as an engineer, doing legitimate engineering work, I get a little ruffled in having people call themselves engineers considering the true difficulty and pain-in-the-butt factor I had to go through in my education and so forth. A sales person may know everything about how to use a product, what it does, how to trouble shoot it, its theory of operation, etc. They didn't write the software, they didn't design the hardware, they didn't spend hours developing flow charts for program flow in the operating system (or code the operating system, for that matter), nor was the sales and support staff involved in component selection (the Motorola processor the Link and LinkPlus is using was the wrong decision in my opinion - price is too high on a per-chip basis for the features it provides, and having TWO of them (one of triggers - at least on the 951) is TOTAL overkill. Every manager has their motivations, which I am assuming were a general familiarity with the Motorola series of processors by the engineering staff (did you all know that the particular processor chosen in this application is the ONLY one in the series that provides a code protection feature? - smart.)

Anyway, I have totally digressed from what this topic was discussing. I have a tendancy to do that when I start talking technical...

To the optimist, the glass is half full, to the pessimist, the glass is half empty, and to the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Here comes the backlash and critisism...

coupe

rcldesign, Congratulations on your engineering degree, I'm sure you worked very hard to get it, and I'm sure you deserve it.

Can you help this project in anyway? Lets have your knowledge applied to this project.
Feel free to submit ideas and engineering facts, I for one with no an engineering degree would appreciate it.

Thanks.