Syritis

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I've been working on my car for 2 years now. I've done it cuz i want too. I would have saved a few thousand dollers by having adam build a motor for me, But i chose to do it myself, and Although I've gone though 4 engines in 2 years I've leaned a LOT about my 2nd gen. sometime ago it was I lost my job and adam was kind enuff to offer me a job based on the enthusiasm I had for rotaries. Since I've been working for adam I've leaned even more about 1st and 3rd gens. I built my own engine at RX7 speciaties on my own time and learned some assembly secrets from adam. I'm quite saticfied with my current engine, and if it blows up again, I'll just rebuild it.
I believe Adam Made a great Step FOR the rotary community by opening RX7 speciaties 14 years ago. Along with devoting all of his time toward rotary machines he was able to make a living and therefore became part of the AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. Unfortunatly with the shear volume of workign being done Not everything ends up perfectly. The downside of having 14 years of experience is that hundreads of people, call looking for Adam's help. Expectedly Adam is very busy and cannot afford to put more the Enough time into everyone lives, sometiems feelign end up hurt and some things overlooked. thats life in it's crulest form.
Max whom I'm still yet to meet sounds like a very knowledgeable guy with lots of ambition for the rotary engine. Perhaps his options are bias from his location in the auto industry. but he's intitled to his opinions and i'm willing to hear them for instance his reserch of 2mm apex seal performance.
But The rotary Community is being ripped in 2 By all these situation being blown out of proportion. All of us are just enthusiest for our cars in a world run over by pistion engines. We need to just get over the little **** and quit pointing fingures at everyone else and just work together like this community should. we'll only gain more knowledge about our cars, we'll meet more enthusiests, and on a grand scale with everyone gettign along as friends, our meets for draw bigger crowds and provoke more R&D into our cars.
These are my opionions and everyone is entitled to they'res but don't take other peoples judgements and pointlessly turn them into somthing bigger that only devides this community. Unlitmatly everyone suffers because of it.

Maxthe7man

Its funny how my name dragged into everythread, even ones I never put a post into...
Some may notice, I got de-modded by Ryan, for showing something wasnt true that went on this forum and into his magazine.. The turbo, claimed as 100% joint collaboration between D-r, a forum sponsor and rx-7 tuner advertiser... Now Ryan Pm d me and said he had enough of my attitude, telling the truth is attitude I guess, Garrett is not going to develop a turbo wrapped in Schwitzer casings, end of story....
Then there was the Calgary Mechanics thread , I stayed away from it, everytime Adams name and mine appear in the same thread, Adam comes in at some point with his ALL CAPS typing and claimes I am editing and twisting posts... So I leave it alone just to keep the peace, apparently that doesnt work either...
Losing the moderatorship doesnt bother me at all, in fact I had been thinking about letting it go for awhile, since it handcuffs you what you can write and what you cant, as shown, you can't speak about anyone that pays someone else money, no matter what it looks like what is being pulled..
As for the split in the community, it opened over a few years ago, it stems from what others say is just the outcome of repeating trends... Its not like its just one mistake, its the same stuff over and over again... I shrug alot of it off, but it does really bother the people that payed money and got some pretty crappy workmanship...And we get tired of hearing about it ourselves over and over and over again.... There is alot of knowledge in the Calgary community between a few of us, and we know bs when we hear it... Alot of people are beholden to Adam for service, so what they say to me, and what they say in public is often 2 very different things...Half of your post comes off that we should be greatful for Adam and that we should somehow owe him somthing or turn a blind eye because of what he has done for us all and god knows what that is....Not sure if thats how you meant it, but thats how it reads to me...
You are pretty new in the community, I am not gonna write you just because you work there, you are right that the cars are special community, but at the same time its a small community, and word travels fast....
As for my bias, its not from being in the auto industry, I am not even remotly in the auto industry, I have done some rx-7 work for people, and alot of it was pro bono, when people do feel they want to pay, I let them decided what its worth to them.. My bias towards what truly works in a motor for long period of time without being dentrimental to the motors life itself is based on pushing my car past the limits of was the limit of the rotary locally, more factory engineering data than you shake a stick at, and learning hands on from the worlds best in Japan.... I dont agree with alot of Adam does to a motor, I dont agree with what alot of shops in the US do to the motors either.... Everything that is the current "fad" here as far as engine mods, has been tried and tested and dispelled in Japan, nearly 15 years ago....It'll be another 5 years here before people finally clue in...
Max

ScrappyDoo

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Another brilliant decision by the owner of this forum . Oh well Max, I guess you'll have to be resort to just being one of the most knowledgable people on the forum. (and now your PMs will get read like the rest of us)

Your work and posts speak for themselves I look forward to continue getting advice from you.

Charn

Alak

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I think this whole split community thing licks *****. I mean, its a persons choice weither they want to have someone do something for them, then turn around and ask for help from someone on the other end of the spectrum. Let them do it if thats how they feel it wants to be done. If you dont want to help for whatever reason, we dont hold it against you.

I also agree when said that some people say one thing on here, and something else in person. I have been known to do this myself and have learned a valuable lesson from my (very vrutal at times) trial and error experience.


All us 'unknowledgable dorks', as was aptly stated in the past, look up to the more experienced guys in the forum. I'd hate to see it completely drawn in black and white when a guy like me is desperate for help. Our cars require a special amount of attention to maintain and enhance. That means it requires one special kind of community, not two.

Trust me when I say this community is far from the normal.


Cheers boys. We need another BBQ before snow.

TalkSick

ya, what happened to the calgary mechanics thread.. i work for a few days n its moved to somewhere i cant access.. all i wanted was a lil advice :P

soloracer951

Syrtis: I read you post the same way that Max does. What great step did Adam make for the RX7 community? Name for me one thing that he has done for the "community" that didn't put cash in his jeans? He sponsers nothing, he doesn't compete at the strip or the track with a car of his own, he doesn't even attend or organize any functions. Hell, I'm not even sure if he owns an RX7 that runs. So what is it exactly that we should be grateful for? The shoddy, half hazard workmanship that many of us have recieved because there is no where else to go? For a shop with 14 years experience I can think of nothing signifigant that he has contributed to the community. Adam found a niche market where he has no competition and is making a very good living off the community. It's called a monopoly and I for one am not "grateful" he is here. We will survive just fine without RX7 Specialties whereas he would not survive without paying customers. So who should be the grateful one?

eoph

a great step for the rotary community would be if the few knowledgeable guyz in calgary open up a shop

Alak

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I agree.


I'll apply for position of Shop 'Dogger'.

rx7_turbo2

Soloracer said it best. I want everyone to re-read his post. How many meets have we had in the past lets say two years? How many of those meets has Adam attended let alone sponsered. The answer we all know is sweet **** all. I've now attended 2 Porsche club dyno day's at Concept 1. How many BBQ/Dyno day's has RX organized? Sweet **** all. In all my years of attending Secret Street, Sport Compact Challenges, even a Mazda sponsered series, how many times have a seen a RX sponsored car, or even Adam at the track? ******* never. Speedtech has shop cars, Davenport has shop cars. What does RX have? The last time I saw the 3 rotor, it had no front brake calipers, no intercooler piping and claiming a total unproven horsepower number. So tell me again what's Adam done for the community? Besides line his own pockets? Now don't get me wrong I like to make money too, but don't come on here at tell us we all owe Adam some sort of debt of gratitude because he exists, that's horseshit.

Now It's off topic but Max's mention of the Davinci Motorsports turbo issue is funny you should all go have a read. It should give you a good idea how many schisters there are on this forum in particular the people that run it. I did not renew my subscricption to RX Tuner I suggest you all save your cash as well, and keep the propoganda at bay.

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the test of time will tell, 14 years to date says allot.
i don't think RX7 specialties is going to be here today and gone tomorrow which is
a comfort because i will always have someone I can call when i need a hard to get
part or advice.
tell me of any other place that would do that!
my 2 cents
matt

Syritis

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This is esactly what i'm talkign about, if u recieved such poor work from adam u can just say so. it sounds like u guys are about to go on a ****** rampage and murder everyone who doesn't hate Adam. Because of that Y would Adam want to stick his neck out and put on soem events or sponserships when everyone is just waiting for that moment to rip his head off again.
Everyone on here keeps saying that they're gunna start they're own rotary shop and run adam into the ground, while this "great" step i mentioned is that Adam Acctually did it 14 years ago to provide a service, one centered shop in calgary that anyone can find and have they're work done.
While i've been spending so much time at the shop working on whoever's car. I've noticed that my car usually gets left untouched. Now I'm just workign 10ish hours in the day. so i can only imagine how much time adam does have to spend on his own car.

eViLRotor

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Max getting un-modded is pure BS. Blessing in disguise, with the rampant forum politicking going on lately.

I know I've learned more from his posts that most others.

eoph

i don't mind people not hating adam. but i do mind false claims. adam didn't opened the shop for anyone but himself. and because of the crappy work they do, like soloracer said, i can do without rx7 specialties. some might be happy since then they won't have to see well running rx7's coming out of that shop running like crap, then having to fix adam's mess. so the 'great step' is indeed a 'great step'. a great step back that is. it has given rotaries a bad name at the very least. if you say the reason for the crappy work is because there is too much for adam to do, then y does he continue to accept all those jobs knowing that he can only make a half assed product. adam has more problems than that, such as his knowledge and how he treats customers. i don't want someone knowledgeable to start a rotary shop so adam gets ran down. that would only be the side effect unless adam shapes up.

i personally think with 2mm apex seals its more than just an opinion when mazda themselves says they are better.

Syritis

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Yes Adam has jumpped in over his head a few times accepting too many jobs but with a little time everything gets completed. a lot of shops do that, i've seen it many times, in many places.
As both urself, eoph and max have said, performance is an opinion. I do believe 2mm seals have better performance with better sealing in the compression. But the serious loss of reliability isn't worth the performance. hell i've gone through 4 engien and i'm still using the same 3mm seals from the first rebuild. at the same time Adam is product testing rediculusly strong 2mm seals that are predicted to be more reliable then 3mm but still perform like 2mm. But that fact is that these 2mm seals are still very expencive and for people who are just looking for a cheap reliable engine we still reccomend 3mm's. which is Y i use them, cuz i don't have a lot of money, thats Y i started in mechanics. but apperently even learning cost money. and i don't regret it.

rx7_turbo2

First off I don't think to my knowledge (at least since I've owned my car) that Adam ever organized an event of any kind, so lets not pretend that his reluctance to involve himself with the rotary community of this city( in any other form than his own monetary benefit) is a new thing OK.

I resent this whole attitude that we some how owe him a debt of gratitude for his "wonderfull" exsistance in this city. Rediculous.

I won't even touch the 2mm vs 3mm nonsense, that's for a discussion in the Rotary Performance forum.

soloracer951

What exactly is so special about getting hard to find parts or giving advice - even if it's often wrong or meant to direct you to a conclusion that you need to spend more money at the shop? What other companies do that? Where do you want me to start? Riegel Tuning has brought in parts for me and given me advice. Paragon Products has found things for me. Hell, the guys at Vision Motorsports in California who don't even know me went and inspected a car, helped load and unload it and stored it for 1 month for no charge. I'm sure if it had been Adam's shop I would have had to pay for an inspection fee, storage fee and loading fee. He might have even found some stuff "wrong" with the car and offered to fix it - for a fee of course. I've spent hours on the phone with Blaszak Precision in Ontario talking about parts upgrades for my 944 Turbo and they even bailed me out with a torque tube when I needed one. So don't tell me that Adam is somehow special in that regard. The only advice or parts that I got from him made him money. End of story.

Matt I respect your abilities and loyalties but I just can't agree with you on this matter. The reason he has survived for 14 years is because he's the only game in town. RX7's change hands faster than I change underwear and are usually sold by frustrated owners who are looking for something "more reliable". That was the reason my T2 was sold to me. It had an RX7 Specialties rebuild in it and actually broke down on the test drive due to a cracked turbo inlet duct. I took it to Adam - once again because he was the only game in town - and he told me that he rebuilt the engine but that the previous owners insisted on reusing the water seals and that he didn't trust the engine. He basically scared me into going with a rebuild. Was his story true? Who knows. Knowing what I know now I doubt it. Why would an owner go through the expense of doing a rebuild and not replace the cheapest parts with new ones? Hell, if it were my shop I would decline the job because the owner didn't want to do it right. I wouldn't want my name attached to the rebuild if it was going to be done wrong. After he rebuilt my engine the third time and the fact the car still ran like dogshit I would have been extremely inclined to sell the car at a loss. Fortunately I'm stubborn and I met guys who knew a thing or two about the cars and were willing to help me.

soloracer951

How would his hosting a "customer appreciation day" be sticking his neck out? Do you think any of us would attend? Is he that insecure about his workmanship? Are there that many disgruntled customers that he can't attend a public function? Is he afraid people will question him in public where he can't hide behind his shop doors? To host something or put a car in the spotlight (racing, etc) would require confidence in your abilities because if you screw up everyone knows about it.

In my opinion he doesn't host anything or give anything back to the community is because he is in it for one guy - himself. He's not an enthusiast like many of us are. He would rather be seen driving around town in the Lamborghini or Ferrari than getting the 20B FD going.

Finally, who has said anything about starting a shop and running him into the ground? Find me one guy who has said that. Adam is the only one that I know of that has accused anyone of doing that. It sounds like it's his biggest fear. If a new shop was opened up I'm willing to bet they would be more interested on providing a quality product and could care less about what he does. You guys and Adam seem to think he's more important than he really is. Think of it this way, do you think Shaw GMC really cares what happens over at Keith Pontiac/GMC? Not really. I hope that 10 more rotary shops open up then we all would have places to go. Hell, it was only recently that the Mazda dealerships in town started to sell parts to private individuals instead of referring everyone to his shop. I do honestly hope we get a good selection of shops to choose from because at that point the monopoly is broken and he will have to improve his service and quality of product or people will have an alternative. Maybe then engines won't go together with missing parts.

Chris Ng

Plain and simple, Adam is a good salesman.. he can talk the talk.. he can impress any unknowledgeable owner with his "wealth" of knowledge, be it good advice or bad advice, the customer is so glazed over by adam's banter that they just accept it..

A few things that i have heard and seen come out of this "wealth of knowledge"

1) N/A's blow up more often than turbo cars.. this is due to the fact that the front and rear rotors recieve unequal intake pressures.. while on a turbo car, the front and rear receive equal ammounts

2) Apexi S-Afc is self learning.. just hook up the wireing and you should be good to go..

3) The diffrence in slave cylinder bolt ear positions is due to it being S5 or S4, not turbo or n/a

4) In his rx-tuner magazine article (more of a paid advertisement), adam states that 3mm seals seal just as well as 2mm seals, yet in a thread regarding his seals, adam admits that there is a sealing diffrence between 2mm and 3mm

3) Adam doesn't belive that cranking compression numbers mean anything.. it's okay if your newly rebuilt motor from him only puts out 60 psi when tested

4) I wish I had taken pictures of the wolf3d install that he had performed on soloracer's car.. Was it actually easier to hack up the original engine harness and cut around to save 1 single wire in the bundle, than to jsut simply remove the harness? And here's a tip . Red hockey tape is NOT the same as electrical tape

5) the rx-tuner magazine has adam spouting off about milling his own rotors with a specially made in house machine.. please ask adam if you can see this piece of equiptment next time you are there..

6) Diagnosing an idle problem is not as simple as taking a car for a test drive, bagging it down 37th street, then coming back and telling the customer that all their troubles will be fixed with a new engine harness or haltech

7) trying to make yourself look good to a customer by offering to sell them a part they need at "Your cost" should mean you are actually selling the part to them for the same price or less they could purchase it at a mazda dealer or auto store, not more..

8) when a customer brings in a vehicle to have an engine rebuild done and gives you a time frame when it needs to be done by, If you can not complete the work by that point in time, you should not accept the job.. Not have the customer come into the shop and basically have to put the motor in themselves to meet their deadline late at night, and then have you charge them full price..

9) when a customer tells you that they want to reuse their old housings because they feel they are good.. do not surprise them in the end by telling them that you used new housings and charging them for it.. at the very least you could actually return the customers old housings to them as proof that you actually did replace the housings

10) It's in very poor taste for you to email the previous owner of a motor who's motor was taken apart by the new owner to see the build quality, and tell the previous owner that what is being said about the tear down is wrong and fabricated.. When shown proof that this was not fabricated or made up, the least you could do is email the previous owner back and own up to the fact that you jumped to conclusions..

11) When doing a turbo motor swap for a good paying customer, it is adviseable for you to actually install the CBV back in the TID.. not just use a small length of pipe to join the hoses and hope everything will be fine..

12) Customers cars should always leave your shop running as well or better than when it first entered the shop.. the FC oil pan will NOT hold 8 litres of oil

13) Charging a customer money to tune their standalone engine management system implies that you are going to be doing more than loading a base map that you got from the manufacturer or internet and tell them that it's tuned..

should I go on?
Alot of adam's knowledge is gleened off this fourm and the internet.. it's not the other way around.. it's funny to hear him have no clue about one topic when asked, and a few month later he is suddenly the expert when it comes to that topic..

Why do we refuse to help out people who will continue to go back to adam? It's as simple as this.. If the owner of a car has a problem that even the "wealth of knowledge" can not help them figure out (without replacing every component on the car until they stumble on a fix), I'm not about the help that owner in getting it right, only to have that owner go back to adam in the future and adam learning what the fix was..... Does this sound a little egotistical? .. perhaps.. perhaps not..

anyhow.. enough typing

now

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I was going to add a long reply but this is just childish.
I do all my own work and when i need parts adam allways come through with what i
need at a great price.
i know of no other shop that would sell parts that are as good as new
for the prices that i have paid.
Hell if it was my shop i wouldnt part with some of the stuff that i have purchased
simply because I would be loosing money doing it.
(loosing money not in the part itself rather the use of the part and the added value through
labor)
if you know of anyone who will give better pricing for housings, or jspec motors etc.
let me know i can always use them
matt

ShaunO

No argument here.

soloracer951

ShaunO: I don't know if you are commenting on my hygiene or the average length of RX7 ownership. Most excellent put down.....if it was one that is. I still don't know. You must be British. Seriously, that one made me choke on my hot chocolate. *ROTFL*

ShaunO

Sorry. I tried to take the high road. Couldn't be done.

soloracer951

I understand completely. Sometimes the high road can be hard to take - especially for persons with your vertical condition. I forgive you. I'm sure there are many other "high" things you have trouble with........

RX7specialties

I'll let everyone here in on a little secret! For several years now, alot of this boards members who have jumped on the bandwagon of the "imfamous four" have said some regretful things(says them) but end up coming back! Some don't...but alot do. If you haven't figured it out, many RX7 owners who love these cars love to talk RX7's and will say things from both sides to keep both sides happy. They want to stay involved but feel that if their loyalty to RX7 Specialties is too loudly spoken...they will be disliked and not accepted by the 4some and followers. Its really too bad when the supposed leaders who say their efforts are solely to offer assistance are encouraging newcomers and those who need a variety of services to stay clear of a shop who offers so much more than they focus on. What if a guy who needs not only a tune up wants to order parts or take the challange to rebuild his own engine is told to go to the dealer or to the US because the RX7 haters had a bad experience with a clutch or whatever? You are now giving advice for that individual to spend more money and time dealing with someone far away just to satisfy your grudge with the local shop....thats not very supportive nor is it reasonable advice. Its basically saying that if you truly dont encourage a clutch based on your bad experience...not only dont get a clutch..but dont do anything with the local shop. If we can offer risk free services like providing the same Mazda packaged part for less and save you money....why let grudges get in the way? Chris Ng used to have the right attitude! Basically, he would do his own work for enjoyment and saving money..but he'd purchase parts from us...even including within the last 12 months after he said some bad things about us on this board. And that is what I am talking about....some who slam us...regret it...appologize.. and come back anyway. And if people chose to hold grudges just out of spite...why arent you going outside of department stores and petitioning for shoppers not to shop there just because they got bad merchandise? What does it solve to be silent and hide behind user names when you can so obviously benefit by doing things another way. I think Matt and several others say it best "Childish"Like throwing a temper tantrum for the rest of your life. I dont know who Chris Ng owes the 10 bucks to but I didnt even hear about the other thread until long after he posted his childish comment. The problem isn't with us..it is the way that the angry ones behave! And whats the worst part about the behavoir is that their lack of ambition and accelleration in their own lives reflects on how they perceive us. In simple form, they dont seem to demonstrate any capabilities to improve or accellerate their performances in their work place. I haven't done any work for those guys in 5-7 years. And the examples they used are also 5-7 years old. But thir personal conduct has lead them to think that a company cannot grow and strive to improve every day to be better than yesterday. The reality is, our engines,work quality and everything we have learned to do better has accellerated the same as Apexi, Greddy, and any other rapidly changing company. I heard that the gang is keen on the Autronics EMS. Why? Because the technology gets better and Haltec aint the **** anymore. Just like every engine mod we offer now as compared to before. Would Erics engine from 7 years ago produce the same #'s and longivity as the engine featured in RX Tuner mag this issue? Nope! Its better and better and you havent got a clue whats going on now cause you dont shop here! And I hope Eric is reading this cause everything I've mentioned so far applies to him including the ongoing childish temper tantrum. Erics posts have changes in $'s spent form $5000 to $7000 to $9000 and he lables it like he threw all that money away! He still got an engine that was built to the standards of that time. He still got a Wolf at fair market. Same with the rest of the hard material he bought. The only thing that he says he didn't get was good work. And guess what? 7 yrs later he still hasn't asked me if we would do anything about the labour costs! And a few years ago...long after he had a chance to know where his feeings stood with our poor installation of the Wolf system...the engine....and whatever else we had to find out through the vicious posts...he calls us on a quote on a 20B engine for a kit car??? And still harasses me for driving my other cars instead of my 20B car when he is the same guy who has had his FC in storage for years...isnt even actively involved in the RX7 owners community with his car...and braggs constantly about his Porche 944 and his experiences of shops who work on that car. WTF? Further to support the reality that these former customers simply couldn't know what we do now...I drive a personal RX7 every week...whether it be my Anniversary T2, my other 3rd gens or my 20B cosmos. So what is with all the jabs about my red FD? I could have come out to several events with anyone of those cars and it sounds like if the red car aint commin'...I'm gonna get harrassed
So why would I attend these events when no-one would accept that that particular car has been tied up for R&D for other customers? I guess an RX7 shop owner cant drive a 2nd gen or a Cosmos...what a crime? Point is...your claims of what really goes on at the shop are far gone! An every 6 month complaint on this board does not warrant the other 300 or so happy customers does it. People rarely post the good service...rather the complaints! And the claims about the "monopoly" and "the only game in town" being the only reason we are still in business? Again...how would anyone know? Do you do my books? Truth is, we are so appreciated by "do it your selfer" guys like Matt, and all the shops we supply engines and parts to worldwide....we could survive off of one tenth of that business alone. You see...once again...Generalization, accusations, and guessing is getting no-one anywhere! Its only making the supposed "here to help" guys look like they dont know what they are talking about...and they dont. As far as I can tell, some of those who bash us have expressed respect for at least on of the following shops: RX7.com, Rotary performance(Ca)
Pettit Racing, Guru Motorsports(Rotaries Extreme)Aust. KD Rotary, A-Spec tuning, Rotary Resolutions etc. We sell massive parts to all those guys...whether our own parts or Mazda parts. And the thing is...they all appreciate our services and respect us. We sponsor with parts and products all the time...we help out at no charge with our time, advice, and labour every week. The reason you dont know is cause you dont know. I dont provide those services on this board because I do not appreciate the wat we are treated...would you?
Have you your own business? Ever owned and operated an RX7 business? How do you know if you could make everyone happy? Ya dont know. But what you should know is that if you have an valid complaint...you need to address it in person...not behind user names. And I dont mean telling us about your brake rotor problem 2 years later or telling everyone else on this board 5 years later in disguise. In fact, I encourage anyone to let me know about any problems they have even if it just a heater ****! There is no reason why I wouldnt gladly listen...responsibility will be taken as best we can and your suggestions are ones we need to hear if your not satisfied. Being constructive is much more effective that being angry and venting. Any of you who are interested in Girls will know that! Archangle obviously realized he wnet about things the wrong way...and now you all aren't willing to give him advice. The truth is...we gave him lots of no charge advice. And we were never asked to tune or give a solid effort to fix his problems. He had asked us for 720's and we did them. He had a problem with an injector and we fixed the problem and paid the tow at no charge. We set his F-con and boost cntrl. rich and conservitave as he said he wanted to drive the car safely before he went to the dyno. He dyno'd and tuned the car himself and brought his results to us to get our opinion. I drove the car and warned that he had a problem as the car was pinging. No adjustments were made scince the dyno. I simply gave him some friendly advice that his car pinged and his diff was banging up against the floor.
There were no charges for that diagnosis. Our further reccommendations to him were to hook up a wide band and see if the car was leaning out when it pinged...and if possible...go back to the dyno shop who tuned it to monitor fuel and ignition. This post got blown out of porportion as the customer was dissappointed to know his car had problems. We never tried to sell him into anything....just made friendly reccommendations. I propose that if anyone wants to decide for themselves whether or not to use us...call us and ask for referrals from those who regularly use us. Asking a BC shop who purchases at least 15 engines a year for the last 4 years is alot better info. than a bunch of angry individs. who bought one engine from us 7 years ago! And if your sceptical about what you've heard...try low risk things like purchasing a part from us and maybe getting a quote for comparrisons sake, just to get your feet wet. If you have a good feeling...try something service oriented but small until you learn to trust. Even the guys we are currently sponsoring started out by ordering parts before getting their engine. Gary from the RX Tuner article did it that way and he so pleased with his engine, car, and dyno number...and he hasn't regerted a thing.
This is just plain common sense especially scince the guy who origionally posted the last thread probably really needed to know that he could turn somewhere if he needed to. You guys are just spoiling his chances to have good experiences for the sake of holding your grudges. I started this business for Calgary...but it has gone so much further. We are currently doing a potential 5000 plus engine project for the United Nations for 3rd world development using Renesis engines running on Hydrogen for power generation. I am also a third person helping development of the "round engine" (roundengine.ca) as these types of things are a passion. I definitely did not create this company for me...I did it with others in mind. If a monopoly was what I was looking for, I wouldn't be soliciting my services to the US or anywhere else there are rotrary shops. But the fact is, there are nothing but good things said about us on the US forums, and thats isn't for no reason. We provide services and products that most other RX7 and rotory shops dont touch. For the last time,
give us a little credit beyond those grudges...we work on these cars and engines every day for 14 years....complaining and hoping that your comments are going to do us harm in the long run is just spoiling the passion for others and wasteing your time. I am sure you have got better things to do...I know I do!
Sincerely, Adam Heyman

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adam is in his own world again thinking that there is only 4 guyz in calgary that had seen bad work from him. mabe you should first tell syritus to not start a thread about the matter. so with archangel, basically his car ran fine, then he brought his car to your shop, coming out all screwed up. then you think that you went out of your way to help archangel when it is really your responsibility. and i remember in a post by archangel that you changed the settings on his fcon when he specifically told you to not touch it. i know what your response is already. these cars weren't worked on by you the first day it came out of factory, and things break without warning, it has nothing to do with you. who knows, since you didn't find the specific problem with the car. but i think it is your responsibility to find the problem when it can very well have something to do with work you have done instead of passing it off like you went out of your way just to look at it. my problem with your red fd is the false horsepower claims you made on it. that sure tells me something about how you do business. we don't start threads going in a "temper tantrum" so to speak. people ask for experiences/opinions and we give them our honest words. i am just steering some potential people away from a bad experience which will lead to them selling their rx7 probably. what you are looking for is money and expanding helps you find it. a monopoly is wat you enjoy. you wrecked cars for 14 years. sure our comments may hurt your business, and who's fault is it? that's enough typing for me too.