Anyone know if speed machine has closed its doors for good? I am trying to purchase a haltech from them but the site is down mailbox is full. I know they pop on the forum sometimes so I thought I would see if I could get in touch with anyone who knows what is going on?

 

I'm 99.9999% sure they are closed for good.

 

Haha that is what I was thinking but thought I should throw it out there. Well I wonder if Haltech will give me a sweet package deal then.
Someone from Cali wanna go by and knock on the door? Haha

 

check the haltech section here on the forum...i forget the screen name.....but they sell haltech packages on their site.

 

Will do.

 

SMP are down!? Damn, another one bites the dust...

At least I had time to get my haltech from them but it's still kinda sad...

 

what? WHY?

 

Why they're closed?

 

Because the rotary game is a shrinking community that will not continue to support full time businesses forever, especially with the current state of politics on this forum.

 

I tried to support them. lol

 

That sucks...they did such a good job building the FC engine I wanted them to build my fd motor too...

 

It's only temporary. There's still a heavy enthusiast base. There's also the Rx8 in the future.

B

 

-1 for being biased

 

The after market auto industry in general is hard to stay afloat in.

Especially when you start to cater to a certain crowd such as rotaries which isn't as wide spread to generate a constant flow of income.

Honda's/Subies/Evo's seem to be where it's at right now.

 

Rotary engines certainly is a niche industry that I don't think the RX-8 is helping to sustain/grow. Hopefully Mazda will release something more than a concept car rotary to liven up the community some.

 

Because SoCal is overflowing with "rotary experts". There are more rotary "experts" than there are actual drivers. It really ends up being a driver's market.

Well, I got to see their Supra before they closed shop.

 

I dont know if they are closed but i do know that the site crashed in november, suppsedly due to a certain employee that ended up embezzling from the company and was said to crash the site on purpose. this is what i was told by SMP themselves. it took from november to a couple weeks ago for them to get my credit back to me. Certainly harsh times... sad to hear.

 

damng that sucks... dave gibson from when they were FC3S.ORG to speedmachine???

NO MAMES!

 

Fleet is your FC in the F&F4 trailor?

 

thats was a hilarious post...

 

well i though it was a temporary thing of bieng closed but that sucks they are closed for good..but oh well what can we do..

 

Those evil rx-7 club politicians ruin another business, Dam you rx-7 club.

 

Refer to this thread: https://www.rx7club.com/lounge-192/new-things-my-life-708937/

Dave Gibson = fc3s.org = Speedmachine

shortly after he left the company ceased.

 

I used to order the Haltechs for my shop through them, then they disappeared, ended up just going direct with Haltech for them

I've known Dave for a while, always been good to me

 

Wow I didn't hear about the embezzlement, same thing happened to me around Dec/Jan. I ordered a Haltech and they told me the payment was declined, yet the exact amount was missing from my account. I thought it was something screwed up with the online ordering. Took my bank over a month to investigate and re-credit my account.

I recommend Chris (C. Ludwig) at http://www.ludwigmotorsports.com/ That's where I ended up going for mine.