The truth about i-speed..."back to the bay..."
03-17-2005, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Project Worx
Damn, Ive been taking my car down to I-speed for years and didn't have them start to tune my car till Aug, of 2003. Overall if you needed a part installed I-speed would be one of the cheapest prices out there for installation. But as far as tuning, I just went through a very stressful experience. When taking my car to get tuned by gruppe-s recently I found out I was running real lean, and not only that but I had a crappy tune I had been running since Aug of 2003, so after a few min, of tuning Mike came out to tell me that I might have lost a cylinder!! =/ Well after a very stressful hour we had found out it was only the coil pack that had been blown cause of running real lean. But through out that hour, I had thought I lost it all, while hearing stories on how people have lost cylinders from I speeds tunes =/
Javier
P.S I was running 18.5 pounds on a vf30
Javier
P.S I was running 18.5 pounds on a vf30
Quirt Crawford
03-17-2005, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Stroker
No "honest" tuner will tell you that a coil pack was blown from a lean fuel condition ! What you are explaining is the typical fear tactics.
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At no time did I tell Javier that the cars coilpack failure was caused due to the AFR the car was running at under boost, We did 2 baseline pulls on the car during the second pull the car missfired and when idled was running on 3. After spending 30 minutes trouble shooting the problem the cause of this was found to be a bad coilpack at no time was that coilpack failure suggested as being caused by AFR/Tuning or anything. How 2 and 2 is put together I would assume is how the post came about.
For the record for everyone in this thread I have only good things to say about Bill and have worked with him on numerous occasions.
Back you your normal BAIC drama now folks...
Mike
03-17-2005, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by UK n00b
I feel I should chime in here.
At no time did I tell Javier that the cars coilpack failure was caused due to the AFR the car was running at under boost, We did 2 baseline pulls on the car during the second pull the car missfired and when idled was running on 3. After spending 30 minutes trouble shooting the problem the cause of this was found to be a bad coilpack at no time was that coilpack failure suggested as being caused by AFR/Tuning or anything. How 2 and 2 is put together I would assume is how the post came about.
For the record for everyone in this thread I have only good things to say about Bill and have worked with him on numerous occasions.
Back you your normal BAIC drama now folks...
Mike
At no time did I tell Javier that the cars coilpack failure was caused due to the AFR the car was running at under boost, We did 2 baseline pulls on the car during the second pull the car missfired and when idled was running on 3. After spending 30 minutes trouble shooting the problem the cause of this was found to be a bad coilpack at no time was that coilpack failure suggested as being caused by AFR/Tuning or anything. How 2 and 2 is put together I would assume is how the post came about.
For the record for everyone in this thread I have only good things to say about Bill and have worked with him on numerous occasions.
Back you your normal BAIC drama now folks...
Mike
Thanks for setting the "story" straight
Quirt Crawford
03-17-2005, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by brucelee
So is Quirt the official spokesperson for ispeed? I know Chris runs your comapny now, so Im sure he infected your brain as well.
I am no more the offical spokesperson for I Speed than you are "trying" to be.
As for my brain being infected,,, that happened long before you took your first breath of air.
I hope all of you show up at Rim this year to get a first hand look at what Bill can do with a stock ECU.
Thanks again,
Quirt Crawford
03-17-2005, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Stroker
Thanks for your reply
I am no more the offical spokesperson for I Speed than you are "trying" to be.
As for my brain being infected,,, that happened long before you took your first breath of air.
I hope all of you show up at Rim this year to get a first hand look at what Bill can do with a stock ECU.
Thanks again,
Quirt Crawford
I am no more the offical spokesperson for I Speed than you are "trying" to be.
As for my brain being infected,,, that happened long before you took your first breath of air.
I hope all of you show up at Rim this year to get a first hand look at what Bill can do with a stock ECU.
Thanks again,
Quirt Crawford
03-17-2005, 04:03 PM
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Just so you Stroker who is probably also Chris, or a former employee of I-speed want to know my experience with I-speed so you could comment about it, well I rather not bring my experience to the forums. I will tell you one thing though my first time dealing with I-speed was also my last time( I learned my lesson).
03-17-2005, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Stroker
Thanks for your reply
I am no more the offical spokesperson for I Speed than you are "trying" to be.
As for my brain being infected,,, that happened long before you took your first breath of air.
I hope all of you show up at Rim this year to get a first hand look at what Bill can do with a stock ECU.
Thanks again,
Quirt Crawford
I am no more the offical spokesperson for I Speed than you are "trying" to be.
As for my brain being infected,,, that happened long before you took your first breath of air.
I hope all of you show up at Rim this year to get a first hand look at what Bill can do with a stock ECU.
Thanks again,
Quirt Crawford
Sweet! He's planning to blow it up!? If there are explosions, I'm there!
03-18-2005, 01:34 AM
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Ok guys,
I haven't really been following this thread much, last I saw it was at 2 pages last week, then I went away and figured it would just die. But clearly now it has turned into a bash I-Speed thread and not about voicing complaints from past experiences.
For me this is kinda walking on a tight rope, first of all I am friends with Chris & Bill and have a professional relationship with Quirt. I've seen people here talk me up and just talk them down. So, I thought about staying neutral and not saying anything so I can protect my business since I have standing relationships with so many people on this board. But in the end, I just couldn't go without saying nothing, so if I lose business over something as rediculous as this thread then so be it! I don't give a S**t. Take your business elsewhere.
Honestly, I wonder if I were to leave what would happen, would stories come out after, once I'm not around to face anyone. I think that some people actually are pissed that I-Speed isn't here to do cheap installs, which was possible because the lack of overhead. And some may have legitimate complaints, which is possible, we're only human. I believe someone mentioned training, on-the-job training exist, accept it, it's in every institution you can think of. I've been fortunate to have been around here from the begining, though my post count doesn't reflect it. I remember back in the day when Subaru's were just a cult car and the way you got your mods put on was going to install-fests, it was great, but that was then. Now Subaru's are mainstream and there is a big business to be made out there, my tiny little shop is proof of that. In fact many of the businesses that are out there now, I knew the guys before, they were like me. They loved working on their Subaru, yet that wasn't enough they wanted more, so they worked on friends cars for nothing, because they loved it, it's called Passion. Some people are so infected by these pieces of metal that make up a Subaru that they're willing to quit their jobs and start a business, just because they enjoy a car, it's crazy. I did this very thing, as did Chris, Bill, Quirt and countless others. Maybe I can't speak for them, though I make less money than I would have, I consider myself successful because I'm doing something that I love. It's a choice I made as did my friends and you can't take that away. These message boards aren't the world, I really think that some people around here really need to step away from the computer and go outside. It's just a car, man.....I made it my business, not my life.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled program "Days of our I-Club Lives"
It's late and I'm out, peace:
-Adam
I haven't really been following this thread much, last I saw it was at 2 pages last week, then I went away and figured it would just die. But clearly now it has turned into a bash I-Speed thread and not about voicing complaints from past experiences.
For me this is kinda walking on a tight rope, first of all I am friends with Chris & Bill and have a professional relationship with Quirt. I've seen people here talk me up and just talk them down. So, I thought about staying neutral and not saying anything so I can protect my business since I have standing relationships with so many people on this board. But in the end, I just couldn't go without saying nothing, so if I lose business over something as rediculous as this thread then so be it! I don't give a S**t. Take your business elsewhere.
Honestly, I wonder if I were to leave what would happen, would stories come out after, once I'm not around to face anyone. I think that some people actually are pissed that I-Speed isn't here to do cheap installs, which was possible because the lack of overhead. And some may have legitimate complaints, which is possible, we're only human. I believe someone mentioned training, on-the-job training exist, accept it, it's in every institution you can think of. I've been fortunate to have been around here from the begining, though my post count doesn't reflect it.
I remember back in the day when Subaru's were just a cult car and the way you got your mods put on was going to install-fests, it was great, but that was then. Now Subaru's are mainstream and there is a big business to be made out there, my tiny little shop is proof of that. In fact many of the businesses that are out there now, I knew the guys before, they were like me. They loved working on their Subaru, yet that wasn't enough they wanted more, so they worked on friends cars for nothing, because they loved it, it's called Passion. Some people are so infected by these pieces of metal that make up a Subaru that they're willing to quit their jobs and start a business, just because they enjoy a car, it's crazy. I did this very thing, as did Chris, Bill, Quirt and countless others. Maybe I can't speak for them, though I make less money than I would have, I consider myself successful because I'm doing something that I love. It's a choice I made as did my friends and you can't take that away. These message boards aren't the world, I really think that some people around here really need to step away from the computer and go outside. It's just a car, man.....I made it my business, not my life.You may now return to your regularly scheduled program "Days of our I-Club Lives"
It's late and I'm out, peace:
-Adam
03-18-2005, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by LICmotorsports
These message boards aren't the world, I really think that some people around here really need to step away from the computer and go outside.
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03-18-2005, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by LICmotorsports
if I lose business over something as rediculous as this thread then so be it! I don't give a S**t. Take your business elsewhere.
03-18-2005, 04:07 PM
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