Originally posted by GrandMasterKhan:I dont mean any disrespect but Terry seems to know whats going on with this but just keeps saying "its a hit or miss" "its nothing mechanical"
You have to take everything from Terry with a grain of salt though. I do agree he is chalked full of very good technical knowledge and experience. Don't get me wrong!
However try explaining how it can be "hit or miss"
I can understand a bad batch on a small production run of a certain piece, but hit or miss meaning a specific random occuring problem through quality control covering countless separate production runs going over a decade.
ya know... if I had a shop specializing in duratech/cd27 platform cars, I'd think that this could be a very good marketing ploy.
I personally don't believe Terry is holding some 'golden nugget' of inside info. More likely, just feeding fire to the flames by infering so. And lets face it, as far as the mechanic is concerned, the less educated the customer the better, right? It's just a way to scare more ppl into beinging their projects to him... marketing ppl.... plain n simple.
-j.
I disagree. While Terry is in the business of working on these cars semi-exclusively, it's not in his own best interest to not let the cat out of the bag unless it's to protect priviledged relationships. While many people like to think Terry is out there to take advantage of every single situation that comes by, I just don't think that's the case. He may be a bit rough around the edges and not have the polish of a used car salesman, but he's not out there trying to sell people on things that they don't need and he's not going to purposely have you waste an engine in hopes he gets the job of repairing it. By all accounts I'm aware of he has plenty of business as it is and as a one man shop, if you're in that situation you have to henpick what you work on so you don't want a ton of work coming all at once.
Heck I build and sell 3L engines for people, but if I had information that was helpful to those building their own as far as not blowing them up, I'd be sharing it. I gain nothing from not sharing it as those people are all ready building their engines.
Rick
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