Where is Jeremy Tibbs now..
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,175
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From: Florida
Hey Guys...Thanks for the nice comments.
Here's the deal on the shop...First off we DID NOT USE E-BAY turbos. If I can find the receipts for the turbos, I will post them. As for the customers who we installed the Turbo system on, it was made very clear to them that we would and did install the system for free and because of that they were considered test vehicles for the kit. We told them that on the phone prior to, in person, and also had them sign a release to that fact as well. When each of them left the shop, their cars were running 99%. They took the cars out for test drives with either JT or myself, and they had a grin from ear to ear.
The problem with the shop was that JT could not understand why we had to sell the kit for the amount I said. He wanted to sell it much cheaper, but I'm a numbers guy and at his price we would of never made a penny. I am also a bit of a control freak and JT didn't like that. But I didn't invest the money I did, so that we wouldn't make any money.
JT worked his *** off in the shop and I know that for a fact because I would get to the shop early and he was already there. I would leave late at night and he was still there. He worked weekends and that caused a riff between him and his girl.
In a nut shell water and oil don't mix well.
Last I knew he moved back to Orlando.
That was very therapeutic for me...
Here's the deal on the shop...First off we DID NOT USE E-BAY turbos. If I can find the receipts for the turbos, I will post them. As for the customers who we installed the Turbo system on, it was made very clear to them that we would and did install the system for free and because of that they were considered test vehicles for the kit. We told them that on the phone prior to, in person, and also had them sign a release to that fact as well. When each of them left the shop, their cars were running 99%. They took the cars out for test drives with either JT or myself, and they had a grin from ear to ear.
The problem with the shop was that JT could not understand why we had to sell the kit for the amount I said. He wanted to sell it much cheaper, but I'm a numbers guy and at his price we would of never made a penny. I am also a bit of a control freak and JT didn't like that. But I didn't invest the money I did, so that we wouldn't make any money.
JT worked his *** off in the shop and I know that for a fact because I would get to the shop early and he was already there. I would leave late at night and he was still there. He worked weekends and that caused a riff between him and his girl.
In a nut shell water and oil don't mix well.
Last I knew he moved back to Orlando.
That was very therapeutic for me...
Last edited by coachk; Sep 23, 2010 at 02:14 PM.
hate to put my .02 in here, but im guessing the GT (in GT67) stands for garret turbo? Just want to make sure from all i have been reading on this thread that im understand everything correctly.
. Part of the reason they parted ways so quickly.
Well my car was 'officially' the first car he put it hands on there, tuning wise. On the build thread, it was stated that they 'both' tuned it. Later when I talked to Mike (after JT left) he said JT did the original tune (which is shown on the dyno chart), but Mike had to redo all the part throttle trims before I picked it up... I guess part throttle tuning was pretty off. Either way, I ended up with a VERY solid tune, whoever did it LOL.
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