RotaryGeek

Yeah again im gunna have to go with kain on this one. No offense, but you said you didn't want to swap in a problematic engine again, but you swapped in something that was never designed or probably ever thought of to belong in that car. I would have just gone with an older 13b fuel injected and skipped the renesis motor. But for all the work you have into it with custom mounts, shifters, and random ---- to make it fit and work, not to mention the wiring nightmare you must have gone through, i give you props. Now for swapping out a rotary engine for a sr20 and not boosting it with like 20 pounds, i wanna slap you. I think you over thought your design and could have done a really reliable, powerfull 13b that was meant to be in the car for less or at least around the same price. If you did all the work, wiring, and install on your own, good job. Just not my bowl of soup i guess.

IndianRide

I can understand your point, I had a customer who came in the shop who blew a fuse in his battery junction box cause he hooked up a faulty trailer harness, now he under no circumstances is not supposed to be in our shop, kept getting in my way every 5 seconds I was being polite so I waited to say something till the service writer finally saw what was going on(good customer) I didn't have a fender cover on cause all I was doing was checking what fuses he had blown. He at one point actually stood on the stool I was using to get easier access so I wouldn't touch his truck while leaning over, when I walked away to check some wiring diagrams on my computer. I was very polite to the guy and told him what was going on. He later complained that I didn't use a fender cover, even though there was no damage, no dirt, nothing wrong with his truck and I wrote it up so his warranty would cover it even though he screwed it up. I could see his point about the fender cover if he would have said something or if he wasn't doing the same thing I was.

Tough-guy

I DO NOT put up with that ----. I've had customers come in and litterally stand right behind me over my shoulder, get in my way, and start picking up my tools and bike components. I drop the hammer everytime.
Standard procedure is to be polite and tell them they can't be in the shop due to insurance reasons. If they persist to hang out in the shop I stop working, then it's the owner or service managers problem and it's cutting into company time. The only exception I make to this policy is if I need the customer to look at his bike, Quad, or boat and make an executive decision on something.

Passenger

Primarily I am a welder/fabricator/machinist.
50% of my work is designing and building the turbo systems for street and race cars.
The other half is building and designing sanitary pharmaceutical and food process tubing/systems.

For each type of work I spend half the time engineering/drawing and testing the systems, the other half of the time is spent building it.

Can't complain.

crx2211

I fucken love that kind of work! I did some trail building in the Sister's wilderness area and in the Sierra Nevada range. I spent most of my childhood bombing around the Cascades while looking for mountain trout, but have spent time in a lot of mountain ranges all over the world. Really is nice to be way the ---- away from everything, at least now and again.

Guy-Fast

Sadly my days of slangin motors and parts will become a part time affair proably by the mid year of 2009. The automotive field is going to be dead in 5 years from what we know/understand and I sure dont want to be part of the sinking ship.



Going to go back to school again for ---- I dont want to learn again but I dont think by the time Im 35 I can make a living building/selling honda parts.



Conclusion: I ------ hated business classes got degree started up own business. Auto field is going to be dead in a couple years. Not sure what the hell Im going to go back to school for.



Most likely will just start orange chicken business and sell zc motors.

88dx

People still work these days

Guy-Fast

Im still busy which kinda amazes me at times. Im literally one of the last little small shops in my area still kickin. Things have slowed down thats for sure.

crx2211

Why is the automotive field going to end? I can't imagine gasoline powered motors will ever be obsolete. Sure they'll be replaced by something more efficient and green, but phased out completely no way. I think there will always be a market for car parts, especially aftermarket and custom pieces.

Guy-Fast

Ok just this year there is no more nhra sport compact racing series
no more nopi racing series



The 2 biggest sources of large income for import racing is dead and not coming back. 5 dollar gas is upon us. Dude I live this world was there from the start from working with one of the first 9 sec hondas in the world to now. I have seen whats going on its not pretty.



5 years ago we had 2 dollar gas and an endless supply of motors. We are running out of imported motors I know this because again I do it for a living. All thats really left is type r motors/k series/b20b's



In 5 years trust me the world isnt anything like it is today. You think you can afford 7-8 dollar gas and the cost of goods with your same income and a collapsed credit market


If so your lucky has ----,tell me your secret.