Originally Posted by b19bal
my point was how can a tuner that "steals" the info then claim its secret and privleged knowlege
its ok for him to ask and rob it but not for a DIY person
dont that just make him a cowboy who rips people off and its usually these that dont share infomation as the others who develop usually are never happy and carry on with developing to give there secrets away, but they do share there "old " methods
Thats a nonsense and also totally accurate at the same time.
NO tuner got where they are without help, they all stand on the shoulders of others to a certain extent, but that doesnt mean they have to hand everything on to anyone who wants to know.
I myself am very open about sharing knowledge that i have, but there are certain subjects where even i only ever go "so far" as i dont wish to share everything ive worked out over the years, some of it is stuff that friends of mine use to competitive advantage in drag racing for example, and hence is not the sort of thing i would post on a public forum and lose them that advantage.
At the end of the day, its all cool to share info, but the moment money or racing comes into the equation, people are justifiably going to hang onto that info for themselves.
We're lucky on this forum to have Stu, because he is unusually open for someone "in the trade", but its not realistic to assume all other tuners will feel they wish to do the same service to our community.