bigbill

Im booked in to do it in January and was wondering if anyone else has done it and wether they have any pointers or tips for it?

Cheers

GARETH T

have you read his book?

bigbill

Ya most of it. Havent quite read all the chapters about all the different types of management yet.

You?

GARETH T

i read it a few years ago and remember thinking that it left ALOT of questions unanswered!
be nice to have a british tuner to run a coarse!

bigbill

Ya I know what you mean I am kinda hoping that the course will fill in the blanks. The courses have got very good reviews by guys over in the USofA.

clarke5700

are you going over sea to do the course??

bigbill

No mate, they are holding a course in the UK in January.

stevieturbo

They hold courses all over the world.

I can only assume they are aimed at people with no knowledge at all about engines or tuning though ? that said, they sure aint cheap either.

I was tempted a couple of times....but cant for the life of me figure out what they'll teach me in one day thats worth the asking price that I dont already know. I guess that's a catch 22 situation there.

Most of the feedback from their forums/people who have done the course is positive though.

Ive only spoken to one person in the UK who has done the course....although he said I'd be wasting my time at it.

Maybe the advanced courses or some of the others they run might be more informative though.

Still well beyond my budget though

GARETH T

hay 300 quid each and ill do a coarse for people LOL

clarke5700

lol tell us more about ya then? who trained you?

GARETH T

no one, the same as ben strader lol

bigbill

Cant be too bad because it was Stu who originally suggested it to me.

GARETH T

only messing, ive heard its good! experience counts for alot in the tuning world

bigbill

Thats my way of looking at it too mate.

stevieturbo

A course doesnt give you experience though.


I perish the thought that someone might take this course....then run about claiming they know how to tune cars.

I dont believe that tuning of this nature can be done with a 1 day course...or even a few weeks. It takes years of experience, firstly understanding how an engine works and what it needs to create power, and then also how all the electronic systems work alongside and in conjunction with the engine to allow the user to take control.

I dont care how many courses someone goes on. If they dont have the experience working with and tuning engines....no way in hell would let that person near any engine belonging to me.

GARETH T

everyone gotta start somewhere

stevieturbo

quite true.......but definately not on customers cars.

GARETH T

oh no!