My Lonewolf performance experience LWP

[tryingbe]

Since Turbo Dodge is delete happy, I like to point out that.



Wallace used this Salina Engine shop to flow the head, and he below is what he said this about this very shop a week ago.

I wouldnt let Salina Engine oil my bike chain

http://www.turbododge.com/forums/sho...=131713&page=5

So, is this shop a good shop or bad shop? You can't have it both way!

[1FastCSX289]

Just so I can speak my last peace I would like to post here......for what it's worth. Honestly, some of the shots taken at me here were pretty rough....a lot of accusations that quite frankly came out of nowhere, but I can expect that. Whenever emotion runs high, people often miss what's right in front of them and I am going to chalk that up as the case here.

For the record, there is no conspiracy with Chris at TU. I honestly dont know the man. Ive been into turbo dodges for 10 years and have owned more than 10 cars in that time. I have spent a chunk of change on these things over the years. I have bought two ($100) items from TU. THats it. I have no allegiance to him whatsoever. I will probably be buying from him the future though, as I am pretty sure Cindy has a strong dislike for me now that this has unraveled.

There was also no conspiracy to pose as a buyer for a head so that all this could come out. I bought the head under the advice of Scott and Brian who nudged me to go with LWP over MPGmike. All I wanted was a bad --- head for my race car. My car is still sitting in my garage with no drivetrain it it. Im waiting on my local porter as we speak to get a head done. I am still very disappointed that I wont be running a 19x/17x head on my car. My machinist told me that it wouldnt happen. But, thats life. Crank up the boost, eh?

For the record, I honestly feel like I wasnt treated right. I feel that I paid for top notch and got bottom notch. I wont go into it anymore, let the testimony and video speak. This last explosion of posts was indeed to defend what I hold strong to as the truth. There was nothing else to gain for me, but to not see this happen to another TDer in the future. Thats it.

I made some allegations this morning that were untrue. For that, I am deeply sorry. Please understand that I did call Salina and talked to Dorothy and she swore up and down that there were no 4 cylinder chrysler heads on the bench in the recent past. I explained the situation to her and she knew exactly what the implications of her statement were. She was sure this morning. When I called back, she sounded very shaky on the phone and unsure of herself. She said that after talking to Wallace, she remembered him. I asked if he had a head flowed there and she said "kinda" and quickly moved to get her colleague on the phone to speak with me. That is the honest to goodness truth of the matter.

I still have serious questions on the way the head was flowed and why it was only flowed at .500 lift by a shop that was proclaimed as incompetent. I would feel a lot better if Brian Slowe flowed the head. And, for what its worth at this point, I did have a few PM converstations with Brian immediately after my initial phone call with Cindy who suggested Brian as a mediator. But, whatever. I know that Wallace will most likely decline this course of action and im OK with that. I know what I know and have done what I could do.

That being said, im gonna take Russ Jerome's advice and take a breather. Thanks for reading and hopefully my next series of posts will be on a lighter note!

P.S. Thanks for the Oscar. I would like to thank........

[turbovanman²]

Sorry it turned out so bad. If you want a decent head, get ahold of BadfastGTC aka Steve Menegon and/or 8Valves aka Aaron Miller.

[1FastCSX289]

Sorry it turned out so bad. If you want a decent head, get ahold of BadfastGTC aka Steve Menegon and/or 8Valves aka Aaron Miller.

The fact of the matter is that 176 on the exhaust with a stock valve is not do-able. I realize I was naive in assuming it could be done.

My machinist really stuck his neck out in a number of ways for me through this deal and spent a lot of extra time that he didnt have to. So, I want to give him the job (plus....hes only around the corner ). But, thanks for the advice.

[Andre Parker]

I am one of the 3 owners of Lonewolf. I have been a machinist since 1990 and have been porting heads since that time as well. Wallace and I have worked together for over 4 years. I have full confidence in his port work and his ability as an ethical person. This head was first and foremost a stage 1 head. It is meant for a mild street car, not a full on, big valve drag car. We pride ourselves on customer service. If there ever is a problem, we'll fix it. we were not even given the chance to fix what ever was wrong. We have since had our bench recalibrated. which should be done anytime you move a bench. I usually stay out of the stupid public forum fights, but this one is an attack upon a company which I own. I am not in the business of trying to make shitty parts or screw people over. I'm tired of all the in fighting at turbomopar and turbo dodge. Guess what? we all like dodge vehicles, so why dont we knock all this silly horse ---- off on concentrate on making cars fast instead of this school yard antics of name calling and twisting things around so they sound like something that it is not.

Merge:
Wallace's work is just as good as mine as well. He does all the T3 work and most of the 8v stuff now. I do the neons, but I mostly just run the machine shop portion of it. If you want to lay some blame, then it should be me. We moved the bench from the machine shop to the wallaces until the new shop were finishing up in Salina is done. I should have gone through and recalibrated the bench. any time you move a piece of machinery like that you should but I didn't because I thought it would be fine. I found out the hard way that something moved inside and we now have a leak somewhere and were having it fixed. Wallace in no way, shape for form would try to decieve or cheat anyone. Hell, we both have keys to eachothers house, he's like a brother and if I didn't trust him, he wouldn't have free access to my house. I hope that we can all find a way to stop the fighting and go back to just being a good dodge community. That's always been as much of my attraction to dodge as the cars themselves. I want to attend another kick --- SDAC this year and have EVERYONE have a good time and enjoy a few cold ones.

[turbovanman²]

I see what your saying Andre but if I was Sean, I wouldn't want it fixed either. It wasn't sold as a Stage 1 job either and was sold as a extremely highly ported head so thats not a fair assesment and not twisting of words. As for your work, I've seen it and its top notch, thats why this job is so upsetting.

[1FastCSX289]

I am one of the 3 owners of Lonewolf. I have been a machinist since 1990 and have been porting heads since that time as well. Wallace and I have worked together for over 4 years. I have full confidence in his port work and his ability as an ethical person. This head was first and foremost a stage 1 head. It is meant for a mild street car, not a full on, big valve drag car. We pride ourselves on customer service. If there ever is a problem, we'll fix it. we were not even given the chance to fix what ever was wrong. We have since had our bench recalibrated. which should be done anytime you move a bench. I usually stay out of the stupid public forum fights, but this one is an attack upon a company which I own. I am not in the business of trying to make shitty parts or screw people over. I'm tired of all the in fighting at turbomopar and turbo dodge. Guess what? we all like dodge vehicles, so why dont we knock all this silly horse ---- off on concentrate on making cars fast instead of this school yard antics of name calling and twisting things around so they sound like something that it is not.

Andre, Ive got no beef with you. And, ive put my beef with Wallace aside. I agree that we need to get along as members of this community. So, at least can agree that the bickering should stop.

Just for the record, the head was sold as a "large port, stock valve head". Regardless, those are just names that cant be quantified. The flow numbers and the quality of the job are the issue.

Right now, Wallace and I are talking very civily about the possibility of a third party unbiased assessment of the head. I believe thats the only way to put this to bed finally.

Thanks for chiming in though.

[Russ Jerome]

If there ever is a problem, we'll fix it. we were not even given the chance to fix what ever was wrong. I usually stay out of the stupid public forum fights, but this one is an attack upon a company which I own. I am not in the business of trying to make shitty parts or screw people over. I'm tired of all the in fighting at turbomopar and turbo dodge. Guess what? we all like dodge vehicles, so why dont we knock all this silly horse ---- off on concentrate on making cars fast instead of this school yard antics of name calling and twisting things around so they sound like something that it is not.

Andre its great to read your post, been a while bud. I want to personely
apologize to you for everything I have read recently online. The TD thread
was locked by the owner and i did not reply further. Your work is beyond
question in my book, want to thank you again for all the work Lonewolf did.

You know my feelings on your statement about "making our cars faster", I'm
skipping future SDAC events and these forums as I feel like a total idiot being
associated with a number of members. Thanks again man, keep in touch!

[MOPAR2YA]

Russ, you have to make SDAC, your a icon.

[sdac guy]

Andre its great to read your post, been a while bud. I want to personely
apologize to you for everything I have read recently online. The TD thread
was locked by the owner and i did not reply further. Your work is beyond
question in my book, want to thank you again for all the work Lonewolf did.

You know my feelings on your statement about "making our cars faster", I'm
skipping future SDAC events and these forums as I feel like a total idiot being
associated with a number of members. Thanks again man, keep in touch!

Russ, as you know I am disgusted with all this too (as I mentioned to you in the admin section on TD ). A few days ago, as I was reading the thread there the thought crossed my mind that at the very least there could be some tense moments at SDAC17. In the last day or two my thoughts have changed to "I bet this will hurt the turnout at SDAC17." Ironic in a way, since I had not read any of this thread since a couple weeks ago, until your post was brought to my attention this morning.

Publicly, I have kept out of this as it is not my call to get involved. I think quite a few folks who have posted to the threads both on TD and here have done nothing to progress the situation or help at all. And it appears that with the emotion that has been thrown in, damage to the community has been done that could take years to heal, if ever.

It is a shame that making a situation public means that anyone with an opinion can comment, whether they have a vested interest in the topic or not.

I have recently let the moderation staff here know of my displeasure with the entire issue and how it has been handled. It is a disgrace to the community, nothing less.

My words to you Russ, and to everyone else out there also who has been disturbed by what they have read here and on TD are,

"Please don't let this skirmish of online words taint or diminish your enthusiasm for the cars we all love to drive, show, and modify."

We can grow above this, and as we do, it will prove what we have said time and again, it is about the people, the cars only bring us together (hopefully).

Barry