[Shotimes] Re: GMS sues Pro-M and shuts them down

[Ian Fisher]

I only know about Granatelli because Summit Racing
advertises them in their catalog. I don't think I've
seen more than a handful of cars run them (and those
were all Mustangs). I think that says something about
quality and/or price. OTOH, people on the TwEECer
forum seem to like Pro-M. Keeping in mind Mike's
experiences, I'm not sure what to think anymore.

I'm not really drawing any conclusions but if
Granatelli tanks (and it wouldn't surprise me if they
do-granted I don't know much about them either way),
who is left to fill the void? C&L and Vortec? OEM Ford
stuff?

(there was a company named vortec that made MAF's,
right? -not vortech the blower company although I may
be subconsciously making this all up anyway)

Ian

--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:

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> 
> Prior to learning about this issue a couple of hours
> ago, I had never heard
> of GMS, nor knew that Granatelli did MAFs. Everyone
> is jumping on their
> case, but Pro-M "did" screw them, and the courts
> agreed. If GMS does what
> they say wrt their relationships with Delphi,
> Hitachi, etc, it sounds like
> they offer a good quality product, and the fact it
> costs 2x more should be
> reflective of that quality, and obviously they have
> a more solid business.
> Being the lowest-cost provider means nothing if your
> quality and service is
> only 1/2 as good.
> 
> For as much as folks bitched about the SHO Shop,
> this was the fine line that
> they walked. I'm sure that Vadim would much rather
> have had better-quality,
> as well as more expensive parts (he was an engineer,
> after all!!), he also
> knew the SHO market, and had to keep prices more
> reasonable.....which also
> compromises the quality.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:28 PM
> To: TechSHO@topica.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Re: GMS sues Pro-M and shuts
> them down
> 
> I find this interesting. As I was reading the
> comments
> on the forum that I posted about I began to see a
> larger picture and I remembered the problems that
> you
> had with Pro-M. It seems that back in the day they
> were pretty good but were lacking in quality
> recently.
> 
> Whatever the case may be, I didn't care for
> Granatelli's attitude on the forum. I also thought
> that some of his claims were outrageous such as
> "Pro-M
> used junkyard cores for their MAF's". I am
> satisified
> with my Pro-M (I'll find out more when I begin using
> my TwEECer) so I feel that perhaps I was lucky. I
> know
> that it is one of their earlier 80's as it was
> purchased when they first came out by John Gentry
> (whatever happend to him anyway?)
> 
> I just hope that I have someplace to go when I need
> a
> filter.
> 
> Ian
> 
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