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

[Dave]

Damn you guys are living in the dark ages. I've been watching this go 
down on the the stang boards I belong it seems like forever, Oh well I 
think the last thing I really read with any interest was a couple guys 
from ProM moved a flowstand to Lansing Stole some software and are up 
and running. All and all pretty a pretty interesting read if you hit 
every board Granatelli posted on,
Dave

Ron Porter wrote:

>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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