Originally Posted by
B18C5-EG
You dont even know me how the fuck do you know anything about my mechanical abilites? Please tell me any "real" builder/driver/mechanic that will give you over a 3 day lecture to someone on antifreeze and oil/lubrication, please. How many professional engine builders/dirt track racers/tuners do you talk to on a regular basis? My Automotive course, 3 day lectures on antifreeze/coolant/oil/lubrication; my instructors, lifetime dealership workers. My High Performance Powertrains class 4hrs TOPS; professional tuner Nathan Silveri, Tim Bowman 30yrs exp porting cylinder heads and building 6 seconds dragsters. But i guess there ignorant. BTW my classes where 10hrs a day.
And i would love to know your driving record and what dealership you work for. I have 4 moving violations and cant get a job at a dealership anywhere. All i hear is "Wow impressive resume we defenitly have a spot for you but we just need a copy of your driving record and a drug test" then i hand them my record and they say "where sorry we cant hire you". I have a spotless crime record, clean piss, wyotech grad, previous dealership exp, XAT racing exp, proficcent in MIG/TIG aluminum/stainless, dynojet use, roll cage design, AEM,DSMLink,F.A.S.T, and respectable refrences.
Im not saying i didint learn anything there, cause i'd be lying, but for the money i spent i could have sat down with some professional tuners/engine builders/welders/dirt track racers and have learned just as much. Or even sit down, open a fucking book, and READ.
They wouldn't make a class 3 days long if there wasn't 3 days worth of learning; I'm sure you didn't learn everything there is to know EVER about the two. And my point wasn't specifically about "oil and anitfreeze" anyways, lol. My point is that most people dont think the small stuff is relevant to performance building (i.e. lubrication theories, coolant solutions, electrical fundamentals, hydraulics, chassis/suspension physics, etc.). From the sounds of it, you should agree with that. Most kids just wanna be told how to bolt a big turbo on and hook up nawz to the passenger seat.
I work at a local vw dealership. no crime or drug history and I have 2 moving violations on my record as of right now; one of which my liscense was suspended and community service was involved. its not 4 violations, but I don't have field experience as beefy as yours to make up for them either. vw academy nor my dealer even asked about my records anyways. maybe I got lucky, but it shouldn't be that hard to find a job in this field.