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ben’s car is an 08
Wait so ben is still talking shit after ONCE again he does damage to teh car on his own… So NOW that he hasn’t had the JHM tune for a long time and it was found that carbon did damage to the mtoor he is still on his laugh fest to blame anyone but himself for his cars continued issues…
World to ben… You can only be the victim so many times before its time to look at yourself.
Ben’s car has a rear main seal leak. Also a few cars i know of that are tracked have had this same issue. I have not had this issue. It has nothing to do with the tune, the exhaust, et. Its about running hot at high rpm’s. aka track. Ben is not the only person to see this and I think its unfair for you guys to be targeting him again for somethign that was nto rooted in anything he did to the car. Its a fairly common issue that a rear main on the RS4 starts to leak. Also it may have alot to do with who and how the new engine he put in was installed.
As a side note, all 4 of my hose fittings for my Setrab oil cooler that JHM manufactured and installed are leaking, 15k miles on them. Should we crucify them now? Same principle. They aren’t leaking because of anything I did to them, its purely because the point where the hose mates with the A-N fitting are not seated properly or tightened properly.
bottom line: Stop trying to crucify someone because of their misfortunes. Shit happens. Leave it at that and wish the person well in getting it fixed. I am not going to “go after” JHM for my leaking hoses, I will just have Portland Hydraulics redo them properly.
well, if JHM fucked up, let them know about it. You seem to think JHM gets off scot free with anyone other than quattroworld guys. not the case…every one of us on this site has piped up when we’ve had a problem with JHM.
Nobody here would hold that against you. Blaming them for your motor eating a chunk of carbon, like Ben did? He’s going to get crucified by anyone with half a brain. The kid had 1 scored cylinder causing insane consumption, oil where it shouldn’t, smoke where it shouldn’t. Audi tore his car apart and saw that he had 1 scored cylinder. They looked at it, saw the internals were fine (to rule out an over-rev or a tune that caused a massive failure) and said ‘Foreign Object Damage’ and warranted his engine.
If Audi thought Ben was running a tune that ran lean and caused piston damage (this is Ben’s theory…a theory he came up with after a high school buddy SELF TUNED his E36 and melted a piston with a fucked up AFR) they wouldn’t have given him a free motor. They would have given him a bill for about $4000 for the investigation so far, and then offered him another $16,000 bill for the motor replacement. So…if a kid wants to tell lies about a company…that kid will get slapped back to reality.
Interesting that Ben suddenly is not using Sebring mufflers. Don’t tell me that Sebring was just for the prototype. Bullshit. He said, on this site, REPEATEDLY that he was using Sebring mufflers (see below). Only problem for him is Sebring does MASSIVE business with Fast Intentions and JHM. We can only guess that this is the reason your exhaust is ‘delayed’ and suddenly Ben has a new tip and muffler than the one you raved about and showed dynos for etc. Flow, sound…all of that is about to change. I really hope Ben is paying you well because you took a hit on your JHM exhaust to get into this new one…which no longer exists.
I can’t wait to see what happens when Ben asks 034 Motorsports to go behind JHM’s back to sell him 034 high flow catalytic converters. Hey Mick…if you’re not too busy picking mufflers, you may want to start researching cats.
[quote=BenSTi]When we finalize it, you will see the conparison photos side by side and you can see that out exhaust is infant completly different, downpipes and catback, only part that is the same is the mufflers because the Sebring units are very high quality at a good price. The production ones will not be the same mufflers, but will be similar 3" straight through units.
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Thats the difference between you and I. I don’t feel the need to beat someone down anymore for shit that happens. I prefer to support people and thank them for their hard work even if the results were less than stellar, unless of course they are running scams, ala PES, etc.
What you are doing to Ben here is completely out of line, he is making some awesome stuff for the car. In your blind defense of JHM/FI exhaust, you make claims of copy and so on that are completely untrue. I also know you raided my smugmug account and downloaded pics of everything without my permission, and sadly because of people like you I have to lock down the account because people will use the pics there for negative purposes.
All I have to say is I trust Ben to design and test and produce a better solution than JHM or FI. And he will sell the heck out of them. Why? Because JHM failed on delivery to so many customers, people will not buy it from them. And even if FI sells direct, which I doubt, people will hesitate to buy it because there are very few people in the RS4 market, and they know the back stories. You may rant about QW, but the large majority of RS4 owners who use forums and modify their cars are there. Not here. Not Audizine. People there know all the details about JHM exhaust delays and missed deliveries. Also take into account the anti sakimano affect, your homering for JHM and your rants are so bad people just refuse now to buy from them because of you. Also the fact that I and a few others will test and report and stand behind EBWerks products on our car, and that will make a difference to many because they know at least in my case I will report results, outline all good areas and areas for improvement, just as I did with JHM’s exhaust (which btw got alot of people excited to go buy the system from JHM, but they couldn’t fulfill the orders). Ben will be in a position to fulfill the orders right out of the gate.
“I have nothing against JHM”
“I don’t feel the need to beat them down”
Mick, the reason I had a problem with you originally was your incessant beating down of JHM for that whole shifter debacle, that you eventually admitted was Futrell’s fault.
This is what you are all about Mick. Comments that people won’t buy JHM parts because they don’t like me are so ridiculous. Do you really think this is true? You and RS4power hate me more than anyone on that forum, and you both have a boatload of JHM shit on your cars, so there goes that theory. You’re ridiculous.
Of course you will stand by Ben. You’re part of his company, based on what you’ve posted. Mick, your claims and posts are hollow. You have one goal, and that is to stick it to JHM. Well good luck. Looking forward to the product that you and Ben put out. Just know that nobody is fooled by any of this ‘good guy’ posturing you’re doing or that you’re not involved far more than as a customer and someone who likes Ben.
p.s. I don’t know what the fuck this refers to
[quote]I also know you raided my smugmug account and downloaded pics of everything
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Is that your photo site that you have had linked for the past 5 years in your signature and on photos you post on all the forums? I saw some pics of your car in there and of your vacations like 2 years ago but maybe I missed some good stuff pertaining to your new business venture with Ben selling exhausts, end links and $250 car battery holders. Damn…wish I’d seen that.
You need to stop telling people I am part of his company. i have no financial, engineering, sales, management, anything in this company. The only interest I have is providing feedback on a design that is going into my car. I have repeated this about 4 times now, and yet you keep saying it as if you know it is a fact. Quit spreading lies. Half the shit you say on here is “fact” you create by stringing together conversations across multiple forums and emails and so on. You need to start being a bit more of a critical thinker and make a life decision to be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem.
Mick, you’re the one who said…
[quote=mickf29]Second, Ben never wanted to use this solution, because we all felt it was best to differentiate, not imitate.
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If you can slip statements like that in internet posts and not think you’re involved, I dont’ know what to say. Jason Harbinson and Keith Lucas aren’t calling guys like me or beemercer or you for advice on product design and what to do with the business…nor are we designing parts for them.
Make up your mind…are you helping Ben and his company out and designing the exhaust with him, as well as advising him on strategic paths to take…or are you just a customer. If you’re just a customer, you bought an exhaust before you went away for two weeks while your car was at the dealer that you thought was going to have Sebring mufflers and tips and 034 cats…and now you’re getting one with non-Sebring mufflers and non-034 cats…and the date of that is unknown. You posted all of this information on the internet Mick.
Now…you’re going to tell me that this is cool with you…you have no problem…you’re not mad…you’re not annoyed at the delay? This is you right…the same guy whose shop fucked up his shifter install 3 times and charged you $1000 for…yet went FUCKING APESHIT on JHM whenever you could, blaming them and calling them out for shoddy parts / design. THis is you…the same guy who did the same to JHM about his clutch install when Futrell fucked that up too (how you went back after they couldn’t install a shifter is beyond me…they must have really shiny floors). This is you…the same guy who publicly blamed JHM’s tune for being too lean because you logged it revving it in neutral and it spiked lean on the rev down (something that, as I showed, EVERY RS4 does even when stock, as it cuts the injectors and momentarily spikes lean since there’s no fuel, no load). This is you…the guy who freaked out publicly on JHM because your car couldn’t pass emissions and it was going to be down for a few weeks and you might miss a track day so you went and posted angry anti JHM threads on quattrofail.
So that guy…you… whose exhaust plans are now FUCKT until Ben can resource mufflers (or design from the ground up)…but everything is hunky dorey and you’re happy as a clam with the great exhaust you bought (even though you don’t even know how it will perform or sound since it hasn’t even been fucking assembled yet, let alone tested!).
Yeah, it’s going to be tough to believe you have no interest in this company other than as a customer. Sorry Mick. Doesn’t pass the smell test.
Mick, you’re either lying or you’ve seriously got the blinkers on and you’re being taken for a ride.
If you’re lying it’s because you are balls deep in EBWerks and just can’t admit it for some reason.
I say you’re being taken for a ride and that you are the enternal optimist because you
- Took off a perfectly good exhaust, chopped it up and sent to the UK
- Your car is now sitting without an exhaust waiting for an exhaust that hasn’t really been designed yet. You don’t even know what mufflers or cats you’re getting. Just the piping in between.
- You’re going to getting an exhaust that you have no idea what the gains will be or even what it will sound like.
I would be losing my shit if I were you. I’m a Magnaflow exhaust owner and I have freely admitted that I think the Sebrings sound better than the Magnaflows. Not $800 better but that price differential is narrowing. In your position I would’ve kept the JHM exhaust until the EWBerks one was ready.
As for JHM not delivering, it seems EBWerks is 6 for 6 on the copycat accusation - he is also not delivering. What’s he going to do if he hasn’t figured out his exhaust in 6 months - give you his prototype?
This exhaust business (wrt mick) just defies common sense. Having seen and heard the performance of the JHM setup on the videos (2000S4), I just can’t fathom how you came to be in your current predicament. Am I missing something here, mick?
his exhaust was rubbing on the track. I think that might be something that he is looking at getting corrected.
Again more speculation. Perfectly good exhaust yes. Chopped up? Not a single cut was made. Shipped whole Tells you how much you know about how the JHM even breaks down.
My car is sittin with no exhaust? Thats news to me. I do have a stock system on it now.
I have a very good idea what the gains will be on the new system. I bet I am within 4-5whp of what it will put out on my car in current config, with a fresh carbon clean. I have said repeatedly, i am not worried about sound much. It will sound perfectly fine to me regardless. I am #1 interested in gains.
In terms of copying: If its a design or patented item, its a copy. Using the same size pipes or off the shelf components is not copying.
What predicament am I in that you can’t fathom? What exact predicament am i in, period? I will have the exact system i want, materials, fitment, test pipes, ceramic coatings, output performance, everything exactly as I would hope when i get this system, and I should have it in relatively short order. And once I have it, I will be testing, taping, everything, and sharing with other people who are very interested in and have paid deposits for this setup. So you guys can all keep speculating, but in the end its just that, you speculations. You have little clue about what is taking place here. One you have not talked to ben. Two your source of reliable info is Saki. Great source, his conjecture is exactly that as well. Almost everything you guys speculate here is so far off its laughable.
now I am going to excuse myself from this forum again for a few weeks because its again turned into a bash fest and not a place for people to share ideas and be constructive. Let me get back to detailing my car, installing the new Status seats, and doing some pulls tomorrow in LW mode with a stock exhaust, so that when the new system gets here, i can repeat and show the delta.
Mick you are the one who said to save shipping you’d cut the exhaust if it would reduce the costs
How is that speculation? It is also funny how you gloss over everything that is damning about you in this situation like you admitting you’re working with Ben on design, and slip up with that,“we all” comment…then avoid addressing it blindly in like four replies
p.m. i’ve seen those new race seats…and I’ve seen your vacation pics…and I don’t see it happening 
You went from JHM 2.75" to stock. Awesome for you.
[quote]I have a very good idea what the gains will be on the new system. I bet I am within 4-5whp of what it will put out on my car in current config, with a fresh carbon clean. I have said repeatedly, i am not worried about sound much. It will sound perfectly fine to me regardless. I am #1 interested in gains.
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Again this completely baffles me. You ditched a proven exhaust for something you have an idea will be good.
[quote]In terms of copying: If its a design or patented item, its a copy. Using the same size pipes or off the shelf components is not copying.
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We’ll see about the final product now EWBorks are not using Sebring mufflers. Do mufflers have any influence on performance? (Genuine question) I suspect that the S4 2.5" FI exhausts are a better design (read:faster) than my Magnaflow, just maybe not $800 better.
[quote]What predicament am I in that you can’t fathom? What exact predicament am i in, period? I will have the exact system i want, materials, fitment, test pipes, ceramic coatings, output performance, everything exactly as I would hope when i get this system, and I should have it in relatively short order. And once I have it, I will be testing, taping, everything, and sharing with other people who are very interested in and have paid deposits for this setup.
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Wow didn’t know people were already handing over readies. What’s the ETA for these people?
[quote]So you guys can all keep speculating, but in the end its just that, you speculations. You have little clue about what is taking place here. One you have not talked to ben. Two your source of reliable info is Saki. Great source, his conjecture is exactly that as well. Almost everything you guys speculate here is so far off its laughable.
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No actually it’s based on the information EBWerks’ Chief Engineer himself has posted. Including some fancy diagrams. If he didn’t want this discussion to happen, then he shouldn’t have publicly revealed anything until he had the final production design locked down.
[quote]now I am going to excuse myself from this forum again for a few weeks because its again turned into a bash fest and not a place for people to share ideas and be constructive. Let me get back to detailing my car, installing the new Status seats, and doing some pulls tomorrow in LW mode with a stock exhaust, so that when the new system gets here, i can repeat and show the delta.
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Not a bash fest from me, just complete bewilderment. Maybe I’m too dumb and I’ve missed the point. Maybe I’ve missed the genius that is BenSTI and his half dozen blown engines. Maybe he’s the next big thing. Or maybe he’s just a kid with big hair that just got out of high school trying to find his place in life, dragging along the desperate users of QW looking for a hero and new and exciting ways of spending money.
First off, hi gentleman. I’m glad our company EBWerks Inc has caused a stir among Audi owners. I’m one of the owners/founders of EBWerks, my name is Enrique. I would like to make a few clarifications, this will be my only post as it seems most people here have speculations and make up whatever theory’s crosses their mind.
- EBWerks is not owned solely by Ben-there are a few investors/owners. I will leave it at that. We are a private company and there is no need to publicize our internal information.
2)Mick has no part or say in EBWerks, he is just a customer-as a matter in fact i have no affiliation with Mick, I have only spoken to him once-in giving him an ETA when his exhaust will be ready. He has absolutely no say in what happens at EBWerls. I publicly would like to tell Mick, please don’t make any statements on EBWerks behalf, be it facts or speculations. If people have questions they can go to our website at www.ebwerks.com and contact us directly.
3)EBWerks did NOT copy anyone’s exhaust. I’m in charge of product development, I don’t know who JHM is nor do i care. I have never seen their exhaust, I have heard of them, I’m not interested in folk tales or high school drama-or reading up on them. I’m too busy for that. Our exhaust was developed way before Ben meet with Mick to do dyno test run comparisons. I would have NEVER allowed Ben to copy another company.
4)Sebring mufflers/tip is something I was never happy with. It was suggested by Ben as away to get a prototype going ASAP. My goal was never to use them in production and I can confirm-and I’m joyful so say we are NOT going to use them for anything else besides out prototype. I strongly believe we have a better muffler made by a better company and we are extremely happy with the way our product will come out.
5)I asked Ben not to post anything here nor have any contact with people from this forum whom are trying to maliciously talk about our company. Trolls will be trolls no matter what you feed them, they will always have their own story for them to believe in.
6)Our exhaust will be released soon, we have a very strong financial backing, like i said prior, we have many investors.
If you have any questions please contact us at info@ebwerks.com. I will not answer any questions publicly nor will i revisit this forum. This forum has absolutely nothing positive to offer to EBWerks.
Best,
Enrique
wouldnt it be funny to find out thinkpad has the same ip address as ben?
This us the weirdest post I think I’ve read. In one sense, thank you Enrique for breaking cover and revealing yourself but holy shit way to look like a complete, pious cock.
If you had any business sense or pride in the product, you would man the fuck up and defend yourself. IIRC MRC took a bit of stick here. Then they stepped up with their TTS kit and I think have earnt their stripes.
If you don’t know who JHM are, that shows a complete lack of knowledge of the industry. It shows a complete lack of research.
As for Mick, he has his faults (don’t we all), but he has displayed nothing but excitement for your product. To shoot down someone like that so publicly was brutal. I have disagreed with Mick on here but I say that no one deserves the smack down you gave him here today.
Of course, you will not read this nor will you reply. In fact, I may have wasted my time here as your post is so ridiculous that it may be proof you don’t exist.
^^ Im glad we agree on this post most likely being 100% fabrication (does that mean writing BS posts is in production?) LOL
Joke post is a joke
Its a one man show and since Ben wants to play games I guess Enrique will be exposed when the time is right. The Mick thing is funny…he is in up to his chest. That is patently obvious to anyone who has been reading along (by Micks own admission) and will be eventually shown as well should the need arise.
The forums can make or break you in this business, especially without a fancy name on your product. If EBWerks puts out a good exhaust that is proven with quantitative data then it’ll get the credit it deserves.
4.2l audi enthusiast are the most jaded pessimistic bastards on the forums…and that’s how we like it. Sell the fool’s gold to the fools and we’ll keep driving the fastest V8 Audis.