mickf29 hits a new low...even for him

B6/7 S4/RS4
#61

I dunno what to say about that , the forums kind of tend to cater to a different kind of customers . Generally the ones you dont want. I got into the software tuning business at some point and people on the forums were rarely customers. And when they were they got somebody elses tune and came to us to complain or get beaten by cars we worked on .

Theres A LOT of customers that dont care or have never seen these forums.
I believe under20-25% of all of JHM customers have ever been on a car-related forum .
Multi million dollar business ? erm… no not with these margins .

And the shifter was hard to adjust and frequently came undone ( I snapped one day and super-glued it in place) .
Then the damn bearing would get play and because none of my mounts were stock the thing would rattle at 4k rpm .

Lavinia is great … I think.
Here`s a pic :
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww36/duud40/RS4%20and%20Lavinia/_dsc6447_744.jpg

#62

thats definitely her lol

JHM has easily sold millions of dollars of product. I think people would be shocked if they knew. Let’s pretend we know more than we do.

7 employees.
shitty margins (what…20%? )

What are those 7 employees earning in order for them to not leave? Knowing that one of them owns the company(he’s not in this for charity). Knowing that one of them is a manager and is well qualified to work a good paying job elsewhere, and knowing that a couple more are certified mechanics.
$300,000 for all of them? Let’s pretend it’s only $300,000 in salary and retained earnings. Let’s also pretend that’s their only cost (we’ll pretend they don’t pay corporate tax, insurance, beinefficientits, government pension contributions, and we’ll pretend they don’t pay for their real estate/utilities/computers/R&D…we’ll pretend all of it is free.)

Assuming all of those pretend things are free, to earn $300,000 on a 20% margin business they’re doing $1.5 million/revenue each year. I think we both know that these numbers are extremely ratcheted down.

#63

I was looking for something on AZ and came across a thread called “So JHM Decides to Address my issues on AR with a propoganda campaign”

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/492044-So-JHM-Decides-to-Address-my-issues-on-AR-with-a-propoganda-campaign

He deleted its content to say “this plays out elsewhere” Too bad… i was curious to see what was in there…

Well look at this!

For the record this was posted June 28, 2012.

[quote]So JHM Decides to Address my issues on AR with a propoganda campaign….

Here is their set of “Facts” and my response. I have had it with these guys, and all i can say is do not buy a fucking thing from these guys if you can. One person maybe just bitter, two people another bitter person, ok three people, weird but just a bad customer or an isolated incident. How many pissed customers now? 20? 25? Coincidence is over.

Bummer this will probably be deleted quick because they are an AZ sponsor, but hope some people see this and think twice:

No denying its another failed clutch to chalk up to JHM, no denying they jacked some people on exhausts and their deposits, and of course making me look stupid for referring people to them, friends I don’t want burned.

and third the shady and probably illegal move they pulled with a couple vendors.

No denying its another failed clutch to chalk up to JHM, The clutch dying was just the icing on the cake. i can take a part failure.…

Exhausts: You are failing to mention how many people tried to contact you after 6, 8, 10 months of taking their deposits and not returning their calls, emails, ignoring them, that they had to get lawyers involved to recoup money. Only then did you finally start to refund people after months of ignoring them. I have the emails from some of them, have talked to some of them in person. If they chose I am sure they would come here and shed some truth on this little nugget of info.

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Next Item: Lets talk about the clutch…
First of all, you keep stating for some reason, not unlike Saki, false info about the clutch. Here are the actual stats on this clutch, and I will offer up a comparison of my stock clutch that I replaced with this:

“Stats on the clutch: in car 17 months. 11,000 miles on clutch. 5 track days lapping. Roughly ten 1/4 mile runs. Not as much track use as people think. And not very many miles, especially considering nearly 4k of those miles were driving to Bay Area and back a couple times.”

I sent this to you Dan, yet love how you cherry pick data (incorrect data that i did correct to you via email and I still have these emails to validate) that suits you.

My stats on my stock clutch prior to this? 25k + miles, 12 track days, 20+ runs at the strip, when taken out still had 75% life on it as estimated by you guys, which is why i sold it to a friend and he is still loving it 15k miles later.

So why is it a stock clutch can take double the miles, more than double the track days, more than double the drag strip runs, and then go out and do 15k more miles and still wrok awesome, and this one is failing at 11k? I was driving day before yesterday and in 3rd gear hit 4k rpm and suddenly marbles in my clutch and a stuck pedal. Still running, nice and loud in idle, barely going to make it to next Thursday when I have an appointment for a full swap at a cost of $2400 to me, thanks to this piece of shit. i can imagine when i do take this out next week, we will find busted springs.

As far as me stating I was feeling good about the clutch, yeah anyone feels good until it fails. And the statement of 20k miles was incorrect. It should have read 10k. If anyone questions me on it, i actually went back and looked at mileage and service records and that is factual. 11k miles to date. if you question that, here is somethign else for you: I moved back to Portland May 2010, just over 2 years ago, with 38k miles on the car. In those 2 years I have put 17k miles on the car. I put this clutch on the car in November 2010.

Also your constant finger pointing to others people installed incorrect, no proper break-in was done, etc etc… How many of these have failed now? How many people have you shafted on these things because you are selling a pile of crap clutch?

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You know I stoof behind your products and told guys to lay off you and to understand that you guys were doing good stuff. Kurt is awesome, still think the same thing, but in talking with him I even sense his absolute frustration with your service, the whole thing that you pulled with EBWerks, and you inability to deliver. Whether your fault or not (its a mix), you jerked a bunch of people around I referred to you. that and the Sering EBWerks items were the last straw for me in dealing with you. Yes many of your products are very good. I like the tune, despite all the delays and promises that took pulling teeth to get a response on.

You can use all my statements you want against me as a snapshot in time, but the reality is 2 months after I had concerns about the clutch, it goes and fails anyways. The reason i had concerns initially? Transmission problems, that most likely had some influencing factors from this clutch failing. I just had a full transmission rebuild because of issues, and it turns out half the issues are still there, and its because of a failing clutch. so thanks for that as well.

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BTW will be sharing this liberally now and will get far more aggressive in recommending nobody buy part from you guys going forward. I have been easing up and was getting ready to drop it, despite costing me a fricking fortune. But seeing this post of half truths from you guys, well lets just say you should have stopped, worked with Ben to patch things over, and made a better effort to reach out to me and try to fix things, knowing int was another failed clutch in a long string of them this year and last.

Word of advice: stop selling clutches. Get better brake rotors instead fo the crap metallurgical rotors you sell now, and fix your server issues, and worry about your internal execution instead of forums.
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Bolded out some highlights in there…

Among them how we remember EBwerks DID want sebring mufflers and it wasnt just a prototype thing… Once the door was closed and everyone was butthurt all of a sudden Sebring is chinese crap cans?

As for the going foreward part… now that we know the install was wrong and the clutch was fine… does that mean we will see Mick Agressivly endorsing and recommending JHM clutches now?

Also good to have Mick’s written consent to use all his screen caps :slight_smile:

#64

where was that posted…quattrofail?

It’s pretty awesome how retarded he is. He shoots first, then asks questions (or checks facts) later. EVERY FUCKING TIME. It always comes back to bite him in the ass. This time is no exception.

You should edit out the fluff in that quote…has a whole lot of TL:DR potential.

#65

It was actually supplied by his bestie NGNG lol !

TL : DR?

Worst case just cut and paste from my post and ill delete mine after ;D

#66

Bumping this just so noobs know that Mick is crazy.

The latest episode in the chapter of fail that is mickf29?

He has sold his ebworks exhaust, and has parted his car out and plans to sell it now. Running in shame with his tail between his legs. That clutch install error that he tried to blame on JHM and threatened to sue them for (when it was his buddies who installed it) was the biggest yet of his many public humiliations, and it is a pleasure to watch him run and hide.

#67

;D

#68

Hey Everyone…Mick has started a new campaign of lies and hate against JHM, this time to promote the AMD supercharger.

Let’s have a look here.

First, the supercharger is driven by the RS4 4.2 FSI engine. A belt wraps the crank pulley, and also wraps the supercharger pulley. The smaller the supercharger pulley, the higher the RPMs the supercharger reaches. If the pulley was 1:1 size wise with the crank pulley, the supercharger would spin to whatever RPM the engine spun to. At redline in the RS4, that is 8000 RPM. If the pulley ratio was 2 to 1, the supercharger would spin to 16,000 RPM while the engine spun to 8000, but that is before the internal gearing step up of the supercharger. Makes sense?

The stock crank pulley vs. the JHM SC pulley (S4 shown). It’s really not a small pulley. They are using a large pulley to keep the RPMs and boost down on the kit. This pulley makes 6 PSI of boost on the S4 kit. The RS4 kit makes 8 PSI.

http://jhmotorsports-sucks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/XGuQN-550x366.jpg

Simply put it’s not anything crazy small. It’s big. Apparently the RS4 pulley is just about the same as that one, according to a couple of people who have seen it. Hopefully JHM chimes in at some point.

So when we hear mick the fat fucking retard say things like this:

[quote=mickf29] I also learned a few more things. Like the reason the JHM centrifugal systems are running 8k redline is because the blower will nuke itself above that.
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Interesting. It seems that when he drove in woodi’s car (I believe there is only 1 AMD big boost supercharged car) Mick was in Seattle at AMD’s one man shop. Because Mick lives in Oregon, that’s kinda weird. But let’s pretend he was indeed. So he is getting information from Jason @ AMD about JHM’s kit, and then posting it in threads the next day? Nevermind that this is incredibly pathetic, but let’s break down his claims.

JHM is using a Vortech supercharger. If that RS4 pulley is a 1.33:1 ratio (looks like the SC pulley is about 75% of the size of the crank pulley)

at 8000 engine RPMs that means the blower is spinning at about 10,640 supercharger RPMs x the step up. The stock step up on the Vortech V3 Si is about 3.6. JHM uses a proprietary internal gearset though. So we’re just guessing now, but let’s guess with the stock numbers.

10,640 x 3.6 = 38,304

At 8500 engine RPMs, that would spin the supercharger in the JHM kit to about 40,698 supercharger RPMs.

At 9000 RPMs (why not) that would spin the JHM supercharger to 43,092 RPMs.

According to Mick, going beyond 8000 engine RPMs would ‘nuke’ the supercharger. Let’s see what Vortech has to say about Mick’s theory

Vortech posts max speed at 52,000 RPM and max boost at 22 PSI !!!

UH OH! Mick looks dumb again, and is caught in more lies.

The JHM kit on the RS4 wouldn’t even come anywhere near that at 8000 RPM unless their proprietary gearset creates a step up rate of 4.88 (it doesn’t) . It wouldn’t come near 52,000 RPM at 8500 engine RPM unless their internal gearset step up rate was 4.59 (it isn’t).

To put it another way, using the JHM pulleys and the stock Vortech V3 Si, JHM could spin the RS4 4.2 FSI engine to over 10,0000 RPMs before the blower was at Vortech’s maximum.

Anyone who says JHM is running the blower to it’s max at 8,000 engine RPMs and any higher would nuke it, needs to go and eat a shit and broken glass burrito. They’re just straight trollin’.

Mick is officially busted again for his campaign of lies and hate against JHM. What a disaster this guy is.

http://i40.tinypic.com/30w4ht2.jpg

#69

Lol there’s a thread on how retarded mick is. Haha this is awesome

#70

we could fill Giants stadium with his b.s.

Funny quote from the vortech webpage

"[quote=Vortech]In a recent Road & Track article (“Corvette Fever”, April 2012), a naturally aspirated Corvette Z06 was compared with a roots supercharged ZR1. Other than the engine, the cars were virtually identical, (tires, wheels, brakes, options, and so on). The ZR1, because of the supercharger, did weigh 95 pounds more than the Z06 but it also had a bigger front splitter. The cars were driven on the same track, by the same driver, on the same day. The ZR1 is supposed to have 133HP more than the Z06 (638 vs 505), but I think this “rating” must be before things warm up. In the article: “…Tommy Milner was about 1 sec. faster around Spring Mountain in the Z06 than in the ZR1.” Well, that pretty much says it all. Oh wait, the Lapping Analysis in the article shows that the Z06 was faster on the straightest part of the track, and that does say it all.

So, when choosing a supercharger system: Do you want power, or do you want a decoration?
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Umm…Mick wants decoration.

[quote=mickf29]JHM made a fast kit, AMD made a fast kit, but for my money i would go the route you went.

I like the bling up top and I like the fact aviva actually used solidworks and real modeling to design the system, not just grabbing off the shelf parts and hacking up the frame up front to make it fit. It may perform, buts not elegant. This car deserves to have the design win over the straight line track win. The car is rare and a thing of beauty and deserved something like the TTS, APR or AMD solution.
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#71

Haha, that quote was the best, glad I found that article.

It was also amusing in that thread that he came at me with mechanical ability. He talks about doing all of this work and explains that he has professionals do his work because if they fuck it up they have to fix it. That is nuts hilarious, especially when so many shops have fucked his car up. He brought up his hood again too. He couldn’t adjust a fucking short shifter for christ sake, they botched his clutch install, but he is a mechanical genius.

#72

Mick = pays $1000 to a shop to install his short shifter

Euroswagr = pulls own motor and rebuilds heads in own garage.

And Wtf does he mean by participated in the engine and transport being pulled. Paid the bill? Took some photos?

#73

I just can’t stand how he is making such a big deal about the JHM supercharger core support modification. They are acting like you have to cut the front end of the car off and JB weld it back together…lol

I think the RS4 IM looks good, I don’t get the idea of aesthetics being a primary goal in the selection of a supercharger and like I said…this is a guy who had his car setup for road racing and it more than likely drove like a dump truck. I know exactly what all of those components do to the overall ride of a car, it doesn’t exactly make it more luxurious and for him to argue with me on that point screams…bull shitter

#74

I think it’s hilarious that he’s more concerned about the “bling factor” than performance. I’m surprised he didn’t buy the Gruppe M intake too. Sucks in hot air, throws a CEL, but hey, it looks bling as hell! What about the Capristo exhaust? Did he buy that too?

I like to stay out of things and I don’t have a problem with anyone ever, but I just had to comment on that. I understand there’s a certain quality that needs to come with the parts, especially when you’re paying ~$10k, that I wholeheartedly agree with. But saying he prefers that it’s visible from up top is just basically saying “I would rather show off than be concerned about performance.”

I can also understand not wanting to modify the core support to install this. If that’s his reason he should have said just that, and nothing about the “bling” factor. That’s just silly.

/rant

#75

^^^ pretty funny about the bling, I’m guessing he falls into the same category as those that buy a BBK for the look rather than performance.

#76

Have you seen the modification to the core support?

It kills me how these guys go on about it. It’s a couple of dime sized pieces of superfluous overlap steel. It’s not part of the structural tube. It’s not even worth mentioning.

Hauling out and replacing the fuel pumps, manifold etc is more of an alteration.

Also is he serious? The amd manifold looks like a fucking griddle for frying eggs (which is fitting based on the tiny cooling cores being crammed in the sides). I don’t hold the shitty looks of the amd kit against them. Same for TTS. Who gives a flying Fuck what it looks like? As long as it’s well put together I don’t care what it looks like? If I did care I would sure as Fuck not be calling amd ‘beautiful bling’ lol.

Who cares about the looks of their supercharger as a ‘tipping point’ that determines their choice? Guys who hang out at car meets and like to pop the hood to impress kids with a4s with unpainted lowers, that’s who.

Oh…and guys who hit the road course with poorly fastened carbon fibre hoods that blow up their car lol. Guess it makes sense now that mick wants the blower to look good…that way when he attempts to commit insurance fraud and lies about his hood accident happening on the highway rather than at 130 mph at a track day, his engine bay will look blingtastic in the photos .

#77

Haha yea I heard about the hood / insurance fraud thing. Funny stuff.

Side note – wouldn’t you NOT want a cop to be able to see the blower if you get pulled over and he asks you to pop your hood? I know guys in Cali get asked to pop their hood all the time (not sure where Mick is from) but I would think that’s actually an added bonus of the JHM kit is that it still looks pretty OEM (besides the intake poking out). Then you can argue that it’s just an air filter… unless of course the cop is familiar with the JHM supercharger kit for the B7 RS4… then you’re busted. :-\

I also feel like he is just looking to point out any possible drawbacks of the JHM kit, rather than actually caring about modifying a pointless piece of the core support. For a guy who is all about lightweight modifications, I’m surprised he’s opposed to that. Cutting that piece of the core support sheds some weight! ;D

Oh and if you read this Mick, I am not hating at all, I am just curious why all of a sudden you care about modifying a little piece of the core support when you modified the rest of your car to hell and back, including stripping the interior.

I come in peace :slight_smile:

#78

gasp I’m offended… =)

#79

Ya cops in California make you open your hood drop your pants and bend over during routine traffic tickets. Also who the fuck is mick? Is that the same guy as Ben STI. There always seems to be someone thats getting their asses handed to them around here and I dont know who the fuck any of these people are so I can participate in the shenanigans.

#80

Mick is kind of circa 2012. Suddenly though he came back out from hiding after being humiliated by EBWerks when they told him to stay the fuck out of their business. Mick and BenSTi are/were both top executives in the EBWerks corporation(sarcasm).