How to convince a company that they need a porting specialist...

tfaith08

tfaith08

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I'm about to try and convince the guys down at a shop in Mobile, AL that they need a porting specialist. I have my own tools, formats, numbers, and am willing to work commission. Does anyone have any convincing arguments that may assist me in my trek?

They're pretty rinky-dink TBH, so I think if I mutter the words "Port and Polish" (it really hurts to say the "and polish" part), it'll get them going...
 
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2 stroke trail and drag, 4 stroke 2-valve through 5-valve for N/A and forced induction with gas and alky or nitro for everything from street to drag. I streamline everything from the filter bracket to the exhaust flange. I have experience with dynos, EFI and carb tuning, and designing components via computational fluid dynamics and CAD.
 
I have 2 heads and 3 cylinders.

My argument is that they have to outsource their porting (which they do) and it makes them no money whatsoever. Furthermore, since they don't do everything in-house, they can't maintain quality control as well. The shop that they take their heads to does good work, but they don't have a CNC replication machine, so that puts me a lot closer to their league.

I'm also going to try to argue that the fact that since they can advertise that they do porting, it makes them look more professional.

On top of that, I'm going to ask for commission, which means more money in their pocket, always.

Thoughts?
 
Street/race bikes... mmm.

I hope I'm given free reign to experiment. My wife and friends already call me the mad scientist lol
 
I think the work and performance will speak for itself. I might be hard at first to be the test dummy, but word of mouth is the vest advertising out there. They will become know as a shop that can produce performance and smiles. There is literally no better advertising than that!
 
I've been wanting to get into a shop like this for a while now. I can do the repair stuff, but the performance stuff is where I'd much rather be. I've heard of a few guys that have taken their stuff there and they've been happy, but the level of professionalism is piss poor. If they let me on, I'll fix that, too. I have several references from past work that I'm going to use. I certainly won't be providing them with the numbers of the guys that let me grind on their heads and cylinders in my earlier years lol

If push comes to shove, I've got a buddy that's willing to start up a part-time shop for performance work, but it's hard work without a dyno.
 
rich1 said:
Tell them youre a Dynamic Airflow Digital Engineer. :D or just port the bosses son's ATV for free.
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I was not joking about the second part. I got my gunsmith job by working on the bosses son's full auto M-16 that would double feed. It needed M4 feed ramps cut into the barrel to run SS109 ammo.
 
Should be easy sell. More money for them, quicker turn-around (more money) no shipping for customer (more $$ for him) no lost/damaged parts ($$)
 
I just talked to a really good friend of mine that told me that they do some very shady work and they've been caught up in a lot of crime in the past. Absolutely not going to happen.
 
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