What would you like to see from us this season?

[niterydr]

I meant to say, "God damn it now I am not coming since you a-holes will be there!" Better? ;)

HAHAHAHA, thats just funny.

[Kracka]

I suggest focusing on markets that you can better serve. By that, I mean 2WD cars since that is what your dyno is capable of handling, especially with the saturation of DSM/Mitsu shops already in existence near the Twin Cities. The national EVO market is going to be very tough to crack in to since you do not have an AWD dyno nor a shop EVO. What about focusing on the 350Z/G35 and the GTO (along with your current DSM endevors) since the shop already has those cars at its disposal? I know there is a decent amount of GTO's running around the Cities because I've been on the Minnesota section of the national board numerous times. The Z/G population is also growing and as far as I know there isn't a Midwest shop that focuses on them. You were saying you can't crack into the Mustang/F-Body market, but I think the GTO may be your ticket in. Another thing I think is important is having your shop cars make a presence at all events during the summer. Keep your cars up and running at all times, and when some downtime is needed, make it as brief as possible. It says a lot for a shop and instills trust with their customers if they are able to keep their cars together.

[DSM_421]

AWD Dyno

[v8klla]

I suggest focusing on markets that you can better serve. By that, I mean 2WD cars since that is what your dyno is capable of handling, especially with the saturation of DSM/Mitsu shops already in existence near the Twin Cities. The national EVO market is going to be very tough to crack in to since you do not have an AWD dyno nor a shop EVO. What about focusing on the 350Z/G35 and the GTO (along with your current DSM endevors) since the shop already has those cars at its disposal? I know there is a decent amount of GTO's running around the Cities because I've been on the Minnesota section of the national board numerous times. The Z/G population is also growing and as far as I know there isn't a Midwest shop that focuses on them. You were saying you can't crack into the Mustang/F-Body market, but I think the GTO may be your ticket in. Another thing I think is important is having your shop cars make a presence at all events during the summer. Keep your cars up and running at all times, and when some downtime is needed, make it as brief as possible. It says a lot for a shop and instills trust with their customers if they are able to keep their cars together.

Thanks for the insight Chris. I must say I have had the same thoughts in regards to the GTO/350Z/G35 markets simply because we do own the cars and can most definitely get the parts. The problem is that we love turbochargers! Thus the obvious correlation between the DSM, WRX/STi, Evo, and SRT-4. These markets are also a lot easier to reach as there are both local and national forums that we have sponsored that lead to 90% of our business. I also think that the similarities between the DSM and the Evo kind of forced us to pursue the market.

So that leaves us with two choices, get an AWD dyno to pursue these markets or switch it up completely and focus on different markets. But like you said the competition in the area has grown immensely over the past few years especially in the markets we currently serve!

And at that I will stop rambling. You may have noticed that I haven't come to a conclusion, and that's because we still don't have one! lol

Chris

[AJ]

So that leaves us with two choices, get an AWD dyno to pursue these markets or switch it up completely and focus on different markets. But like you said the competition in the area has grown immensely over the past few years especially in the markets we currently serve!


I think you can take a whole other direction with this. Adding another set of rollers to make your setup AWD obviously has to cost another good chunk of change and honestly, we don't know if you guys would rather go the Dyno Dynamics way for AWD simply due to the other 2 in town to compare numbers with. That's all inside info and speculation for the random peeps.

Changing things up if you stick with the 2WD dyno isn't 100% true. Keep your current AWD customers, and focus more on bringing in more 2WD car types. It works for your setup and at your prices it works for your customers. Use this to grown long term and make a feasable jump to an AWD setup down the road. Just seems more of a route I would take, and it would give you guys more time to continue any needed learning curve on various tuning systems.

[v8klla]

I think you can take a whole other direction with this. Adding another set of rollers to make your setup AWD obviously has to cost another good chunk of change and honestly, we don't know if you guys would rather go the Dyno Dynamics way for AWD simply due to the other 2 in town to compare numbers with. That's all inside info and speculation for the random peeps.

Changing things up if you stick with the 2WD dyno isn't 100% true. Keep your current AWD customers, and focus more on bringing in more 2WD car types. It works for your setup and at your prices it works for your customers. Use this to grown long term and make a feasable jump to an AWD setup down the road. Just seems more of a route I would take, and it would give you guys more time to continue any needed learning curve on various tuning systems.

That's the other big thing, even if we did invest in an AWD dyno we still don't have someone to tune many of the different tuning systems. However, that is quickly becoming our top priority.

The way our business has been going it appears that people bring general maintenance, repair, and small upgrades to us based mostly upon price, and choose to pursue larger projects elsewhere regardless of the cost difference or time frame for completion. The only reasoning for this that I can see is the capability to tune the vehicle after such upgrades have been made. It only makes sense though that such a customer would want a one stop shop for their performance vehicle, and in the AWD market we are not able to provide that at this point in many occasions.

[dumb_ricer]

AWD Dyno would put us out to a much larger audience.

BUT, it looks like what the people are trying to say is that they want to see a Turbo'ed LSx GTO in the near future!

That and a ford 9" and we would be set;).

[Kracka]

That and a ford 9" and we would be set;).

Good call, my dad's GTO's rear diff is on its way out...and it was already replaced (not just rebuilt, a whole new unit was swapped in) under warranty once.

[turbotalon1g]

STS system FTW!!

[niterydr]

Honestly guys, and I welcome the competition, but I really think the Twin Cities can not support 4 AWD dynos.

Giving you honest advice as a competitive business owner and a friend, I would focus your attention on other aspects of your business.

A AWD dynojet locally would be cool for some comparisions, but putting that Pit in can't be cheap!