Possible Houston (SE Texas) Event at a Injection Shop . . .

[TXRam]

Hey guys,



Shrimpy, Gitchesum, and I attended the HAPS (Houston Area Power Strokes) meeting today at M & D Injection here in Houston. Talk about a nice shop with all kinds of diagnostic tools, pump and injector test and calibration equipment, etc. ! Thanks to the HAPS guys for inviting us, and thanks to Jim, Bruce, Wayne, and Monte (and several others that I can't remember their names - sorry guys) from M & D for hosting this event. Banks (Peter) attended and gave a presentation about the Powerstroke and their products for them. Racor (OEM for Ford) attended and had several filtration systems, etc. for display.



OK, back to the subject, I am discussing with Jim Garner (M & D Sales Manager) a similar type of event catered to us Dodge folks some time in the future. I think everyone would really enjoy it and be really impressed with what they can do for us. I was thinking mostly just a show and tell kind of event with plenty of BS'ing time. They don't have a dyno . . . Yet! While talking with one of the owners the subject of getting a dyno (that would fit all of our trucks) did come up. That would be the icing on the cake for this shop. Also, they will be starting to do rebuilds, etc. , of our VP44's in the near future (end of the summer).



So, by a show of hands, errr . . . I mean posts, how many guys (or gals) think they would like to attend such an event??? It would most likely be on a Saturday, from around 9am to 1 or 2pm. Can't give a date yet as I have to get back with Jim in a week or so to discuss this - but would NOT be within the next month or so.

 

[Strick-9]

Absolutely!



I would love to have a nearby trustworthy and performance oriented shop. These guys just might be the kind of shop I've been looking for.



-Chris

 

[TxDieselKid]

count me in......

I would have been there today had I not had to work. I will do my best to make one that is for Dodges.



Andrew

 

[Bill Lins]

Put me down for sometime after mid-April!

 

[gitchesum]

Count me in for sure. Those guys at M&D are a top notch group. I think it's great that a company like that is really showing an interest in our trucks.

 

[TXRam]

I'm hoping for something along that line in terms of timing Bill - plenty of planning time, but not too hot yet.



Chris, My thinking EXACTLY! A shop that knows their business and will not balk at my upgrades.



And if they did put in a dyno (hint, hint), we could make this a semi-annual, etc. , event - diagnostics, troubleshooting, dyno'ing, . . .

 

[MCummings]

Maybe around Nov. 2nd ??



With the Houston Drag races ??



https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33794



Merrick Cummings Jr

 

[TxDieselKid]

well maybe Merrick...

I would think that some of the locals should go have a fun dyno , i mean day with the shop first so that we can decide if we want to bring people from all over the nation to the dyno , opps i mean shop, and they just sit there, like..... "Hi, we do diesel performance and have a dyno , did you know there are allturnitives to Dr. Performance?" This is just an example of why the locals need to do something first with them.



Now if they did have a dyno, we could do it with the races on 11/2.



Or if they could open up the sop for Bill K to do a tech lesson(hopefully with my truck then dyno )



The options a still very open with this, but we have to remember this dyno , I mean shop when we the Houston guys want to do some BOMB days.



Andrew



(hows that TXRam?)

 

[me4osu]

Count me in!

Just post when we'll be meeting there for the LSTDR.

 

[RustyJC]

Sounds good to me.



Rusty

 

[JConley]

Sounds good to me. Please avoid the first weekend of the month so I can go

 

[MDW]

Please avoid the first weekend of the month so I can go

John you are so hard to get along with, LOL

:-{}

 

[JConley]

I know... . Blame my schedule on the Army.

 

[duaneparks]

Any weekend after Feb 22-24 is good for me, so count me in!

 

[Ray Davis]

I would like that, had to work when the ford guys met there. I would like to have a talk with the banks man.

 

[gitchesum]

Originally posted by Ray Davis

I would like that, had to work when the ford guys met there. I would like to have a talk with the banks man.

Man, Your still alive??!!

Good to hear from ya man. Glad I got a chance to stop and talk to ya a few months ago.

BTW, I'm livin in Houston now so I might get a chance to see ya sooner.

 

[TXRam]

Last chance before I call Jim next week.



Anyone else interested?

 

[Okie-Go]

I'll probably be able to show up for a while.

 

[Big John]

I'll be out of town the first two weekends in March. Other than that, count me in.



Big John

 

[chucksram]

Count me in too!!!!