| Namely the "If you build it, someone will talk shit. comment. First off, I do respect what you've done and you ARE right in that people do talk an enormous amount of shit about things. However, I've noticed a pattern as to why this happens...not everyone will agree...but this is how I see it. I've been on many car forums for the last 5 years. Some that are much more harsh and some that are more laid back...everything from Audiworld to LS1.com. That being said, I can *almost* put these things into two categories. CLEARLY not all of these elements go into any one build, these are just examples that lead to different community responses...again, as *I* have seen it. There two ways of going about things and each brings different results from "the people" Type A) A team/owner/shop sets out to build something big for car XXX. They do such things as document their process, explain why they chose certain parts, speak openly about their problems and how they got around them. They may record any/all track runs/dyno sessions, will likely explain in how the car was tuned, what thought processes went into the tuning, what it was tuned for (race or street, what type of gas, etc). And then there is the other side: B) A team/owner/shop sets out to build something big for car XXX. They try some new things that people haven't done before which is great, but the majority of the buildup lies in secrecy. They claim that if anyone copies what they are doing it will hurt sales or they wont get credit or a multitude of other reasons. The reasons may be completelty justified...but they find unexpected reactions when things are made public. When the results come out, there is either a lack of information on what was done, how it was done or why it was done. What follows are TONS of questions, a bunch of misleading information from posters that "think" they know what was done, how it was done and why it was done. Then the doubters come in. Some are legitimate in their questions, some are just trolls. The lines blur and soon people get defensive. Finally a LOT of hard work is marred by two simple things: Miscommunication and misinformation. Of course...this is very broad and very narrow at the same time. There are a hundred variables to this and not every buildup has every element I've mentioned. What I'm trying to say is that in MY opinion it is the people who are trying new things that have the HARDEST time. They have two options: more information or less information. It is a catch 22 for sure, but from what I've seen, the more information route has been a bigger success to the vendors/shops out there on other forums. If a company was the first to do it, has great service and a good rep, it doesn't matter if other companies try to copy...their work will speak for itself. The less information route will always breed doubters and eventually the "competition" will find out and copy things soon enough...so why not get the jump on them and BE OPEN about it? Again, this is my feeling and this does NOT directly corrolate to anyone here...not even FANTAZ. It is just a commentary on that statement and no one needs to agree :)
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