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Urban legends have been proven to start this way.... some other person sawy something that thay state it true but yet is is always a friend of a friend who cannot prove the origianl event.... TOm has never takend down a video and it this is one taken down have the guy let me know which one it is and I can help get it reposted...... lets live in the facts also is you have seen his video set up vs the gauges it is all there all the time..nothing to hide

Wonder how many millions has Harley made in performance mod sales with tweaked dyno numbers?

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Originally Posted by frankenstang (Post 412315)

I saw in one of Nelson's older vids he accidentally left the correction factor visible. You don't see him making that mistake anymore. :unibrow: :P

Inside sources have informed me of his inflated numbers. Doesn't really make sense to do this, no one has been able to control over 1500 on the street anyway. Jeff Schwartz' Ultima made over 820 at the tires and he can barely keep tires on the car.

What was his correction factor you saw ?

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Originally Posted by 69znc (Post 414110)

Neither, life is to short for panty wads....great when I was 20ish.... having a great days now. But I do not support this type of one sided statements I have seen many things. Including many of his dynos which are point in time. THe members here who say they know him and watched many dynos know this so .... either they should tell Tom his is blowing smoke up his buyers as* or they explain the proven numbers by others he produces which TOm was not measuring.

I don't see where anyone in this thread is blasting Tom or saying he is blowing smoke up anyones ass.. (people have a right to voice their opinion from what they see in a video though) And I also can't find where anyone in here stated that Tom ever did or does inflate his #'s.. YES I said "Inflated #'s sell engs" and that was just a statement in general because it's true.

And yea, I have known Tom since before he bought Bill Hyatts machines and opened his own place. He must be doing something rt because he is moving into a 30,000 sq ft building! One thing I do bash Tom about is answering his damn phone more, and I've done this to his face.. It's all good Dude!!

HEY RON, DO YOU REMEMBER BILL HYATT (that's a name from the past)May he RIP... and how about COLE BOATS??

Didn't know Bill, but I liked Jim Cole. Had a good friend that worked there and that's how I got to know him. Man that dude cracked me up! He thought everyone's boat was a POS except his. Toward the end there was rumor - I have no idea if it was true - that his two newest model molds were warped. A few owners were screaming! For sure they were about 1000lbs heavier than advertised and SLOW! Last I saw him was at the LA boat show after he got shot. He had a sling on his arm and was walking real slow.

I wish he was still in business. The boat industry needs characters like him...:lol:

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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal (Post 414151)

... He thought everyone's boat was a POS except his.

Now that's funny Ron. Sounds like how alot guys think about their cars compared to others. :rofl: :rofl: Not speaking of anyone on this forum. I'm talking about how when we go to car shows and some random guy walks up to you while you are looking at a car and he begans to critique and pick the car apart about how he would have not did this and would have did that. I know everyone has met that guy before...right?

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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal (Post 414151)

Didn't know Bill, but I liked Jim Cole. Had a good friend that worked there and that's how I got to know him. Man that dude cracked me up! He thought everyone's boat was a POS except his. Toward the end there was rumor - I have no idea if it was true - that his two newest model molds were warped. A few owners were screaming! For sure they were about 1000lbs heavier than advertised and SLOW! Last I saw him was at the LA boat show after he got shot. He had a sling on his arm and was walking real slow.

I wish he was still in business. The boat industry needs characters like him...:lol:

Didn't he get shot in his office over a lady he was seeing? I do remember people saying. If you had a COLE FLAT you were the baddest boat on the lake

Boat people are characters LOLOL

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Originally Posted by intocarss (Post 414174)

Didn't he get shot in his office over a lady he was seeing? I do remember people saying. If you had a COLE FLAT you were the baddest boat on the lake

Boat people are characters LOLOL

I resemble that remark! :D

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMG_0291.jpg

We'll never know the shooting story for sure. The version I was told is that's the cover story...:lol:

Cole flatties were great! And Jim and company held many records at one time. Boaters are the best, next to car junkies of course. They'll help anyone out, any time! Marina stories are f'n hilarious...:cheers:

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Originally Posted by ratman67 (Post 414199)

yeah harley tweaked the hp numbers to show 50 hp when they only make 43, lol

It's a successful game the large percentage of their customer base wants to play. Same game applies to the auto industry. Tell the customer what they want to hear and due to their lack of technical knowledge and real world experience, what they don't know won't hurt them. :rolleyes: