Say Thanks Thread !... To the Person who got you Hooked

[casey23]

At some Point we all had someone help us Get hooked on your Truck addictiction.. For myself i allways knew what i wanted to Build from the day i bought the truck and my time of need wasnt when i first bought it . Mine was already built/tuned 408/turbo/80E and sitting... but truck was a turd... I was ready to scap my project.. It made me sick!! and i walked away for over 6 months with it sitting in my driveway.. There was only one person who would talk to me and "help" me realize that i could force myself to Learn HPtuners and get over that hump take control and make it happen ! Thats Been over 2 years now and i know we dont talk much but when i sit back and think about all the great people i have met along they way none can compare to the Confidence and advice that he had in me for some reason.... So ! Special Thanks to DALE ! COWL327 for being that guy who helped me Myself and my truck thanks you for taking the time to help me !!

[Red03SilSS]

Well mine would have to be Cody (1slow01z71). With out him my truck would still be stock. Hes taught me everythng I know which isnt a hell of alot but it gets me by.

[ducky]

Jeff Smallen (First guy I met at SAR right when I bought the truck. He had the 81 out there, met him and Jeff Betts in the staging lanes)
Jeff Betts (IDK where the effe he is)
Allen Nelson (Tuned my V6, got me hooked on the swap and the website)

[CHEVROLADE]

Thanks to my Dad,always took me to alamo dragway when i was waaay younger in his 81' chevy rcsb.

[DamnYankee]

hmmm....when I first got on looking for performance stuff, my first move was to get Pin 42 turned on for the electric fans (that I got from Dale), by Allen. This is when he was still a mile north of Mexico (haha). Got a mile down the road and turned around and went back and got a tune.

After that, Billy at TRT played a huge roll in helping me with stuff....cam swaps, springs, pushrods, torque convert(s)(s)(s), etc.

During that time I also ran into Virgil at the track...didn't meet him but 'met' his truck. Played leap frog with him all the way back from Ennis. Saw him later on at a Wells Fargo and finally met him and had a look at the old black truck (wish he still had it - I loved that truck). After that, we spent a lot of time helping each other on projects - our own and other folks from the forum.

Around that same time, Tyler was also a huge help on any projects. Dude has more energy than anyone I know. It would be midnight and he would still be ready to keep on working.

Greg was also a huge part in helping me learn the game and was always more than willing to help on projects and trouble-shooting.

Once I went turbo, enter Louis Gigliotti. He's an amazing tuner and it was a pleasure and privilege to have him work on my stuff.

There are others, but my break is over, so if you aren't in the list, don't get your feelings hurt.

Out of all of those that helped me mentioned above, I'm glad to call all of them friends. They're always ready to help out and I'm always happy to do the same for them.

[jetmech]

Billy at TRT played a huge roll in helping me with stuff....cam swaps, springs, pushrods, torque convert(s)(s)(s), etc.

Billy sure is an awesome guy. I got my entire setup from him.....Turbo, fuel system, gauges and all. When my friends and I were installing it all, he always picked up his phone and answered all my "installation questions". Thanks Billy......and thanks to Moze for the stickers

[bartjo06]

Well I'd say thanks to everyone on the site, I was originally curious about making my OBS V6 a little faster, then got turned onto the swap stuff by ducky. Even though I never got around to doing the swap in my 97, I've learned a TON from just reading and lurking around. So, thanks to all of LS1Truck and a side "thank you" to ducky for giving me some guidance, even if I was too poor to follow through.

[oleshifty]

hmm... i have to thank everyone who constantly tells me "trucks are slow...especially lifted ones" it's good motivation.


My grandpa got me into cars. My dad is a mechanical god, but it's a 'job' for him, and says I am just wasting money. He outgrew the 'modify cars' stage when he met my mom. Had a daily driver 9 second nova...sold it to buy an apartment. IDIOT lol. He still helps out whenever I get stuck though. Which is nice. Good way to learn. I can try it myself, and when it doesn't work right, he fixes it and points out what I did wrong lol.

[RedHeartbeat]

wouldn't know who to thank since I've had the bug all my life. Probably thanks to my POS dad who raced dirt roundy-round cars and never paid attention to us, rarely paid child support and got his dumb ass killed while walking home from the drunk tank. Thanks, Dad. Started on the performance truck mods with a 93 Corvette engine into my 92 ECSB C1500 in 1995.

[beingblueeyes]

Thank you dad for putting the first wrench I ever held into my hands, thank you mom for supporting me with what ever I wanted to do in your garage and thank you to Mike Renalds as before you set me on the proper way I was big into Honda and Toyota performance