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Originally Posted by Ian c
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I've been around long enough to remember when jake was JUST a self proclaimed "vw specialist" ...
I think even then he called it a "division" , as if it was a small part of this big thing he had going on at "the facility" 
When he says he could move to California and make money and be just like everyone else , this just isn't true ...
The California speed shops build world record holding drag cars and race cars 
I have nothing against the guy , in fact I have conversed with him many years ago via pm on a BIG Volkswagen forum , however his Internet "persona" and the claims he makes are preposterous , and that annoys me at times .
I was in "moderator trouble" on the Internet way before he turned his interests to h2o Porsches, and to be honest he isn't worth it , so that's all I'm saying ...
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Thank you for your criticism. We all had to start somewhere, and the majority of the top Porsche engine specialists started with VWs. I am proud of what I accomplished in that industry and we are still a part of it with the aircooled division, where we maintain an 8 month+ backlog. This is truly a division, as the two sides do not share the same employees and is located in a separate building of our 30,000 square foot facility.
Bill Doyle who builds 125,000.00 4 Cam Fuhrmann engines started with 36HP VW engines and he is also proud of that, as he should be. I spent a couple of weeks working at Bill's shop in Jackson Hole Wyoming.
I have created ACVW engines that made 650HP and held 37 PSI boost from a 4 cylinder pushrod engine. Making 162HP per cylinder with an aircooled 4 cylinder engine and hitting 128MPH in 1/8 mile in 5.68 seconds is not a simple task.
That said, I was working with the h20 platform for several years before anyone knew about it. To be As early as 2002 Bruce Anderson pulled Charles Navarro aside at the Porsche Literature Meet and said "Charles, you and Jake have to develop fixes for these watercooled engines". From that, it all started as soon as we landed back at home from the trip. The full story is found in the first chapter of my book to be released at the 2014 Porsche Parade. We knew that the aircooled industry had our capabilities on a leash and that it would end up dying off before we reached retirement age, and it all fit together well as a master plan.
I appreciate your criticism, people like you are my driving force and without you I wouldn't challenge myself quite so hard. We are all entitled to opinions, whether they are accurate or not. VW engines and aircooled Porsches were nothing more than a stepping stone for us, like many others in the industry. The difference is we have stuck to our roots and my original aircooled employees currently maintain the aircooled side of the house, with an average of a 9 month backlog for a Raby engine. We'll never be too big to remember where it all started, and why.