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Originally Posted by Burg Boxster
Indeed, it is interesting we haven't heard much if anything since they started shipping. Haven't seen any DIY write ups with photos, etc. I remember shortly after the Dension unit was released it was a race b/w people to see who could document the best DIY install and fastest.
Pedro, aside from the 3 installs plus your own, have you sold many units? Your sales numbers would be a good gauge for mainstream enthusiasts interest/reception on the device.
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The system is so straight forward to install that it doesn't offer much glory.. Its not blingy or flashy.
We have sold around 350 units... Whats limited that is how many units we can produce as they are built in house here at our facility. Its not a mass production type of Chinese assembly line, just one dedicated soul building each unit by hand and testing it. Thats the way we do things here, lower volume, higher quality and all done in house.. Printed circuit boards are the only part that we have imported for the units.
We tried the whole "factory" approach and doing so put us way behind and did nothing but disappoint me.
We sold 3 units to Pedro, because thats all we could spare because all the others were spoken for.. We just finished a few units today and have a few in stock that aren't spoken for right this minute. Every time we have a few completed they are gone in just a day or two.
Our Australian and UK distributors placed huge orders and that slammed us... Once those are filled we will be able to build up a nice stock and do more advertising. That should be just after the New Year.
The most recently updated version of the system has a dozen small enhancements made based on feedback from buyers and installers.. We have added a weather pack connector at the MCD, lengthened the MCD sensor wires, made the buzzer louder and rewritten the instructions to cover some complications that installers have experienced, that we never did...
I received my first IMS Alert Support phone call from an owner of the side of the road last week... My newborn Baby was in the NICU after surgery to correct a spinal defect, but I still answered and helped the driver.. He had a full blown alert and the engine is being inspected at his local Indy shop to see where the huge fragment of material came from.. I hope to have our first testimonial from him soon with a positive outcome if his engine is saved. We will know more later.
Yes, personally I am developing systems for Hot Rods, passenger cars, fleet vehicles and heavy equipment as we speak... My Engine R&D Dyno lab has turned into a specialty MCD development and test area... We developed this to solve a specific issue for the Porsche engine, but it belongs in every car on the road.. Thats when the tagline "Engine Guardian" is employed. Trust me, its underway.
We have found a couple more "factories" to produce the Engine Guardians for us for other applications and we are testing and critiquing their product now... BUT we will continue to build the Porsche units on site at Flat 6 Innovations.