A little of whats going on at DSG. . .

[Drift]

That was a close call, that's awful. Glad no one got hurt. Thanks for sharing that post above Nick. Sounds like there are some everyday struggles, but that's life. Overall seems to be a great career!

We gotta get together in Boston sometime soon man, once it warms up a bit.

- Nikita

Hopefully you noticed the smilies and laughing.. . (it was staged)

 

[Wildman]

haha, wow a funny youtube quote

On second thought Dent Sport is a silly place. Let's not go there. ;-)

that doesn't happen often. now I just want to watch that scene in holy grail lol

 

[Drift]

haha, wow a funny youtube quote



that doesn't happen often. now I just want to watch that scene in holy grail lol

Lol. That comment was from our friend Jim, he races the Hillclimb series with us.


On another note, we finished the GTR. . .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJot96-Yiw



Can we embed videos on this 6ga?

 

[finch13]

First I'll say thanks. It is a sweet gig here, and I try not to take it for granted too much. I know that a lot of people would love to have my job, so I always try to do my best.

Now, on to your second question. . . DSG relies heavily on a good staff. There are 5 of us total here, the 2 owners (One of them is my older brother, Alex, the other is his best friend Bill). Both are extremely knowledgeable about motorsports in general and both are excellent fabricators. Then we have my good friend Matt, who does all the ecu calibrating and helps me trouble shoot a lot of cars. He is a great back board for me to bounce ideas off of when wiring. Then there is my other good friend Scot, (yes one T) and he is a suspension specialist and general work horse. He works for the TRG (The Racers Group) which is a Rolex GT and Koni Challenge Porsche team. He does all the corner balancing and alignments here. And you all seems to know me. I do most of the wiring and electrical diagnostics here, along with a lot of the general wrenching that needs to be done. We are a very close group that will often hang out after hours and go to the bar, play GT4, have parties, etc. So we rely heavily on each other to keep the shop open and fruitful.

Hours are pretty lenient. I work 9-6 mon-fri, usually 10-4ish on saturdays, (although I dont really have to, its kind of a come-in-if-you-want kind of thing. And sundays are really for working on our own cars, (as we dont really have the time or motivation to do so any other day of the week). If I need a day off or something, it usually not a big deal, I just need to give a bit of notice. And then it will we can schedule cars and projects around how many people are going to be available to work.

We share the a lot of the same struggles that any small business would. They bank account looks like a roller coaster and has to constantly be monitored to make sure we dont go into over draft. There is a TON of over head to pay which adds a lot of stress to the days. What separates us from other garages is the niche work that we do. We are a performance and race shop. So there are a lot of things that we have to do that a regular repair shop wouldnt ever have to deal with. We get a lot of half finished projects that customer cant finish themselves. And then we have to do, or re-do everything to make sure its safe and reliable. We do a lot of race cars that cant really be test driven, so we have to think of other ways to test things to assure that we are giving our customers what they are asking for. Honestly I could write a book about this stuff, but Im trying to keep this short.

If there are any more specific questions that people are wondering about, or if I wasnt clear above, please feel free to ask.

Shop overhead is nuts and I bet yours is a hell of a lot worse than ours. Do you ever get Joe Schmoe off the street looking for an oil change or winter air in their tires? Do you give him the and schoo him out the door? haha

I was actually going to send you a PM about a month ago asking how you got involved, but you answered it here. It would be nice to know somebody in the performance business, as I'd like to go in that direction at some point in my career, but I don't have any connections

 

[SykVSyx]

Drift, always impressed with the work your shop puts out. Appreciate you sharing the projects and info about the shop.

 

[Drift]

 

[RedRyder]

Nice cars, Nick. That RX-7 is

 

[ktown98]

damn those are some nice lookin cars

 

[AllGOnoSHOW]

Very nice!

 

[Drift]

The Rally car is getting ready for STRP in PA next weekend. The transmission is currently in pieces.

I'll b seeing the RX7 tomorrow at the NHMS for a club track day.

I'll take some pics of the cars that we've worked on.