How Hp Tuners started.... remember the days

[viper04af]

http://forum.camarov6.com/showthread.php?t=46352

so what happend to not making calbes?


Enjoy guys !!!

[Keith@HPTuners]

Oh man that brings back memories.

It got to a point where I was frying so many PCM's by pulling chips I just quit. At one point I fried a local friends PCM, and then two of his spares!!!

At that point I said I'm going through the OBD port, or I'm not doing anything. lol

You can find a lot of info on this forum still as well from Ken, Chris and I about how we came about. You can see the progression where we started to put things together and how the pieces all started to fit.

A lot of our findings are still public on this forum , but thats ok.

However many years we're into it now (I lost count), we're still putting in just as many hours.. 1am and I'm pouring through code right now for some new additions.. I can't rememeber the last time I had a work free weekend too, lol.

We keep telling ourselves that soon we'll start cutting back on hours and start putting in what most people consider normal work weeks, 40-50 hours per week.. we've been saying that for a couple years now.. heh

We really enjoy what we're doing though and the feedback and support from the customers is pretty positive, most of the time.

Cheers to another year of HP Tuners products.

[MMGT1]

Wow Keith, looks like you've been around a while. 3500 posts here and 5000 over there!! How the hell did you get the time to do this!!?? Get some sleep man!

Found the cable comment too, pretty good...

[redhotjamedjimi]

Coffee must be as friendly as his computer to this day.

Good work though guys, We all read that forum with the same context as The Genesis.

Im probably spending half the time u guys are jsut to get my truck working right.

But you should give me a job to crank some numbers and things out for you. I'm young and got enough know how. How about it? Btw i deliver pizzas now jeez I hate that, tell me where i need to go to college and Im in.

[Keith@HPTuners]

heh, I'm more of a mountain dew guy.. I rarely drink coffee.

However, lately due to the fact that its so cold here in chicago I've been on a hot chocolate binge.

We are hiring. Check our front page for positions available. We'll be adding another position in the next few weeks as well.

[redhotjamedjimi]

Is there any amount of knowledge someone should know college classes etc to have a jump start into your business? Or is HPtuning so much its own thing education is purely how YOU do it yourself?

Or Calculus etc i could imagine.

[bulletLS1]

how did you got the design of the hardware, it is a custom mould for the unit?
and what a nice touch in the detail in the rubbery sides
GREAT WORK!!!!

[bulletLS1]

since I can not keep my hands from disasembling things "just to see how they are made " (you can imagine my parents problems with me thru my teens) my brother even gave me a turtle for pet to see if I could disasemble it!!!! (NO I did not try, I still have it!)
I see that there are 8 "weld holes" I supose for a connector of some sort, I imagine for the upgrade suite...
please do not erase me! is there a posibility for me to weld this connector (Im very good at very small welds) and use for extra sensors?
of course @ my risk!
Thanks

[S2H]

since I can not keep my hands from disasembling things "just to see how they are made " (you can imagine my parents problems with me thru my teens) my brother even gave me a turtle for pet to see if I could disasemble it!!!! (NO I did not try, I still have it!)
I see that there are 8 "weld holes" I supose for a connector of some sort, I imagine for the upgrade suite...
please do not erase me! is there a posibility for me to weld this connector (Im very good at very small welds) and use for extra sensors?
of course @ my risk!
Thanks

small holes are usually not "welds"...lol...
solder points would probably be a more appropriate wording...

and we wont erase you...but you might have voided any warranty if you are saying that you have cracked your device open........

[12secSS]

Aw, Ken's hard work is being tampered with. As much as you are curious (I know, my brother is the same way), I would highly discourage you from reverse engineering the hardware, if you value your HPTuners package.

[bulletLS1]

OK, ok ok(smaller, smaller smaller) ok,ok,ok

definite about welds-solder points, remember that sometimes my brain translator gets a bug even so often! I speak spanish, and english as second, and others but @ 3am! Kmon, get some sleep! (or are you an automated censoring device!!!!?????) Just kidding!!!


besides the ocasional "not recognizing licences" problem I did not go beyond "looking"!
12secss: I know the feeling, (like the girl In a mini,mini skirt, trying to "hide"!) and every so often you can get a "peek" @ the (now better suited!) weld holes LOL!

[S2H]

OK, ok ok(smaller, smaller smaller) ok,ok,ok

definite about welds-solder points, remember that sometimes my brain translator gets a bug even so often! I speak spanish, and english as second, and others but @ 3am! Kmon, get some sleep! (or are you an automated censoring device!!!!?????) Just kidding!!!


besides the ocasional "not recognizing licences" problem I did not go beyond "looking"!
12secss: I know the feeling, (like the girl In a mini,mini skirt, trying to "hide"!) and every so often you can get a "peek" @ the (now better suited!) weld holes LOL!

3am posts are what happen when you get put on night shift on a 24hrs a day job so that the customer who has already lost over 1 million dollars can get a drill rig to ounch out of the ground on the far side of the mississippi river within 3 feet of desired exit point after traveling over 5700 ft total.... length....under ground....under the river...using a sensor and some magnetics to determine your position.... and having to dam near rocket science math the entire night....
and my 3 am post comes because the mud pump breaks and they have to do repairs......and I need a break from all that shit I just mentioned above...LOL

[bulletLS1]

oh!

[pknowles]

However many years we're into it now (I lost count), we're still putting in just as many hours.. 1am and I'm pouring through code right now for some new additions.. I can't rememeber the last time I had a work free weekend too, lol.

We keep telling ourselves that soon we'll start cutting back on hours and start putting in what most people consider normal work weeks, 40-50 hours per week.. we've been saying that for a couple years now.. heh

Yes, but you guys have been expanding your market significatly over the last 1.5 years. When I bought the suite 2.5 years ago you guys didn't support near as many platforms as you do now. I have to imagine that once you reach your target platforms, then updating as new PCM's come out shouldn't require as many hours.

[Bill@HPTuners]

Yes, but you guys have been expanding your market significatly over the last 1.5 years. When I bought the suite 2.5 years ago you guys didn't support near as many platforms as you do now. I have to imagine that once you reach your target platforms, then updating as new PCM's come out shouldn't require as many hours.

haha, those hours are put in many places OTHER than "updating new pcm's" New hardware, firmware, the entire software builds ie 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, answering support emails ie how do I install the drivers, etc. sales emails ie "wheres my package?", making sure the website & its information stays up to date, etc, etc, etc.

I wish it were as easy as you make it sound but its a small(now 4 man) operation where alot more goes into it behind the scenes then you could imagine