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Hi Guys, Hope this doesn't break any forum rules, if so let me know & I'll remove them. Cheers, Gerry_AT_dastek.co.uk PS. £150 finders fee, if someone puts me in touch with the succesful cadidate. http://www.silverlinetools.com/index.html''>http://www.silverlinetools.com/index.html' mce_href="http://www.silverlinetools.com/index.html">JOB DESCRIPTION POST: Sales Executive (Business to Business) PACKAGE: £15k - £18k basic with OTE £36k + (uncapped) RESPONSIBLE TO: Managing Director BACKGROUND: Based in Fife, Dastek has unrivalled expertise in the design, manufacture & distribution of automotive electronics & specialised test equipment to motor manufacturers, the performance tuning industry & end user customers JOB PURPOSE: To generate new customer accounts and develop existing business. To proactively develop and maintain a high level and value of business activity within the UK. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Day-to-day responsibilities for managing customer enquiries, orders, and queries. Undertake a proactive approach to attract potential new customers. Secure, retain and develop new business, which will be target driven. Increase and maintain the turnover of existing customer accounts. To undertake regular visits to meet with potential as well as existing customers. To attend shows and exhibitions as and when required (this may involve weekend work). To undertake new and additional responsibilities as and when required. PERSON SPECIFICATION 1 = Desirable--------------------Essential = 5 JOB TITLE: Sales Executive Qualifications Experience within the Sales industry is more desirable than qualifications. Automotive experience would be a bonus. 5 Knowledge and Skills Basic knowledge and understanding of cars & performance modifications. 3 Computer literate, Outlook, Excel, Word 4 Telesales 3 Report writing 4 Strong business acumen and an excellent command of English 4 Experience Understanding how to attract and develop existing and potential new businesses 5 Building and maintaining professional working relationships with customers and colleagues 5 Working under own initiative or as part of a team 5 Producing activity reports on a timely basis 5 Dealing with customers 4

Hi Guys, Hope this doesn't break any forum rules, if so let me know & I'll remove them. Cheers, Gerry_AT_dastek.co.uk PS. £150 finders fee, if someone puts me in touch with the succesful cadidate. http://www.silverlinetools.com/index.html'>JOB DESCRIPTION POST: Retail Sales & Service Consultant PACKAGE: £15k basic with OTE £25k + (uncapped) RESPONSIBLE TO: Managing Director BACKGROUND: Based in Fife, Dastek has unrivalled expertise in the design, manufacture & distribution of automotive electronics & specialised test equipment to motor manufacturers, the performance tuning industry & end user customers JOB PURPOSE: To generate new business and maintain existing customer base. To proactively develop and maintain a high level and value of business activity. Be able to put your customers first in all aspects of your day-to-day work and deliver the best customer experience in Scotland. Willing to help and enjoy the interaction with customers to reach our financial and customer satisfaction objectives The ability to communicate clearly all aspects of work (Services, upgrades, etc.) Assist customer's decisions on viable upgrades & modifications. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Day-to-day responsibilities for managing retail customer enquiries, orders, and queries. Undertake a proactive approach to attract potential new customers. Secure, retain and develop new business, which will be target driven. Increase and maintain the turnover of existing customers. To deal with customers face to face at our retail facility. Liaise between workshop personnel & customers. Efficiently organise volume of work. Organise & attend shows and exhibitions as and when required (may involve weekend work). To undertake new and additional responsibilities as and when required. PERSON SPECIFICATION 1 = Desirable---------------------------Essential = 5 JOB TITLE: Retail Sales & Service Consultant Qualifications Experience is more desirable than qualifications 5 Knowledge and Skills Knowledge and understanding of cars & performance modifications 4 Computer literate, Outlook, Excel, Word 3 Excellent communication & interpersonal skills 4 Experience Understanding of how to attract and develop existing and potential new businesses 4 Ability to handle more than one task at any one time 5 Building and maintaining professional working relationships with customers and colleagues 5 Working under own initiative or as part of a team 4 Positive attitude and a 'can do' approach. 5 Deliver a high standard of customer service / care and after sales to the customer 5

Hi Adam, Sensor was fecked, just waiting on the running order on other thread to be updated & I will re-run all the cars (FOC) that used the faulty sensor (we swapped to a different probe for a different exhaust style 1/2 way through) Cheers, Gerry

Hi Gumball, You sound like the perfect candidate, my concern is that with the vast experience you have, we would struggle to meet your remuneration expectations [] Cheers, Gerry

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Hi Guys, Hope the mods don't mind, if they do, I'll quickly remove it. Anyway, I'm looking to add a few more members of staff to the business due to ongoing growth. I'm looking for 2 additional techs with good experience, & preferably with a good understanding of Engine Management systems & excellent diagnostic skills, more importantly a can-do attitude. Excellent package with training for the right candidates. And secondly I'm looking for another sales person, again a good undertanding of cars & performance upgrades, as well as a proven track record in sales both retail & B2B. The successful applicant will be expected to travel throughout the UK for approximately 4-5 days in a calander month. Excellent package for the best candidate. If anyones interested or know's anyone that might be, please email me; GerryATdastek.co.uk Cheers, Gerry http://www.dastek.co.uk

Hi Guys, Just a quick one to say, that I haven't forgotten about this. Could someone PM or email me the running order with registrations & user names, so I can work out at what point we changed the sensor & who is due a re-run. Cheers, Gerry

Hi Euan, You are now saying that your post was not a piss take, but comments such as : question the operators all the time its the only way you can work out if they know what they are doing or NOT in this case... as well as the many other posts on various forums, calling us mongs, monkeys, numpties etc.. would make me think you have something against us [8-)] To answer your question, our rollers actually calculate the losses on the coastdown (see my previous post detailing the formula) where as the Dyno Dynamics applies a factor for a particular transmission type (but you can see the differnce just g/box oil temp makes, so how accurate this method is, is anyones guess) or they multiply the wheel power by a % (24% or 1.24 multiplier in the case of EVO's) the reason there is such a big difference in wheel power to engine power on their machine is due to the fact that they run small diameter rollers which leads to high loading & deformation on the tyres, the smaller rollers also mean that the retarder rotates at a higher rpm for the same road speed, & as the power required to just spin over the retarder increases with rpm, this is yet another power unmeasured, & finally because the roller diameter is smaller, the amount of force required to pull down the car on the rollers to gain sufficient tranction is greater, the tyre deformation & heat exchange is greater leading to greater difference between the wheels & the engine. With regards the 40bhp losses, if I'd run it in 6th, it probably would have lost over 100bhp, but the engine output wouldn't have changed, but at least with our dyno it would have shown this. I realise AVA don't give flywheel figure (& this is not a dig at AVA, as I know them & think they are good guys, but a general question of anyone that relies on wheel power only) but how would you explain to two customers that have had the same spec engine built by the same engine builder, that in one car it produces more power at the wheels than the other, due to any of the following or combination of A) Diff ratios different Gearbox ratio's different (say 5sp V's 6sp box) C) Wheel alignment wrong D) G/box oil viscosity or temperature variation E) Tyre sideall profile (35 V 55) F) More pull down strapping force required for the short geared car G) Mechanical fault such as brake caliper sticking on or wheel bearing fitted by a numpty (see previous MR2 screen grab) etc. etc... So I will say it again (even though you only partially quoted me on Passion Ford []) 'Wheel power is meaningless without coastdown data (I've even highlighted the last bit that you failed to quote on PF []) As for prices, if you want a straight forward run with nothing more than graphs of flywheel power & torque, AFR & boost, we normally charge £40 + VAT, if you want turbo speed, injector duty cycle, intercooler in/out, engine pumping losses, fuel pressure, fue flow etc plotted, then we charge £60 + VAT per hour for how long it takes us to do it (as you can imagine it can get time consuming to fit all these sensors & gather the data) but for you [] Seriously if you want to come along & see our equipment in action & discuss some physics, I'd do it FOC, if I can convert you I can convert anyone [] Cheers, Gerry

Hi Guys, I intend to give those that had the duff sensor fitted a re-run FOC (still needing the running order & number plates V's user names, so I can work out at what point we fitted the new sensor) Cheers, Gerry

OK Server playing ball again, so here is a long winded infomercial [] I have copied the raw runs for Graemes car above, you will notice that the first image shows a peak loss at peak revs of about 47bhp But if you look at the loss at peak wheel power (below) you will see that it is only 32bhp (all will be explained when you read the rest of the bumf) Here's a few others from the day Feck knows what's happening to the resizing of this one below, but it is 33 bhp I've also included some screengrabs of other examples of differences in wheel power V's flywheel power, the first 3 being from our own Civic The next 2 the details are in the image Now comes my war & peace on dyno's (part one this week & the rest when I get a minute [8-|]) Try this for above Another thing, look at your 'Speed per 1000 rpm' number, the higher this is, generally the higher the losses (this is the speed in kmh per 1000rpm in the gear used to do the test - which for most was 3rd) Enjoy [] Cheers, Gerry

My bad! Sensor is fecked - if someone can give me the order of runners, then I can sort out a retest - sorry! As for transmission losses, please see other thread on graphs, but your answer your questions, yes losses were correct. Cheers, Gerry

Ahhh! Rapid Cossie the infinate wisdom. Please feel free to discuss the physics of transmission losses, seeing as you know so much about it. As you are an AVA guy, please remind me, what is it they quote for losses? (30 - 40 Bhp in 4th if I remeber correctly) As for the losses on the graphs that were posted up here, they were not the maximum losses, but the difference between maximum wheel power & maximum flywheel power & in the majority of cases in 3rd gear. Rather than shouting your mouth off every time my companies name is mentioned, why not step out from behind your keyboard & visit the place, & feel free to try & catch me out with what crap you have learned from the internet, maybe if you are receptive to learning, you will pick up something of real value! [^o)] I will post some stuff up I get my server access sorted. Cheers, Gerry

Hi Guys, Hopefully tou all had a good day, but I am interested to here feedback good or bad (c'mon Higgy it's not like a Suid Afrikaan, to keep his mouth zipped [] ) I'd especially like to here what you thought of the new software/printouts & any improvements/suggestions you might have about it. Anyway I enjoyed the day & banter & look forward to the next one (which might be sooner than I anticipated if the sensor turns out to be faulty - see other thread) Also meant to say, if there are any questions can we keep them in one topic (or open a new one) so that I ca keep track (we're not all used to surfing the forums all day, some of us have to work for a living [] ) Cheers, Gery