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HELP: Titan Speed Engineering.?

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January 12, 2022, 07:39 PM
David Gerard
HELP: Titan Speed Engineering.?
I am having a problem trying to contact them on our oil pump.

I have called and sent emails to no avail.

Anyone have any ideas on what happened to them or another way to contact them?
January 13, 2022, 05:42 AM
Toad1
A few years ago their entire shop was lost to a wild fire. I think he lost all his computer info and original drawings and simply decided to not spend the hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to rebuild everything.
I read that in an article on DragRacingOnline.com. Which is also closed down as well.
He made really nice oil pumps and rocker arms, too bad that happened.


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January 13, 2022, 01:28 PM
rallye bob
David.... You may find some answers in this link... http://web.archive.org/web/202...ps://titanspeed.com/ Maybe Scott Sykes at,Lansco Engineering can help. Google him...
January 16, 2022, 10:07 AM
Alaskaracer
Titan is gone..as mentioned, fire loss....Centerpoint machine picked up the design and was building new pumps, repairing old ones, but it's my understanding now they aren't anymore.....


Mark Goulette
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www.livinthedreamracing.com
"Speed kills but it's better than going slow!"
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January 24, 2022, 03:57 PM
Mike English
Shawn Van Horn has taken over Titan Engineering.

The phone number is:805-466-2700


L8R, Mike

January 25, 2022, 02:28 PM
David Gerard
Thanks, Mike!

Their web site is no help at all.

I give them a try!
February 06, 2022, 03:37 PM
David Gerard
Had a good discussion with Shawn.

Very Helpful.

Here is the website:
https://titanspeed.com

Here is the FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/Titan...ring-207783107925353

DG

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February 15, 2022, 08:22 AM
FootbrakeJim
quote:
Originally posted by Toad1:
A few years ago their entire shop was lost to a wild fire. I think he lost all his computer info and original drawings and simply decided to not spend the hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to rebuild everything.
I read that in an article on DragRacingOnline.com. Which is also closed down as well.
He made really nice oil pumps and rocker arms, too bad that happened.

In today's digital world, it would seem like a no-brainer to keep electronic copies of your business records, engineering documentation, etc, at a backup / off-site location. (Cloud storage is also an option, but it may not be a good idea for anything proprietary or financial, since the communist Chinese seem to own most of those systems, and hackers can get into any database on the planet). Removable / external hard drives can be used to easily back stuff up, They are small, easy to transport, and have huge capacity these days. I bought a 1 TeraByte (1,000 GB) external backup drive from Walmart for about $59 last year. I back up my laptop on it monthly.


Dan "Jim" Moore
Much too young to feel this damn old!!
February 15, 2022, 03:18 PM
David Gerard
Good advice!
February 15, 2022, 03:26 PM
CURTIS REED
quote:
Originally posted by FootbrakeJim:
quote:
Originally posted by Toad1:
A few years ago their entire shop was lost to a wild fire. I think he lost all his computer info and original drawings and simply decided to not spend the hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to rebuild everything.
I read that in an article on DragRacingOnline.com. Which is also closed down as well.
He made really nice oil pumps and rocker arms, too bad that happened.

In today's digital world, it would seem like a no-brainer to keep electronic copies of your business records, engineering documentation, etc, at a backup / off-site location. (Cloud storage is also an option, but it may not be a good idea for anything proprietary or financial, since the communist Chinese seem to own most of those systems, and hackers can get into any database on the planet). Removable / external hard drives can be used to easily back stuff up, They are small, easy to transport, and have huge capacity these days. I bought a 1 TeraByte (1,000 GB) external backup drive from Walmart for about $59 last year. I back up my laptop on it monthly.


Since I took over in 2003 I did that with every part at my shop. A majority of our product line has been around a long time, so just about everything was on paper as far as prints, descriptions, machining/assembly instructions. Heck all the machining was still done manually.

I have converted all my parts to Solidworks files. The pictures, prints and instructions are now in digital formats. I keep copies of everything in 3 different places with one being off site.