Well I always like to see my name in the forums however I think there is need for some clarification here. LOL
First congrats to the original poster of this thread on your HP and TQ increase! You have joined rhe ranks of the 600 plus HP club and another happy SCT customer.
I do have to make sure credit is due here to the people behind Joe's TTGT and its success.
First, SCT, they helped me with the first Ford GT files and with their guidance I ran with it from there!!
Stage 6, what can I say, they built the original project in less than a week and the three of us, Dwight, Jimbo, and me (Yep Tony G) fired it up with Joe looking on as a proud father!..
I am the original tuner of Joe's GT from the pulley, Nitrous, Nitto days through the twin turbo days and I was there at the first Rally and met a lot of you and had a blast!! I am still perfecting and tuning Ford GT's and conducting services on them..I am also the one who was driving Joe's TTGT that day when the car decided it didnt want to play .LOL
Once Torrie (Unleashed Tuning) the proud owner of the other TTGT that Stage 6 built, moved into the building next to Stage 6, he began tweaking it even more with the base files that I and him had perfected as the larger Turbos were capable of even more power than we had originally made.
Torrie was the last "Tuner" who massaged Joe's GT after I with a small shot of Nitrous made the 1453HP. He is also an authorized SCT Calibrator along with myself. We work together as competitors and many times as teammates searching for the best tunes for all of our customers.
As for Steve Mason or Mase as he is called, he is NOT an authorized SCT Dealer or tuner for that matter and is violating the SCT License agreement.
With that being said I can tell you that "Mase" is very capable of tuning vehicles and has a huge following among the Import crowds, however there are a few circumstances that have occured that have left me no choice but to distance myself from Stage 6 and my friends of almost 15 years..
I wish them the best of luck..
Me and my wife look forward to seeing everyone at the Dinner in Vegas this year and look forward to sharing stories about the Ford GT's!! Might even be able to drag Torrie and his other half along if he can leave his GT for a few days!! LOL
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Well, I hate to take anyones side here. Tony, you've been around the scene for a long time, infact you worked on a car of mine a long time ago. however there are a few things here that havent been aired out. I didnt want to say it, but after your postings, its only fair to tell people the side I have seen.
Stage 6 is full of talent. It really surprises me to hear you say the things you have, especially when I was around when you physically threatened Mase at the track. Its easy to talk bad about someone when they arent around. Behind his back. Im not even going to repeat what you said, but you know what you said, you're a grown up, and that was really uncalled for. You are quick to tarnish Stage 6's name now, ricky has even told me you sent out emails to various companies telling mase's tune blew up joes car, when we all know it broke the crank shaft, and had nothing to do with the tune. Now you tell people torrie tuned it. quite odd.
But yes, I understand why you are upset, you were removed from tuning the GT projects stage 6 put out. It would hurt many peoples feelings.
Yes torry helped in tuning joe's car, he was there, in great spirits, helping mase, and the rest of the stage 6 crew getting joes car ready for the texas mile. Joe was very excited, and seemed to have great confidence in stage 6. I have emailed imv films about the footage of that day. If it surfaces, you will see who is really in charge. I am agreeing with you guys, as you think credit is due. Tony, you tuned the car the first time, good job. You did an above average job. Mase did a better job, with the help of torrie (since he had the software) and tuned it back in the spring time, and i wish i was appreciating the fact now you give him credit, I only wish this is how you truly feel. You are strongly against him, but its understandable because you feel threatened by him. you are just plain wrong on what you did, but lets leave that out of it. Im not here to tarnish your name, its not my place. But you know what you did.
I was at the shop recently when they finished another GT TT, which broke the stock engine record at 1100 whp and 980 ft/lbs. It was entirely tuned by Mase, with less boost than previous setups. Which tells me one thing. Mase not only can tune imports, he can tune just about anything. Just as we have seen with this original poster.
To make things worse, you claim oh stage 6 isnt an authorized SCT dealer. This is because of you tony. Which makes me upset, I wanted stage 6 to work their magic with my car. Because of your lies and hatred toward mase, you emailed SCT and did your best to reject stage 6 from becoming a dealer. That says a lot about your character. and Im sorry its come to this, but everyone deserves to know. After all I used to be your customer.
Again, I hope this is the last of it, but im sure its not. Tony you're great with words, you're very good infact, just as this thread unfolds, you pretend to show respect to mase, when everyone around north florida knows the garbage you speak. but when it comes to forums, when your true character is on the line, you straighten up. I wouldnt be surprised if you had this post deleted. I hope not tho, Im only voicing my true opinion, and outsider opinion. I have also forwarded this to stage 6, i believe they should have an opportunity to comment.
Lastly since i have such a love for gt's and joe's car, i often ask weekly the news on it. this all sadens me, especially when stage 6 has always been willing to work with who ever.
The original poster has the right to share his results, and maybe we should have had this discussion in another thread. Its great to see, any owner take delivery of great power to such a great engineering success. Thanks for the kind words shadowman, for now i can only dream of owning a fgt, but for now, im enjoying some other american muscle!
Jon
