New E55 Supercharger power pulley/clutch!
Rock is talking about have caused people to mess up engines. Me being a prime example. There's also no way to get in contact with whoever UPD even is just like RTR. They are fictitious names to hide who they really are which is brooke/shardul. It's funny how Brooke says he just happened to find some new product then says that he will get an extra 5,10,50 made for his friends every time. He gets them made to sell them for a profit and have us do the testing to see what happens. Then if and when it fails good luck getting any help from the fictitious named company UPD or RTR. If they are true companies why did everyone pay shardul or Brooke for their s/c pulley or crank pulley or NPI headers??
Rock is talking about have caused people to mess up engines. Me being a prime example. There's also no way to get in contact with whoever UPD even is just like RTR. They are fictitious names to hide who they really are which is brooke/shardul. It's funny how Brooke says he just happened to find some new product then says that he will get an extra 5,10,50 made for his friends every time. He gets them made to sell them for a profit and have us do the testing to see what happens. Then if and when it fails good luck getting any help from the fictitious named company UPD or RTR. If they are true companies why did everyone pay shardul or Brooke for their s/c pulley or crank pulley or NPI headers??

or the guys with blown transmissions, are they crying wolf to TCU programmers?
I just don't understand that there has to be a blame other than the risk itself

Haha! You are right about that. I may soon retire so I can return to the days when goofing on Vic was my only responsibility.
So I got to ask, if a member violates TOU (terms of use) by setting up multiple user accounts and selling products without paying MB World, why wouldn't MB World give out infractions or ban them? Blocking certain words, phrases and weblinks seems like a long way around and causes people, like me, to contemplate conspiracy theories.
What were you thinking on becoming a moderator. Way too much drama, work and loss of free time in my opinion.

The irony is, throughout this uproar, MBWorld faithful were directed by other mis-informed members, to take their time and expertise to the competing site...a site run by the guys illicitly selling the (alleged) faulty products. Isn't that like asking the owner of the used car lot if you should buy his car, instead of the one on the lot across the street? Biased, perhaps?
Beware of the used-car salesmen masquerading as counselors.
Come on everyone. The staff here are all members and enthusiasts first! We only enforce the rules of the site to protect and grow this community. We would never willingly choose to ban useful, helpful members.
If the the membership or this site is threatened, we need to act.
Rock loves this site and was asked to become a Mod because of his love for it and his even-handed, calm, diplomatic method of operation.
For anyone wishing to attack Rock, understand that I was the one that chose to have the other site blocked, just like my predecessors have done with other sites that do not build on the credibility of MBWorld.
Wake up people. Someone is taking advantage of members here. We are trying to protect you and yet, we get all the crap.

Edit: Another Mod came up with the gif in my sig, as a tongue-in-cheek representation of how we are perceived. IT IS NOT REALITY.
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If they continue to sell products that (allegedly) blow up cars, things would not be a smooth ride.
If they were sponsors selling sound products, all would be okay.
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
This is laughable. I can think of at least four "sponsor" vendors over the past few years who have royally screwed members here; some are actually still vendors. IB never acted at all, or acted too late to be of any value.
Anyone dealing with any of the vendors on this site are well-advised to practice Caveat Emptor.
This is the type of sensationalism that causes the drama in this forum.
Anyone dealing with any of the vendors on this site are well-advised to practice Caveat Emptor.
With regards to past evils, IB will respond to any subpenas that are sent to them from members pursuing compensation.
Bad vendors get vetted by the membership. Are you purchasing anything from the rotten eggs out there?
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What you are having to deal with is members that will do anything they can to slander good honest people because they realize that they have no legal recourse for what happened to their cars. Literally every thread and nearly every post involves a stab at Shardul or Brooke, and that's going to make your life more difficult as long as this immaturity keeps evidencing itself.
What you are having to deal with is members that will do anything they can to slander good honest people because they realize that they have no legal recourse for what happened to their cars. Literally every thread and nearly every post involves a stab at Shardul or Brooke, and that's going to make your life more difficult as long as this immaturity keeps evidencing itself.
I am well aware that Eurocharged is selling RTR pulleys and are getting good reviews. I hope they all run like Swiss watches and Jake & Jerry make a ton of money selling them.
That being said, why would you defend non-sponsor members for selling that same product (while hiding the fact that they are and starting another forum site to sell their stuff too), taking business away from the sponsors that are putting good money into their advertising and marketing? (How do you feel about that, Jake and Jerry?)
Stabs are being taken (mostly by other members, these days) at dishonest members that are literally stealing from respected sponsors, like Eurocharged.
Oh and the irony of the "immaturity" claim is not lost.
I am well aware that Eurocharged is selling RTR pulleys and are getting good reviews. I hope they all run like Swiss watches and Jake & Jerry make a ton of money selling them.
That being said, why would you defend non-sponsor members for selling that same product (while hiding the fact that they are and starting another forum site to sell their stuff too), taking business away from the sponsors that are putting good money into their advertising and marketing? (How do you feel about that, Jake and Jerry?)
Stabs are being taken (mostly by other members, these days) at dishonest members that are literally stealing from respected sponsors, like Eurocharged.
Oh and the irony of the "immaturity" claim is not lost.
Craig's second pulley wasn't even purchased from Brooke and Shardul, which is what kills me the most.
I think it's criminal to have a sample size of 2 and act like that's all the pulleys that are in existence, when in reality the actual numbers are much higher. But it will always be the failures you hear about, unless someone is so elated with their product that they throw their testimonials up on a forum somewhere.
As for selling pulleys second-hand ... I dont have strong feelings either way. I know that Brooke or Shardul provided the impetus to get the pulleys made in the first place, but as far as making money off of them, I know it's not worth this deluge of hate.
I think it's a shame that you call Shardul and Brooke dishonest, you have no basis to slander them with that. I think you're buying into the lies about them a bit too much if you're going that far.
As for your immaturity comment, I'd like to point out that you're siding with a 26 year old who claims that the greatest thing he has ever done in his life is run a 10.5 in an E55, and that he is "better" than Brooke. Did you miss Steve's repeated call-out threads on that other forum in an attempt to sell heads with HIS own performance parts company? Did you miss the part where Steve was selling injectors without a forum sponsorship? What a waste.
Please, fact-check before slandering from now on.
Craig's second pulley wasn't even purchased from Brooke and Shardul, which is what kills me the most.
I think it's criminal to have a sample size of 2 and act like that's all the pulleys that are in existence, when in reality the actual numbers are much higher. But it will always be the failures you hear about, unless someone is so elated with their product that they throw their testimonials up on a forum somewhere.
As for selling pulleys second-hand ... I dont have strong feelings either way. I know that Brooke or Shardul provided the impetus to get the pulleys made in the first place, but as far as making money off of them, I know it's not worth this deluge of hate.
I think it's a shame that you call Shardul and Brooke dishonest, you have no basis to slander them with that. I think you're buying into the lies about them a bit too much if you're going that far.
As for your immaturity comment, I'd like to point out that you're siding with a 26 year old who claims that the greatest thing he has ever done in his life is run a 10.5 in an E55, and that he is "better" than Brooke. Did you miss Steve's repeated call-out threads on that other forum in an attempt to sell heads with HIS own performance parts company? Did you miss the part where Steve was selling injectors without a forum sponsorship? What a waste.
Please, fact-check before slandering from now on.




Craig's second pulley wasn't even purchased from Brooke and Shardul, which is what kills me the most.
I think it's criminal to have a sample size of 2 and act like that's all the pulleys that are in existence, when in reality the actual numbers are much higher. But it will always be the failures you hear about, unless someone is so elated with their product that they throw their testimonials up on a forum somewhere.
As for selling pulleys second-hand ... I dont have strong feelings either way. I know that Brooke or Shardul provided the impetus to get the pulleys made in the first place, but as far as making money off of them, I know it's not worth this deluge of hate.
I think it's a shame that you call Shardul and Brooke dishonest, you have no basis to slander them with that. I think you're buying into the lies about them a bit too much if you're going that far.
As for your immaturity comment, I'd like to point out that you're siding with a 26 year old who claims that the greatest thing he has ever done in his life is run a 10.5 in an E55, and that he is "better" than Brooke. Did you miss Steve's repeated call-out threads on that other forum in an attempt to sell heads with HIS own performance parts company? Did you miss the part where Steve was selling injectors without a forum sponsorship? What a waste.
Please, fact-check before slandering from now on.
Unfortunately, the "friends" don't know anything about the background/internal conversations taking place between IB, the members in questions and staff here.
Until you walk a mile in my shoes, please don't assume you know the entire story or that we are not doing our best to fact check.
I want your car on the road as much as anyone else, but I have no clue how the flame war and repeated slander helps with that end goal, of getting your car fixed.
And I didn't expect a mature reply, but I commend and thank you for it. I can understand the passion for your car and how emotional dispute can get, I just think that this situation would best be solved privately.
Unfortunately, the "friends" don't know anything about the background/internal conversations taking place between IB, the members in questions and staff here.
Until you walk a mile in my shoes, please don't assume you know the entire story or that we are not doing our best to fact check.
Flipping parts is not the same as manufacturing them.
I don't need to walk a mile in your shoes to know that committing to a side and calling my friends dishonest was a poor choice given the amount of information you've been afforded, given that I confronted both Shardul and Brooke about the "facts" of this situation and have been given all the evidence I need to defend them.
This **** needs to be handled between the parties only, it's just tainted even more when a peanut gallery [myself included] is involved. Posting this repeatedly, publicly, on a forum is just going to make emotions run higher than they would otherwise.
I'm done dealing with this. I told you how you'll be perceived when this all gets settled out, that's all I can do.
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I want your car on the road as much as anyone else, but I have no clue how the flame war and repeated slander helps with that end goal, of getting your car fixed.
And I didn't expect a mature reply, but I commend and thank you for it. I can understand the passion for your car and how emotional dispute can get, I just think that this situation would best be solved privately.
Flipping parts is not the same as manufacturing them.
I don't need to walk a mile in your shoes to know that committing to a side and calling my friends dishonest was a poor choice given the amount of information you've been afforded, given that I confronted both Shardul and Brooke about the "facts" of this situation and have been given all the evidence I need to defend them.
This **** needs to be handled between the parties only, it's just tainted even more when a peanut gallery [myself included] is involved. Posting this repeatedly, publicly, on a forum is just going to make emotions run higher than they would otherwise.
I'm done dealing with this. I told you how you'll be perceived when this all gets settled out, that's all I can do.
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