It's become clear to me that many car enthusiasts are unfamiliar with how the automotive and many other industries function. The auto makers rely on a network of independent engineering companies to provide design and engineering services to accelerate new engine designs and development and tap into the latest state-of-the art technology. You may or may not be familiar with some of the engineering firms such as Roush, McLaren, Watson, Cosworth, Livernois, Porsche, Lingenfelter and more who provide design and engineering services to the U.S. auto makers. These companies providing services to the auto makers on a contract basis.
I have had the privledge of working as an engine design and development engineer in the auto industry for several decades. It's a challenging yet exciting field of engineering where you get to lead by example to develop better more efficient and fun to drive engines. A development project could be a clean sheet of paper new engine design from beginning to production, development of a new cylinder head or induction system design for more power, engine dyno testing of the best turbo designs from the various turbo manufacturers to one-off prestige engines for evaluation by executive auto maker management. At all times the data is scrutinized by engineering peers within the independent engineering firms as well as the auto makers, turbo makers and others.
As a long time VW owner including a current new MK 7.5 GSW my goal in participating in this forum was to share my firsthand expertise on related subjects and dispell the many false beliefs associated with engine design, development and ECU calibration based on thousands of hours of actual engine calibration and air flow development. My very first post in the forum was to clarify what a Used Oil Analysis (UOA) can and can not do. The reason for this is because a UOA can be a valuable inexpensive tool to determine the condition of the oil and if it needs to be changed earlier or can continue to be used for a longer drain interval. Car enthusiasts have unfortunately decided that a UOA can also be used to determine things that it can't measure be it engine wear or which oil is best.
I have helped some forum members understand that they can use objective scientific test data to reached informed technical opinions instead of relying primarily on subjective opinions. The reason why in engineering we rely primarily on objective data is because it does not lie and other entities can perform the same tests and obtain the same results if the test is properly conducted under the same conditions. This is the very basis of engineering and development. I have tried to help forum members understand the difference between marketing hype and objective data as well as warning them to not read things into technical specifications that may or may not be true without appropriate testing.
Along the way there has been resistance to new ideas and information that most car enthusiasts are unfamiliar with. We have forum members who are neither professionally trained auto engine design and development engineers nor air flow experts who do not work in this area of industry proceeding to preach to those who do this work for a living. While I have tried my best to help these people understand the subject matter some of them chose to spew venom at any messenger who delivers news they disagree with. The hate and wrath does not change reality but it does illustrate the immaturity and inability of these forum members to deal appropriately with subjects they fail to understand. This behavior is counter productive as the laws of physics don't change just because some folks do not understand them.
We also have people who like to argue yet they are unable to comprehend the most basic fundamentals of engine operation. They will tell those of us who perform engine development for a living that we are wrong because of their inability to understand the subject. When they are asked legitimate questions to try and help them understand they refuse to answer the questions and continue their mantra to prove it to them. Their passive aggressive demeanor does not change the facts. They are unable to even explain how they reach their meritless beliefs but they insist that the experts are wrong and that they are right. This unfortunately results in forum members being confused by the false info. being claimed by the keyboard experts who fail to comprehend that their beliefs are untrue. In the end both the foruim members who really want to learn and the people with closed minds who are keyboard experts all lose out on useful knowledge that can enhance their lives and allow them to obtain more enjoyment from their VW.
I was forwarned by my engineering colleagues that dealing with the socially and technically challenged keyboard experts in car forums was a futile effort because these people fail to appreciate and in many cases even understand the information being freely provided to them. Unfortunately my colleagues were 100% correct that no matter how much time and effort is invested trying to help some people these people will chose to remain technically ignorant because they can't wrap their heads around the information being provided. Their mentality is if they don't understand the info. provided then it must be wrong. It's actually quite sad to think some people would chose ignorance over knowledge but some folks do for inexplicable reasons. I'm not aware of any surgery that can open a closed mind however so these people lose out and fail to grow intellectually despite the best efforts of people trying to help them.
I have had the privledge of working as an engine design and development engineer in the auto industry for several decades. It's a challenging yet exciting field of engineering where you get to lead by example to develop better more efficient and fun to drive engines. A development project could be a clean sheet of paper new engine design from beginning to production, development of a new cylinder head or induction system design for more power, engine dyno testing of the best turbo designs from the various turbo manufacturers to one-off prestige engines for evaluation by executive auto maker management. At all times the data is scrutinized by engineering peers within the independent engineering firms as well as the auto makers, turbo makers and others.
As a long time VW owner including a current new MK 7.5 GSW my goal in participating in this forum was to share my firsthand expertise on related subjects and dispell the many false beliefs associated with engine design, development and ECU calibration based on thousands of hours of actual engine calibration and air flow development. My very first post in the forum was to clarify what a Used Oil Analysis (UOA) can and can not do. The reason for this is because a UOA can be a valuable inexpensive tool to determine the condition of the oil and if it needs to be changed earlier or can continue to be used for a longer drain interval. Car enthusiasts have unfortunately decided that a UOA can also be used to determine things that it can't measure be it engine wear or which oil is best.
I have helped some forum members understand that they can use objective scientific test data to reached informed technical opinions instead of relying primarily on subjective opinions. The reason why in engineering we rely primarily on objective data is because it does not lie and other entities can perform the same tests and obtain the same results if the test is properly conducted under the same conditions. This is the very basis of engineering and development. I have tried to help forum members understand the difference between marketing hype and objective data as well as warning them to not read things into technical specifications that may or may not be true without appropriate testing.
Along the way there has been resistance to new ideas and information that most car enthusiasts are unfamiliar with. We have forum members who are neither professionally trained auto engine design and development engineers nor air flow experts who do not work in this area of industry proceeding to preach to those who do this work for a living. While I have tried my best to help these people understand the subject matter some of them chose to spew venom at any messenger who delivers news they disagree with. The hate and wrath does not change reality but it does illustrate the immaturity and inability of these forum members to deal appropriately with subjects they fail to understand. This behavior is counter productive as the laws of physics don't change just because some folks do not understand them.
We also have people who like to argue yet they are unable to comprehend the most basic fundamentals of engine operation. They will tell those of us who perform engine development for a living that we are wrong because of their inability to understand the subject. When they are asked legitimate questions to try and help them understand they refuse to answer the questions and continue their mantra to prove it to them. Their passive aggressive demeanor does not change the facts. They are unable to even explain how they reach their meritless beliefs but they insist that the experts are wrong and that they are right. This unfortunately results in forum members being confused by the false info. being claimed by the keyboard experts who fail to comprehend that their beliefs are untrue. In the end both the foruim members who really want to learn and the people with closed minds who are keyboard experts all lose out on useful knowledge that can enhance their lives and allow them to obtain more enjoyment from their VW.
I was forwarned by my engineering colleagues that dealing with the socially and technically challenged keyboard experts in car forums was a futile effort because these people fail to appreciate and in many cases even understand the information being freely provided to them. Unfortunately my colleagues were 100% correct that no matter how much time and effort is invested trying to help some people these people will chose to remain technically ignorant because they can't wrap their heads around the information being provided. Their mentality is if they don't understand the info. provided then it must be wrong. It's actually quite sad to think some people would chose ignorance over knowledge but some folks do for inexplicable reasons. I'm not aware of any surgery that can open a closed mind however so these people lose out and fail to grow intellectually despite the best efforts of people trying to help them.