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Originally Posted by FRSPirate
Seriously, how many of you have any manufacturing experience? Have any of you complaining ever worked in RnD, specifically in a joint venture project?
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I do, thats why I am waiting patiently because I know how much crap can happen during development of a product, especially when you rely on other sources for parts. Its not like Innovate makes the supercharger/manifold in house(I am assuming), they have to gather parts and do their R&D.... and pretty much anything can happen that will delay things. If they want to redesign their manifold due to fitment/performance issues, they can't just go on ebay and buy one... they will need to forward their changes to the place that cast the manifold and wait for them to send an updated one. A lot of R&D is waiting for parts.
Things ALWAYS come up. Its a part of R&D and releasing new products.
As the guy that works in manufacturing that has to solve problems with new products, I can appreciate taking time to release a new product that has been thoroughly tested, because when a product is rushed I am the one that has to solve all the problems with it.
Release dates are so "final". Release dates get pushed back all the time in the R&D industry. Too many times products are released before they are ready and they end up having issues because they are NOT ready for the end consumer 100%.
All the people badmouthing them causing drama are people either not in the market for one, or they feel that they are somehow entitled to the product and that the company owes THEM somehow.
Be happy Innovate even posts in here and that you know this supercharger exists. They could have easily done this development behind closed doors.