Well, I just got back from school and let me tell you, for a first time teaching this class, Dan and Dave did a phenominal job. The amount of information that you get in just 2 days time is priceless....

Here is a quick rundown of what we covered. Keep in mind this is subject to change based on what you all bring to the table....

Day 1:
Turbo talk in general
Common terms and details on what they mean to you
Compressor wheel design and theory
Turbine wheel design and theory
Journal / ball bearing talk
Complete teardown of a journal bearing turbo
Complete reassemble of a journal bearing turbo
What to look for (good and bad characteristics)
Turbo sizing for your application
Flow and how to optimize it both pre and post turbo/IC
Data logging characteristics and what the info means

Day 2
Chassis basics
How to apply the power to the ground
How to read your tires
How to optimize your power
Future improvements for our class/chassis
What options we have for performance advantages in suspenions
How to tune your suspension
Looking at the car as a whole and treating it like a pro mod car (great info BTW!)

I'm sure I missed a bunch of stuff.... it gave us ALL so many ideas on how to optimize our current setups and what to do to take our cars to the next level. This class, to me, was invaluable. I feel as though it would be great for the community/sport and would highly recommend EVERYONE to attend.

Here are a few pics from the weekend....

Turbo talk



Teardown by Miller


EVERYONE got to disassemble/reassemble a turbo (great hands on experience).... Here is BigTom


An example of what a big shaft should not look like


More class talk (great participation by all)




Ehren and Dan setting up the sat Alabama style


Day 2 Turbo talk review (note Dano's shirt.... lol)


Dave the Chassis guru


Hit Dan up for more info.

I had a great weekend fella's. Thanks to NRG as well for hosting this class. There will be more in the future and I look forward to round 2.

 

Glad to hear, hopefully more students will attend when the class comes to there area.

 

I agree Chris! There is so much to learn from these guys, and the questions raised by others were great as one person only has so much capacity for questions lol

Dan and Dave know A LOT, and it was awesome to get their input and feedback. Thanks to Dan for taking the time to coordinate this and to help all of out, and thanks to Dave for taking time out of his schedule to help out as well!

I will be attending these in the future for sure

-Ryan

 

Bring it to texas

 

This class was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend this to anybody who is considering it,this is not some everyday turbo seminar.Dan and Dave have years of experience in motorsports,they have the hands on knowledge to teach you.The information we learned this weekend is absolutely priceless,i would do this class 100x over.There is nothing you cant learn from these guys.Once again,THANK YOU Dan and Dave,you two did a phenominal job for being your first class.

 

this was a great class, thanks Dan and Dave from Kevin and Jack

 

too bad u guys missed the demolition derby about 20 min from nrg sat night!

 

I have been in contact with dan on hostin one down here in the south, hopefully we can both squeeze it into our schedules and get some of that good info on to some of us "southerners"

 

it ever coming to portland?

 

Couldn't have said it any better, it was an absolute pleasure meeting everyone too, funny as hell too good times! I'll definitely be back for round 2 hopefully bring my car out too. Big ups to the NRG staff for their hospitality and welcoming.

 

This class is a must for anyone in the instudry that has a passion for learning. Whether you have 2 years experience or 50, there is something you will take way from this class. i personally had the least going into this class but Dave and Dan broke everything down to very simple, understandable terms that I never skipped a beat. Awsome time, great oppurtunity. thanks again guys and to Miller and ther rest of the NRG tech crew for hosting the facility

 

Word..... Also found out a couple secrets that guys are keeping why their
going so fast (Thanks miller) And thanks to nrg for hosting the first class i
had a great time!

 

The class was great along with the camaraderie the entire weekend with all involved. Dan and Dave were both great to work with and I cant wait to do it again in the future.

It definitely will be hard to top the group of people and the class in a whole in the future but we are working on setting up another class for the people that couldnt make it out this time.

Keep checking back with theturboschool.com for future updates and dates.

 

FYI,millers not as bad as most of you think.He just a big teddy bear.......HHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAA j/k

 

So post up man, how does miller go so fast?

 

It's gotta be the orange shoes he's rockin'!

 

Dam he told you to?

 

putting your voice to this in my head just makes me fall on the floor. but i think it might be that he is from texas! **** i wanna go back

 

great to see everyone had positive comments on the very first seminar. dan and dave rock !

 

lmfao yea he's my cousin from the other side of the family... it was cool and like everyone said this class is the **** and you will learn alot from it and Dave and Dan are to guy's who know what they are talking about... congrats on the 1st class i'm in for another one...

nice to finally meet some people in person and Miller thanks for everything bro, also to all the NRG Tech crew...

"go kill your self" lmao

 

yo get that ****in car done so the magician can work with his magic wand

like the texas boy's say it "Get R Done"

 

Heyy *****.... Cant believe your younger then me and faster then me...... My life is
over!!! lol.

 

lol, i can just picture you saying this in person. wow good good times.

thanks to all who gave me some insite on my car as well. my confidence is waay up right now its rediculous. cant wait to get it retuned and on the track.

rob thanks for the shiftings tips too. they are really going to come in handy.

 

this weekend was a blast, i had a great time learing EXACTLY what i wanted to....GREAT chassis session and turbo mechanics 101 was very informative! nice to relax @ the shop and learn a ton of new things...was about time to finally meet all you ****** that bang these boards...see ya'll @ the track and you better use what you learned!

BIG UPS 2 Dan & Dave, you two did a pretty stand up job for ya 1st run!
~Greg

 

I will be there