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LATEST NEWS!! Updated 4/2009 4/18/09 DTE Powertrain Inc. has moved! We've recently purchased a new, larger facility approx. 4 miles from our original location where we started business from 7+ years ago, so that we'll be able to further bolster and expand our driveline product engineering / manufacturing business for the future. This new building has a more desirable, larger floor space plan that is better suited to house the new business ventures and opportunities that we seek. In other words and over simplified, we're phasing out the "tuner" side of our business and expanding the "drivetrain" side, where our business will be all high performance drivetrain related only for the future, instead of having both a "tuner/Corvette building" side and a "drivetrain engineering/manufacturing" side as it is now. We're still be providing in-house drivetrain product installations HP differential and component sales as we've always done for years and we'll still be honoring any remaining vehicle package warranties we've provided to our many customers who's cars we've built for them over the years that have got us here to the business success we've enjoyed to date. Our new address is DTE Powertrain Inc. / 4411 Engle Ridge Drive / Fort Wayne, IN. / 46804. All of our current business contact email and numbers will remain the same as they have for the last 7+ years. Jenny and myself are still in 100% ownership of the business as well. Once we get everything unpacked and set-up, we'll post photos of the new facility for everyone to enjoy and a new website is soon to follow also.
Best Regards, Phil & Jenny Rickard
3/25/2009 A note about the current DTE Powertrain Inc. from the owner and where we're headed for the future.. About Me Briefly~ I've got nearly 20 years of "wrenching" experience under my belt, I'm college educated (A.A.S Automotive Technology / B.S. Mechanical Engineering) and I've had the opportunity to work with some of the sharpest minds in this industry. My professional performance career has covered a lot of ground over the years and I can honestly and accurately say, "I've been there, done that" many times over, to where there isn't much I haven't seen, done or otherwise at some point and time or another... In short~ Nearly my entire adult life has been devoted to making things go faster, run better and be more durable in some fashion.
Where DTE Began~
What We Do~ Since our inception, we've
specialized in the GM Corvette Vehicle Performance/Tuning platform
exclusively and we've built some wickedly fast, durable and just
plain fun-to-drive cars during this time for our customers all over
the USA, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Some of our clients have been the
likes of the VP of
Quality Control at Harley Davidson, doctors, dentists,
business owners, racing celebrities, an NHRA Pro Stock Drag Racing
Champion, professional and grass roots drag / road racers, every-day
gents, etc. The The IRS Drivetrain Product Engineering/Manufacturing side of our business was also created to support our racing efforts in the Corvette Vehicle Performance/Tuning side and those engineering endeavors really put us on the map! Over the years, we've become known to our customers and competitors alike as the pioneering IRS driveline innovators that has led the Corvette aftermarket drivetrain technology to where it is today. Our customers purchase our products because of our proven track record of durability, race winning performance and record setting accolades. These products have been installed in more race-winning, record-setting vehicles in drag racing, road racing or open road racing than any of our competitors combined! Even our competition either uses our products for their builds or they have followed us for years by copying our products' design and build techniques for themselves to "call their own"; knowing that what comes out of DTE Powertrain Inc. simply works....every time! We're very proud to have set that performance precedence year after year in this area of the industry that others follow....
Where Were Going~
These decisions
were made for 2 reasons mainly~ We're looking forward to the future
with our expanded business endeavors and I'm even more excited to be
around for my 'Lil Punkin' Hanna as she grows up! If anyone has any
questions, please drop me a line or call the office.
1/17/09 We have just completed another run of 40 DTE Differential Strut Kits for the C5 Corvette and our stocking dealers should now have these in their inventory, ready for shipment. Due to the popularity, success and functionality of our products, they typically sell out quickly all over the USA until the next production run is completed, so be sure to get yours today! Thank you for your continued business!
1/16/09 An issue has recently been brought to our attention regarding the rumors of DTE Powertrain Inc. “Closing” and/or “Going Out of Business” that have been circulating on the Internet. Just to clarify…that rumor is absolutely, categorically false on all accounts… Since our inception 7 years ago in 2001, the owners and staff here at DTE Powertrain Inc. always close the shop down during the Christmas / New Year Holiday Season of December 24th thru the first Monday of January. During this scheduled shut-down, we take some personal time off with our families, clear out old inventory in the shop, perform shop maintenance and re-organize our paperwork to prepare for the upcoming year. We too have personal lives outside of our business and it’s nice to take some time off as a break once in a while from our busy schedule- especially during the slower times of the year like the Winter Holiday Season typically is. Even though this annual announcement is / was made in many places on the internet prior to our shut-down (as we do every year) some folks still thought it was necessary to create false, malicious rumors about our business anyway for their own amusement, since we didn’t answer the phones during our away time… It seems that there are 3 specific classless competitors of ours in Daleville-IN, Columbia City-IN and in Creme Ridge-New Jersey that propagated most of these false rumors online in the first place, as they felt it was necessary to create this fallacy about us on the internet, in an effort to damage our positive reputation and business we’ve earned and built over the years, just for them to stay competitive with us. Two of these competitors routinely pirate/copy our product designs or build techniques for themselves by riding our coat tails, as a means to profit from our pioneering R&D efforts in the aftermarket Corvette drive train industry. Therefore, it’s no surprise they would start such class-less rumors like this that have no merit or validity. We’re also very flattered they felt we were important enough to take the time out of their busy day to do this in an effort to try to slow DTE Powertrain Inc. down in this manner. However, those vain efforts were unfruitful… DTE Powertrain Inc. is indeed still in business to this very day and we’re doing just fine- just like everyone else. We would like to thank our many customers, dealers, business allies and friends that actually took the time to call us to let us know where they read such foolishness, debunking this false rumors and to see how we were doing- we appreciate that! We’re moving onward and forward and we’re filing this silly incident away as a good story to tell later for some laughs around the water cooler. Thank you for reading this clarification and we wish you all the best and we’ll see everyone in 2009! J
12/20/08 FYI~ We'll be closed from December.
24th. to January 4th. (as we are every year at this time) while we
observe the Holiday Season, perform shop maintenance, clear out old
inventory, re-organize for the next year, etc. Please leave any
phone messages or emails you may have and we'll return your phone
calls and/or emails promptly when we return. Thank you and have a
nice Holiday Season! :)
4/12/08 All our most popular DTE Differential Strut Kits are in stock and ready for shipment for the C6/C6 applications and most of our stocking dealers and/or tuners should have these in their inventory also. If your favorite dealer/tuner does not have them on-hand when you call, all they need to do is simply place an order with us to replenish their stock, so you can purchase from them or from us directly- the current price will be the same. Our new website is nearing completion and will be published very soon! We're very excited about this, as we have quite a number of performance packages and additional driveline products to display that we haven't yet to date, so you'll be able to see the *NEW* DTE Powertrain very soon!!! We've been blessed with being extremely busy with work this year so far and 2008 is shaping up to be the very best year for DTE Powertrain to date, through hard work, long hours and dedication to Chevrolet Corvette! Thank you for your business, we appreciate it!
2/4/08 As of 2008, DTE Powertrain will no
longer be offering any forced induction performance packages any
longer. This decision wasn't made because we can't make power with
them, nor that we don't have the capability to so- because we have
done just that in many cars over the years. However, it's simply
because we have had **Soooooooooooo** many negative issues with
these F/I kit manufacturers and their products over the years with
regards to questionable product quality, poor kit engineering,
missing parts, improperly machined parts, the wrong parts, extremely
poor dealer service from them and it some cases, poor long-term
durability from their "kits' in general. It has gotten bad enough in
the last year or so that we wouldn't install one of these kits on
our own car if we had got one for free, let alone install on a
paying customer's car! To us, package build quality and our positive reputation means more to us in the long run than making a quick buck off of someone just because the kit is "there" to be installed. Therefore, we've dropped all of those troublesome manufacturers altogether that refuse to produce a high quality kit that isn't laden with inherent design flaws that cause long-term durability issues.. In our professional opinion, if you are
going to purchase a F/I kit from someone to install yourself, place
the kit order with a Corvette tuner that has perfected their own F/I
Kit design, because they have undoubtedly had to deal with these
negative issues before we've stated above- which has ultimately led
them to design their on kit that actually works for the long term.
East Coast Supercharging and A&A Corvette are probably the most
notable in this area. Our new website will outline these packages
in specific detail very soon for your review.
2/2/08 We've received our entire *huge* 3-pallet order back from powder-coat and we'll begin shipping next week to fill our backorders, as well as new orders taken. We've produced the largest production run we've ever done to date to keep up with demand, especially going into the busy Spring Season, so we'll never run out of product again. All of our product distributors, dealers, warehouses, tuners, etc. in our dealer network should these kits on-hand within a couple of days if they placed their own stocking orders. Thank you for your patience and business! This newest run will have even lighter weight components, easier
installation, more compact to fit into even tighter chassis
configurations and easier-to-understand installation instructions
than ever before. The new 2008 DTE Differential Strut pricing is as
follows and they're all produced in red powder-coat now. Call anytime to place your order and they will be processed in the order that they were received. Thank you!
1/19/08 DTE Undergoing Major Website Overhaul! Please bear with us as we completely re-build our new website to fully reflect the changes here at DTE Powertrain, as we'll be taking on a whole new, high-tech look where our site will be easier to traverse and contain more information to serve you better! Be sure to check back as the new website unfolds during the next 30-45 days. Thank you!
1/20/08 Dynotech Engineering Inc. Is Changing & Expanding! As of 2008, we’ll undergo a corporate name change from our current name everyone is familiar with, to DTE Powertrain- as we focus our operational efforts towards the future by taking our growing company to the next professional level of vehicle performance, product engineering and industry presence! We feel this new name more accurately reflects where we are today in the high performance Corvette industry and now fully encompasses where we’re heading in the future. DTE’s 10,000 sq./ft. facility sets on approx. 2.4 acres of commercial property in Fort Wayne, with only a small portion of that used currently. In the future, we’ll be increasing our facility “footprint” size on that property to accommodate the expansion. Also in the coming weeks/months, we’ve scheduled the delivery of new, high-tech equipment, machinery and updated CAD/CAE/CAM development software that will enable us to further develop, engineer and manufacture our already extensive heavy duty IRS product lines and do it with greater accuracy / speed than ever before! Add to that our extensive Corvette Performance Package development we’ve been successfully building upon for the last 6 years now and it’s easy to see that good times are in store for the Corvette enthusiast from DTE Powertrain! |
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1/21/08 DTE Differential Struts Back In Stock and Shipping! Over the years, we've continually refined the production processes of our popular DTE Differential Strut kits and because of that, we've reduced production costs on our end; which in turn reduces product costs for you as we pass down the savings! We'll be completing the remaining production processes, welding,
powder-coating, packing, etc. this week and into next- with orders
shipping out daily as they literally come off the line. This newest
run will have even lighter weight components, easier installation,
more compact to fit into even tighter chassis configurations and
easier-to-understand installation instructions than ever before. The
new 2008 DTE Differential Strut pricing is as follows and they're
all produced in red powder-coat now. Call anytime to place your order and they will be processed / shipped in the order that they were received. Thank you!
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