Jump to content
SAU Community

Proof That Fools And Money Are Soon Parted

scathing

By scathing,
in General Automotive Discussion

 Share

Recommended Posts

scathing Grand Master

scathing

Posted
Posted
FOR A man determined to remain a mystery, Tim Johnston makes some contradictory moves.

Over a series of remarkable weeks in November, the chairman of the little-known Perth-based fuel technology company Firepower was revealed as the main sponsor of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

The reported $3 million deal was unveiled by the Rabbitohs' part-owner Russell Crowe - on Jay Leno's American Tonight show. The ink had barely dried on that when Firepower said it would also be throwing its financial clout behind the Sydney Kings basketball team, which changed its name to the Firepower Sydney Kings. Days later, Johnston bought the Kings.

In three smooth steps, Johnston had thrust deep into the Australian sporting scene. He went from zero to hero in a world that rarely asks too many questions as long as you have the answer when they throw out the challenge that matters most. It's the Jerry Maguire test: "Show me the money!"

And therein lies the real mystery of Tim Johnston and Firepower. Just how does the company make its money, and are its eye-popping business deals all that they appear? Firepower has been the beneficiary of enthusiastic Federal Government support in its push overseas, but there are questions over how much Australian agencies know about the company they support and the products it promotes. And those products - bits of fuel-technology wizardry, including a pill to improve vehicle efficiency and reduce pollution - may be the biggest Firepower mystery of all. Have they been properly tested, do they work, how many are sold, and who is using them?

Source

It just goes to show how stupid some car owners are if companies that produce those "fuel saving pills" can not only stay solvent, but make enough money to buy big sports teams.

The fact that the guy works through shell companies, has arrangements with arms dealers and possible ex-KGB money launderers, is really unsurprising. Anyone selling that fuel pill snake oil isn't exactly over endowed with principle.

I seriously need to invent something that does absolutely nothing but promises the world, so I can make a crapload of money.

`nigno Rising Star

`nigno

Posted
Posted

Then start a:

- Penis Enlargement Company

- Hair Regrowth Company

- Anti-Ageing Cosmetics Company

And you'll be 3 times as rich as Firepower :cheers: I give him credit, if he is smart enough to run a sham company make millions launder it using ex-KGB agents while sucking funding from the federal government, power too the man...

He's gotta have brains to pull it off and not be behind bars, and the government are bigger crooks than he will ever be so meh, good on him.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • GTSBoy
      Unknown sound similar to BOV on positive boost with partial throttle RB26

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      My thinking is that if the O2 sensor is shot then your entire above described experience is pure placebo.
    • silviaz
      Steps to DIY sanding car back ready for respray....

      By silviaz · Posted

      Here is the mess that I made. That filler there was successful in filling dents in that area. But in the middle area. I can feel dents. And I've gone ocer it multiple times with filler. And the filler is no longer there because i accidently sanded it away. I've chased my tail on this job but this is something else lol. So I'm gonna attempt filler one more time and if it doesn't work I'll just high fill primer the door and see where the issues are because guidecoat is of no use atm.
    • silviaz
      Steps to DIY sanding car back ready for respray....

      By silviaz · Posted

      Ok, so I think I sort of figured out where I went wrong. So I definitely overthinked it, and I over sanded, which is probably a large part of the problem. to fix it, I ended up tapping some spots that were likely to be high, made them low, filled them in, and I tackled small sections at a time, and it feels a lot better.    I think what confused me as well is you have the bare metal, and some spots darker and some are lighter, and when I run my finger across it, it' would feel like it's a low spot, but I think it's just a transition in different texture from metal to body filler.    When your finger's sliding on the body filler, and crosses over to the bare metal, going back and forth, it feels like it's a low spot. So I kept putting filler there and sanding, but I think it was just a transition in texture, nothing to do with the low or high spot. But the panel's feels a lot better, and I'm just going to end up priming it, and then I'll block it after with guide coat.   Ended up wasting just about all of my filler on this damn door lol  
    • MBS206
      remote oil cooler hose size, 8,10 or an12?

      By MBS206 · Posted

      -10 is plenty for running to an oil cooler. When you look at oil feeds, like power steering feeds, they're much smaller, and then just a larger hose size to move volume in less pressure. No need for -12. Even on the race cars, like Duncans, and endurance cars, most of them are all running -10 and everything works perfectly fine, temps are under control, and there's no restrictions.
    • nouveau_poor
      Unknown sound similar to BOV on positive boost with partial throttle RB26

      By nouveau_poor · Posted

      Update: O2 sensor in my downpipe turned out to be faulty when I plugged in to the Haltech software. Was getting a "open circuit" warning. Tons of carbon buildup on it, probably from when I was running rich for a while before getting it corrected. Replaced with new unit and test drove again. The shuffle still happens, albeit far less now. I am not able to replicate it as reliably and it no longer happens at the same RPM levels as before. The only time I was able to hear it was in 5th going uphill and another time in 5th where there was no noticeable incline but applying more throttle first sped it up and then cleared it. Then once in 4th when I slightly lifted the throttle going over a bump but cleared right after. My understanding is that with the O2 sensor out, the ECU relies entirely on the MAP tune and isn't able to make its small adjustments based on the sensors reading. All in all, a big improvement, though not the silver bullet. Will try validating the actuators are set up correctly, and potentially setting up shop time to tune the boost controller on closed loop rather than the open loop it is set to now. Think if it's set up on closed loop to take the O2 reading, that should deal with these last bits. Will try to update again as I go. 
×
×
  • Create New...