Just read this entire thread, (yes I know I need a life). So let me get this straight the fellow, Fidel Velasquez, owns and operates a business called, Relentless Performance and uses the screen name of murdered out on this forum. He has been accused of ripping several people off and as far as I can see hasn't shown any proof of what he said actually happened.
My question is why would anyone do business with him in the first place? Has anyone had a good business experience with this guy? Stealing tunes isn't anything new in this business, been done a lot of times to some of the best tuners, unless you lock your tunes people are going to look at the ones that work. Kind of like down loading i tunes without paying for them, but to my knowledge it's not illigel, but very unethical.
If this guy is that bad, why not get him banned on all the forums and not allow him to due any of his monkey business via the diesel forums?
I know Wade pretty well, maybe we should ask him about this guy?
a little background..
I met fidel at a meet a couple years ago (maybe a year and a half) through a friend. He had just got his truck and was excited to see the numbers being run. He wanted to do a bunch of stuff to his truck. My buddies (that lived nearby) helped him get his truck built correctly. They talked me into putting a race tune in his truck at the meet to see what it would do. It did well, very well. He was hooked and was happy. I worked with him and we got his truck running good. he was pretty cool. Then somehow some drama between 2 shops came up and he chose to go the route where he slandered my buddies business, talked crap about how he was going to be "the next big thing" in this hobby
Started telling everyone he can get parts at cost and pretty much sky rocketed to douche bag. it wasnt weeks later he was selling the very tunes I built for him. That pissed me off (of course) and yes I know it happens, but it still gets to you. The nail in the coffin was when I had a talk with Fido to settle things and straighten things up. He agreed he was cool with me, but till seemed shady. So one night on the forums a member asked me if I have heard of him as he was going to buy a tune from him. I knew fido didn't tune so I figured great maybe it my tunes (keep in mind this is after we were on good terms again) I told the member to buy the tune I will pay for it. the tune came...matched exactly to the tune I built him, not even tire size change. :thumb: I pretty much dropped Fido as being someone that was an ok guy. and left it at that....then all this, more scams, more theft, and more stories... I will never give Fido the benefit of the doubt again, and I know plenty of people that will not either. Watch this guy he is a snake and a thief and a sh***y liar.
wade is building him a motor now, which is cool and all, but the crap this Fido guy talks (most wade doesn't even know about because you ask wade and he is confused about it)is out of control. This guy seriously thinks he is pioneering diesel hot rodding, going to be the john force diesel racing and him, his company, and his truck are going to be the biggest name out there.
Here is a quote form him I remember to this day.."We are going big mike. We are going to be the biggest shop out there and have the fastest trucks. We will be noticed across the country". (I had to edit that from ghetto slang to English a bit though, lol).
Again BEWARE is all I can say. I don't understand what Wade is doing with this guy, hopefully he sees something in Fido I didn't and they can do something for the good.