I got an e-mail from Mike Senia, owner of Yank. I wanted to pass it on...

"Hello from Mike @ Yank,

As many of you may already know, Yank has moved its manufacturing facility to Sparks Nevada. This was done for many reasons. To increase manufacturing capacity. To increase manfacturing quality. And finally, to add staff size and expertise to our operation, thereby greatly increasing our ability to service the end customer.

The move didn't come without some significant growing pains: constant delays, moving across the country, and a dead-beat potential investor made the past several months tough for all of us. That was then. NOW, we are open with our new facility and we are ready to rock & roll and get down to servicing ALL your needs.

Our new director of operations is Dave Myers. He has many years in the converter manufacturing industry and has designed and built the converter equipment that General Motors uses in their R&D labs (welders, balancers, testers). The addition of Dave as director of operations will allow Yank's great quality to even be surpassed! Please call us at 775-826-9955 or e-mail us (dave@converter.cc) or (mike@converter.cc) and let us help you in any way we can.

As a bit of history, Yank Converters was opened in the late 80s to design and build converter combinations that, up to that point, did not exist in the motorsports field. Our niche was created with the help and partnership with General Motors Corp. As a supplier to their GM Motorsports teams, we had a very intense learing curve in converter design profiles. Thousands of hours of R&D and dyno testing with GM allowed Yank converters to offer performance that was unequalled by any other company in the industry.

In the 90s, we began to branch from building pure race converters, to offering street/strip versions for the growing EFI market. The results were spectacular to say the least. We went from selling 300 converters a year in 1999 to over 1600 units in 2003. But the explosive growth came at a price. Customer service. Our quality never wavered, but with our limited staff, more and more time was spent building converters and not answering the phones or e-mails. There just weren't enough hours in the day to do it all.

Our new location and new management is changing this! By doubling our staff and manufacturing capacity, Yank has never been in a better position to take our quality and customer service to an even high level of performance. We will never stay the same. We will only get better from this point on with new and exciting converters and customer service. This is not just lip service, this is a promise.

We will monitor this forum, so please chime in and let us know how you feel.

Thanks for your time,

Mike Senia"

 

Well written. It reads like a press release.

Why didn’t Mike or Dave Myers post this? It would have carried more weight with me if one of them had?

Does Mike or Dave Myers visit this board? I have never seen a post from either one ( I know Dave is new) of them.

Time will tell if there is a real change.

 

Mike tried to post this, but he's having problems with his user name and password. Since he changed his e-mail address from yankconvt@aol.com to mike@converter.cc, he apparently lost his ability to post here. He's working on it now, but he wanted to post the announcement ASAP. I offered to help by pasting his e-mail.

 

so, will they lower their prices anytime soon?

 

Since you're in good w/ them Patrick, tell them to answer my email about my 2nd converter breaking something externally in 6 months. They responded quickly when I wanted to buy a converter, but for some reason they haven't responded to my warranty claim.

 

John:

It does Look like a press release, but clearly it was not a personal note to Patrick, so I would expect it to have some polish on it.

Mike has never been one to post much, even going back to the LS1.com days. I think I have seen Dave post in here as I saw a couple posts from a Dave in Nevada (forgot the screen name) with a low post count.

 

this is great news for everybody

 

time will tell

 

Mike has lost a lot of customers due to the way business was handled. I am one of them. I don't know what it would take to get me back as a customer. I have had Yank, TCI and Vig converters. I had issues with my ST3500 converter I had from day one and nothing was ever done except for Mike blamming my transmission. Interestingly enough that when I replaced my Yank with a Vig, the problems went away and so did my trust in Yank Products. I have had 2 TCI conveters in my car as well and never had an issue with any of them.

 

I am with you 2001pewterws6, i have no trust in yank either, and that is why i went with tci. there products and customer service are great.

 

http://www.ockerputmanfuneralhome.co...l/obituary.php

 

Well I'll be dang. RIP there fella

Michael David Senia, 65, of Alma, Arkansas passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in a Little Rock Hospital. He was the owner and operator of an auto mechanic shop. He was born May 27, 1952 in Rockville Centre, NY.
A memorial service will be from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Ocker Funeral Home of Alma. Cremation is under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home of Alma.
Survivors include his wife, Annette Senia of the home; one daughter, Kathryn Senia of Fayetteville, AR; four sons, Ryan Senia of Washington, DC, Kyle Senia of Fayetteville, AR, Mark Senia of Michigan and Scott Senia of Colorado Springs, CO and 2 grandchildren.