Sorry to be the bearer of such news. I just got news that Grumpy has passed this weekend. Don't have anymore than that at this time.

Farewell Grumpy... You will be missed. Bob

Wow, that really sucks. I thought he was just being quiet, or found another, much more interesting board.
Farewell Grumpy... Hope you enjoyed your ride while it lasted! It's never long enough, though.

Sorry to hear that. That does suck. He will be missed.

I'm new to this board but in my searches I can tell that Grumpy contributed here heavily. Sorry to hear the news.

RIP, man.

I know I learned quite a bit of stuff by reading his posts...

I think we all have lost a major source of knowledge, but more importantly a comrade. All ThirdGenners must pay the appropriate respects. I will take this opportunity to send our collective condolences to his loved ones.
Bill

He will be missed...

yes,he will be missed

Very informative man. Condolences to the family!

The DIY PROM community has lost an Icon. I still to this day look at his posts on the diy-efi archives and am amazed at how much his kowledge helped us all advance. I'm sure that his chariot to heaven had the best tune the angels ever ran. God bless you Bruce!

Very bad news indeed, but thanks for letting folks know.

Bruce was more than a mentor to so many folks, both technically and morally.

I have a very heavy feeling in my heart knowing that he is gone.

The GM DIY tuning community is where it is today due in large part to Bruce's contributions. I appreciate and respect the hard work he's put in, and will miss his presence on these boards.

My prayers and positive thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.

Thanks for everything, Grumpy...

I just joined tonight, but from what I can tell, it sounds like Grumpy was a very important influence to this community, and I would like to pay my respects.

I have this liquid welling up in my eyes as I read this thread, and I've never even met the man. He answered my questions without hesitation, kind of like a favorite uncle on the front porch.

So now who do we talk to when we've had a bad day?

(I never thought he was that grumpy)

man, this is a shock.......May he Rest in Peace. My condolences to his family. He was and always will be one of the greats. I just hope everyone can learn from the small bits of info he has left behind. I know I did.

He had been quite quiet, I had hoped it meant he was working on something new and interesting, as always....

o Wow
I didnt think it was true... what a loss to his family and friends around the world. He has moved on to a better place ... leaving us his great body of work for us to remember him by.

He will be greatly missed.


Rabi C.

Fairwell Bruce. Thank you for all the wisdom you gave us.

I read the thread title as : Grumpy has passed on . . .

Passed on what, I thought to myself ? Sifting through binary code to find some unknown flag, testing a new tuning product perhaps ? . . .

Not until I arrived did I understand . . .

I only knew Grumpy through his posts here and on the diy-efi site. His posts and responses helped to illuminate a thousand lightbulbs (the A-HA! sort) in the community. His input will be greatly missed, his teachings will never be forgotten.

Bruce, you will be missed, but never forgotten. Your legacy lives on in the hearts and minds of everyone that knew you.

BobR.

I am just shocked! I had the opportunity to visit with Bruce several times and speak to him on the phone. What a brilliant guy he was. He was the inspiration for what I did with my Xfire. He showed it could be done. And the
DIY ECM community has lost one of the fathers of amateur tuning.
I am just so sad. Godspeed, Bruce.

We have all lost a great friend in the DIY community. I can't believe this has happened, I didn't even know he was ill. So sudden, but then again, it always is.

My condolences to his family et al. Having lost 2 younger brothers in their 30's, I know all too well the sorrow and feelings and emotions.

Rest in Peace, My Friend. You will be gone, but never forgotten. You legacy lives on!

I totally agree.

I meet Bruce and the ECM gang a couple of yr ago when me and Mark R from nc came up there for one of his tech session.

He was a great man and even though his health was fading he still was bright eyed and cheerful and didn't let one how bad he felt.


RIP Bruce

loved his wit and humor ! i was fortunate to receive his help.

You will never die as long as you are remembered. Death is never an end only a transition.

We had our moments of severe disagreement, but we could agree on one thing. Cars.

Peace brother.

He was a good guy, even if he was a little on the rough side :-)

He meant a lot to me and even made it out to the house a few times for some tuning on the TTA.

I was out there basically every spring and fall and the TA Nats for the last 4 yrs or so.(now im really glad i pulled strings to get out of work and go that way last summer)

I could always count on him to lend a hand or point me in the right direction.

Hell, we talked on the phone for 4 hrs on one christmas eve day so I could learn how to follow the code in the hac.

He will be missed.

I just hope at the end he didnt suffer.

Goodbye Bruce

Jeremy

I've been on this board on & off for 7 years and can recongnize the members who contribute the most. He was like all of you said a very informed and helpful person. I'm sorry I never got to meet him in person. RIP and best wishes to those closest to him.

Wow...cant believe that...he really did contribute so much to this board. RIP Grumpy - you will be missed.

There's enough posts from him on this site to keep us remembering him for as long as we live.
RIP Grumpy.
I learned a lot from his wisdom he shared so freely.
Ron

Very sad indeed. Even though 80% of the prom burning stuff was way over my head at least he was someone that could translate it to plain English for somebody like me to understand.

He helped so many people both in the 3rd gen and Turbo Buick world, truly a real "car guy"!! RIP Bruce.

This is very upsetting to hear. Like a countless number of people learning to tune, I got started reading all of Bruce's writings and "final words" and his posts helped the stuff finally click in my head.

I met him once, briefly, at a track day where Jeremy introduced us. He was a great asset to this community and helped people learn for themselves with guidance rather than just giving them answers. He'll for sure be missed. RIP Grumpy

Typing this im in shock.... I didnt know him face to face but have spoken to him many times thru my key board. He helped me get started burning proms as well.


Its truly a sad day for TGO...my heart goes out to his family.

As many others have said, I too will miss his words of wisdom.

jms

He was an asset that this board will never see the likes of again. Godspeed Grumpy.

Wow, this is completely unreal, it literally seems like yesterday I was sorting through all of his "Final Answer" posts trying to absorb as much as possible. It's no understatement saying that the DIY tuning community has lost an icon and immense resource. RIP Grumpy, I can't thank you for all the help you've provided without ever directly speaking to me.

I read some of his stuff from the EFI tuning guides, and I'm sure that many many thousands of people had an interest nurtured by these very guides. He was a smart fellow and will be missed by this community among many others.

He has helped many people here and his knowledge will be missed.
RIP Grumpy.

Grumpy/Bruce will certainly be missed. Learned more from him than I could ever hope to contribute back to the community he helped start.

Are there any collections/funds being taken to help his next of kin/family out in these times?

That is sad news. The wealth of experience and knowledge that he has shared will truely be missed.
My condolences to his family.

Sorry to hear that he passed on. I haven't been involved with the tuning board for a couple years but I do remember him passing on info while I was around.

Hope you had a good ride, Grumpy.

May He grant you one of the sickest F-Bodies created.

An asset that has surely helped everyone in one way or another. May your new beginning be the utmost joyous.

Rest in peace.

Although i only got to meet him once, he was extremely informative and willing to help.

He will be missed

Bruce was one of the original contributors of DIY Prom when it first started. Bruce was one of DIY Prom's most knowledgeable members and many of his posts are enshrined in the Eprom Tuning Guide sticky. DIY Prom and the entire EFI Tuning Community lost a good one.

I will miss him greatly.

RIP GRUMPY

he will be sadly missed in the community , his sharp tongue and genuine sharing will be sadly missed by those he encouraged.

Hope you had a quick ride mate





Tomcat , aka Bossute , aka Delco

Mods, i would like to see this made a sticky please.

wow, this is really sad news.

i never had the chance to meet him in person, which is my loss.
i have learned so much from his posts here & at dyi-efi, his knowledge of tuning was truly monumental.

Grumpy, through your posted words, you will continue help people for many years to come.
Thank You for all you have done.
you will be missed, but not forgotten, rest in peace Bruce.

wow . This guy they call grumpy seemed like a GREAT man on these fourms . I read so much about him from what you all have posted and i never got the chance to talkto this man . And my eyes are starting to water and getting goosebumps. Actually just yesterday someone reffered me to him on helping with my tuning . Well good speed to him and his family . my prayers go out to his family . I just recently lost some good people by me . Since I am in the military and deployed I deal with this alot harder then you think

Oh My God

I cannot put into words how much this man brought to this entire community.

Never did anyone that got on my nerves as much as he did end up teaching me so much.

I first dealt with him in late 98 on the DIY efi mailing list. He frustrated me with his responses that lacked a quick and easy answer to my questions about my TBI firebird. He was the only person on earth it seemed that had modded one and was doing his own chips.

There were several times where I got downright heated with him on these forums or the mailing list.

I soon learned some valuable lessons from this man that have carried on through many of my lifes endeavors.

I can never again just accept a conclusion without supporting data and that goes for everything. It's almost as much of a curse as it is a blessing as one can never be happy accepting things because thats just the way it "is".

I'm glad that when I got a turbo buick I was able to talk to him about subjects outside of the hobby in the political forum at turbobuick.com, it's there where we found that we shared similar beliefs. When I discovered his past military service, and he of my current (at the time) military service, we made our peace.

I still search for his posts regularly. Today I was searching for some of his posts even, before I heard this news and thought to myself "I haven't seen him post for awhile, I hope he is ok"

Rest in Peace Bruce, you won't be forgotten.

Wow, I am just shocked. I've read tons of his posts and learned a lot from just reading...

He will deffinately be missed by the Thirdgen community, but it is a loss to the entire DIY EFI community.

Very sad to hear.......

He had alot of knowledge in DIY PROM....and helped alot of people.

Will miss him...................

/N.

I remember some of those exchanges, Pablo! He was like a bulldog in debates on this forum - it was sometimes like watching a train smash happening in slow motion. I remember the feeling of loss when he was banned for a while, and the relief when he was back contributing again. I hope we'll see him in the great tuning meet in the hereafter .

I know what you mean about support data being drummed into us, and I keep hearing him nagging to "always take notes".

Those of us Down Under owe him a debt of gratitude in the original "Programming '808" series on GMECM that revealed how to tune these ECMs starting in 1998.

What a loss to the community, but what an ornament to the community and a blessing to us all.

Vale Bruce Plecan.