Yes, I did have troubles with my debit card as my bank has a 3 day limit attached to all of their accounts but this isn't exactly how things played out. First off, we did not pack out the parts behind his back. In fact he helped us pack em to my trailer where I started installing them with his help. I needed a tee for the fuel hose and brad wanted to block off the exhaust valve ports SO he sent me to the parts store to get these items. We had to go to 2 of them to find the right parts. I came out to the pickup where I had left my phone and had messages that brad was calling the cops on me. I called him back explaining that we were at the parts store that he sent us to, he copped an attitude with me, making threats and just being an all around prick. At this point I was pissed that he can trust me for days and hundreds of miles but not for an hour when I'm couple blocks away??? I told him that I would not be returning to his shop with an attitude like that. I was in the process of activating a card to pay for the remaining $1,495 since we first stepped back into his shop and my bank had a hold on my debit card. Money was not the issue, just needed the electronic end of things to work as I had given him all the cash I had with me. I got off the phone with him and talked to my credit card companies and bank to figure out the quickest way to pay him off. After my bank made an attempt to lift the hold on my account, I had a card company call me back with my current information and paid my bill off. I am not going to deal with anyone that treats there customers with threats and bad attitudes. Also, I had originally planned to buy a used engine and put Lectron carbs on it, called and ordered them, later that day the deal went sour on the used engine and I decided to go new, calling him back to cancel the carbs and order an engine. He said they couldn't be cancelled or returned and forced me into buying them. These carbs and all the crap he got to hook them up was $975 in itself with the incorrect cables and filters. I now have them posted for sale and will likely take a loss on them. Talk about customer service!
I would like to point out a couple problems with the tuning unability of this guy. We asked if he had tightened the primary clutch more than once cuz my buddy was certain he didn't - "oh yeah" he says, "its tight and I torqued it" Bolt wasn't even finger tight. "I recommend you remove your reed stuffers" he says. "why?" "they only restrict air" he replies and installs them without stuffers - ya umm brad, they kinda hold the reeds in place so that they function properly. I asked him what timing position to run the ignition in "i don't know," he replies "probably where it was for your last motor" I don't run motors, I run internal combustion engines brad and that isn't the same position as the engine before that. Should we check the squish and compression, brad replies "why, there's nothing we can do to change it". Why aren't your cylinder heads indexed to the head so they can't turn, he replies "they won't when the head bolts are tightened" sounds like other people have had this problem, can't wait til I do! As he istalls the head I watch him put ptfe on some head bolts "the logo is laser etched into the head under some of these bolts, so you'll have to use sealer on them if you ever remove them" - wow, that's intelligent. I could go on and on with more and more crap I found wrong with his installation and designs but I will stop before I get any madder.
kcjepperson - according to brad, he was excited to tune and install my engine because he had supposebly NEVER had anyone come to his shop to do this..... odd? Another reason why I didn't want him tuning what I had just spent thousands on. Perhaps I bought before you did? And with his own turbo 1100 sitting right there that he couldn't figure out and make run? Shoulda known to walk away right then and there when I saw that one.
Back to MY topic of this engine and tuning it - I have installed smaller jets in the Mikuni's and now run a 230 main jet. Finally pulls RPM and makes power. Far from the 190+HP brad wants to claim. My 800 Bikeman would have put this 910 over-par to shame. I think it runs about like a stock 600 with fat jetting. It will be going on a dyno later this fall and getting sent to another engine buillder for inspection as to why this engine runs with so little fuel.
I would love to sell this engine/setup as I will not buy anything from this "motor" builder
