my name is JAMES MEYER and i'm located in CONNECTICUT and in case BRUCE is reading this i want him to know who wrote it . about 5 years ago i bought a set of e heads that were suppose to be 72cc cnc ported and 1.77exhaust valves $2600 .this was my first large purchase on parts and i was sorta warned before hand but, i thought it might of been jealousy on other peoples part so i ordered anyway.heads were suppose to be done in about 8 weeks so he could bring them to maple grove they were done about 3 months later at the end november. i was in no rush so i did not care because i did not have anything to put them on. anyway in the mean time i bought a new ram air ta and when the heads were finally done i did not have the balance which was about $800 it took me about 3 months to come up with the money. but in the mean time when i paid the heads off i came into a large chunk of money and i stated to discuss with him about building a killer short block $5000 worth 3 inch main 474 also cut down rod journals,bill miller alum rods, je pistons, zero gap rings, roller cam,hard blocked, i provided crank,oil pan, timing cover and i bought the rest from him since his prices were reasonable.i sent him $3200 to get started i did not have the rest and was not in a terrible rush .about 6 months goes by i give him a call to see how things are going they tell me it at the machine shop getting the crank done. many months go by i call again same story still at machine shop i'm still not in a rush .now its overa year later i come into more money i pay my balance to get the project done.a couple months go by i get more money and i want to buy all the missing parts to make this a complete engine gaskets,push rods,roller lifters,valley pan,all msd distributor, wires and crankfire ignition about the only thing i was not sure of at this time was a carbuerator since i was out of money again. we made a deal to trade my warrior intake for a victor plus $200 for them to port the victor. all this money was paid the only thin i owed at this time on this $11,000 engine was my warrior intake all i had from them at this time was a couple of shirts some stickers and a receipt on the heads and a fax on what i was suppose to get. anyway 4 months go by its january here so no racing is happening so i call to find out how soon i will be getting this .Tim (Bruces lead guy)promises me i will this engine in 2 months(middle of march)anyway 3 weeks go by i call to check on progress and Tim is no longer there "back problems" so i talk to somebody else .a week or 2 later i call there again always tring to talk to BRUCE personally first but never takes calls anymore and the guy i talked with a week or 2 earlier is no longer there either "father was dying" also the secretary never ever answered the phone anymore more either??? at this point i was really worried but they kept telling me don't worry everything is fine they told me about a similar combo as mine making 750hp so that made me feel a little better anyway i'm now calling there weekly never speaking to Bruce anymore anyway i keep telling them i want a very documented receipt with all prices in case i ever had to sell i would have proof of what i have.now we are in May 2 MONTHS LATER THAN PROMISED now they start telling me i'm holding them up by not sending my warrior intake i tell them if i next day mail my intake will they mail my engine they tell don't rush since they don't even have another victor intake in the shop besides the one on there racecar which they said if they had to they would ship to me which i was fine with i just wantede this nightmare over with.a week goes by i call them up they received my intake and they tell me my intake is at the porters being ported i was very angry but they were 3,000 miles away lucky for them anyway Bruce is now pushing me to put this on the dyno i did not have the money but he kept bothering me about it. i was expecting 600-650 hp since that similar engine had 750hp .now it's the end of may and the racing season is well under way i get the engine and it suppose the be run and broken in only thing i was to be missing was carbuerator since i was out of money again. the day finally arrives it shows up not wher it was suppose to but at the shipping companys dock. no big deal since i finally got this killer engine by MR. PONTIAC HIMSELF with tons of documentation right??? wrong i got the worst most generic receipt i ever got with just the very basics and no prices also stating i had 87 cc heads and not the 72 cc which i was suppose to have also i got the wrong gear drive and the engine was never fired, run or boke in,it gets better he was to cheap to ship it with spark plugs since i did not give the $8 for them so he sent it 3,000 with 8 open cylinders and it was wrapped with saran wrap the wires i bought were not assembled since it was not run it also was not painted like it was suppose to be and the intake i had to have milled .100 on each side since it did fit and it was written on the intake in magic marker so they knew it. anyway i finally get it i want to tear it apart to make sure i got what i was suppose to get but i'm a novice at all of this that's why i bought it all from him to begin with .it sits for a few months i take to the dyno here locally and the dyno operator is pontiac knowledeable and he says things look like the could make 600-650hp but don't get your hopes up since he has seen many engines perform a lot less than they are suppose to my first pull nets a 500 hp and the best of the day was 520hp i could of got all this with iron heads and a lot less money a lot quicker and more than likely locally,but BRUCE is a salesman and he will screw you like he did me if you give him the opportunity. so i would suggest nobody buy anything from him i talked to many people since and found 3 other guys who bought heads that had wrong springs and were not ported as stated so he has gotten a bunch of us out here in the east i guess that's why he does not come to maple grove anymore. if anybody wants a digital picture of this wonderful receipt i have i would be happy to email it to you . if anybody wants to contact me especially you Bruce my email is
[email protected] i TELL THIS STORY EVERY CHANCE I GET TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT SOMEBODY ELSE FROM BEING A VICTIM