[Va68goat]

Formulajones,

Thanks for that information. That was informative and helps me understand a lot more.

gtofreek,

There is a reason that we never did anything on this motor without clearing it with you. NOT ONE thing was changed, altered, switched out, inspected without your suggestion or approval. That included the timing, going to a thicker oil, switching out rockers, lifters, pushrods, flex plate and having the heads inspected. Nothing fell on deaf ears other than my texts when I questioned you about certain things. This is why I have saved every text since I started this build.

I'm not going to have a pissing contest on a forum and post screenshots of your texts....like "The windage tray thing, I just plain messed up on and I'm sorry about that". Or "I still beat myself up over the windage tray. Can't believe that I messed that up after building hundreds of them". The deal with the carb was made because of the windage tray mistake that YOU said YOU made and I was charged for it before I could get my motor back. Otherwise, I wouldn't want, need or buy a $1,400 carb for a street car! I also haven't received the receipts that I asked for regarding the piston rings and bearings that were part of the $2,575 invoice that I paid before I could get my motor back. You know the invoice...the one where ALL of the labor charges were "Waived" and were NOT included in the invoice.

As I have said before, I would rather have a conversation more than anything else. Just because I ask questions was never meant to come across as I was accusing anyone of anything. I ask a lot of questions based on my inexperience and lack of knowledge. Due to the motor blowing up on the dyno over a pickup tube that was not secured and fell into the pan, a customer should be able to ask questions without feelings being hurt.