[GRX]

Originally Posted by Gary S.

I had found an article about this guy before,when I was doing some random net surfing.
Sounds like bad news.
Wonder how long he will keep getting away with this?

^^^ - ditto

[gobrdgo]

I am probably late but I just picked up on the letter writing deal on Bruce. I'll do my part. I should of sued him myself. I was ignorant about my chances of really making a difference and I blew it. I just picked up the broken parts and built a new engine. I did tell everyone I knew to stay away!!!!!
Andy Mitchell took pity on me and gave me a rocking deal on a new engine so it was a little easier to move on.

[tininjun67]

not to beat a dead horse, but I measure everything my machinist does. If I find a discrepancy I bring it back to him and have him measure it with his tools to confirm. This has happened 3 times and 3 times more work was done to get it right. I check my mic's each time and calibrate my bore gauge to the mic I'm measuring the coresponding part with. The discrepancies were at different shops also, just so you know. I wasn't surprised or mad. Everyone has bad days. As long as it's where I want it when it's done I don't mind a trip back to the shop.

I had a set of heads done by Bruce. I also ordered a cam per his specs. Turned out different than I specifically asked for. I wanted wider lobe separation because I was going efi. Sent me his standard "secret recipe comp grind" which I think is a standard part # from comp.

Also took a while longer than promised, but that didn't bother me. What bothered me was the reciept I got.

It had a note chastizing me for drilling oil drains in the back of the head and leaving "a lot of filings" in the heads. Then his signature, and that was it. No total, no list of the parts I bought(close to a grand), no tax, no services rendered(cnc machined port work). I sent him a bare set of heads knowing he'd be replacing the valves, cleaned them up prior to sending them. Before that, they were in the car for 3 years. They were spotless when installed on the motor the first time, and cleaned before sent. Yet they had a lot of filings? No cleanup to the heads was done before shipping them back either. Combustion chambers still had carbon on them. That's being picky, and I wanted to assemble them myself anyway but wtf? Why do port work and seat drinding on dirty heads?

[spinninmywheels]

I have spent the last hour reading all the information about Bruce Fulper. It appears that many of you have had problems with him. Some of the problems seem a little hokie or made up but who knows. I am from Tennessee and have been looking for some work on our Beat the Heat car. I have sent several emails to Fulper and even spoke to him a couple of times. I haven't given him a dollar and he has provided me with several good alteratives to our problems. And so far for free. That is more than I can say for the rest of the other big builders in my area. I, too have lost an engine lately due internal problems and need some advise. I don't have 20k to throw away, just looking for some advise....

[chief455]

Originally Posted by spinninmywheels

I have spent the last hour reading all the information about Bruce Fulper. It appears that many of you have had problems with him. Some of the problems seem a little hokie or made up but who knows. I am from Tennessee and have been looking for some work on our Beat the Heat car. I have sent several emails to Fulper and even spoke to him a couple of times. I haven't given him a dollar and he has provided me with several good alteratives to our problems. And so far for free. That is more than I can say for the rest of the other big builders in my area. I, too have lost an engine lately due internal problems and need some advise. I don't have 20k to throw away, just looking for some advise....

whatever about this post you are mentally blocking - DON'T!
He likely has TIME to talk and give advise because he's not building anything!
If Butler, P-Dude, SD Performance, KRE, Spotts...if any have a bad day or are hard to reach - it's worth your time to wait for their help.They are busy for a reason.
Stay away from RRE and you'll have that much less chance of any unexplained failure.

[mzbk2l]

Originally Posted by spinninmywheels

I have spent the last hour reading all the information about Bruce Fulper. It appears that many of you have had problems with him. Some of the problems seem a little hokie or made up but who knows. I am from Tennessee and have been looking for some work on our Beat the Heat car. I have sent several emails to Fulper and even spoke to him a couple of times. I haven't given him a dollar and he has provided me with several good alteratives to our problems. And so far for free. That is more than I can say for the rest of the other big builders in my area. I, too have lost an engine lately due internal problems and need some advise. I don't have 20k to throw away, just looking for some advise....

If you've read all this, you can't say you're not an informed buyer. Good luck with your new engine!

I dealt with RRE about 12 years ago, and did not have a bad experience; my comments are posted somewhere in this thread.