1) did javier ever figure out the overheat issue? I guess cooling was not the issue, is it carbs? Ignition?
2) I was leaning toward his side in all this till I found out he was PMing about other probs that may hav e voided his warranty. Not to attack him but if he needed to be dishonest why is nobody on his case. why should SBT even talk to him if he is trying to rip them off? Not saying he did, just don't understand why nobody has an issue with him. If I cheated you in a busine3ss deal, are you to blame.
3) is SBT still helping him resolve his issue? last i read javier is waiting for 3? sets of heads to get him up and running.
Well, Aaron sorta gave you an idea of where I stand, but let me break it down further. (btw, I'm not really a kid at 24 by most standards.. I'm married, own a home in S. Florida, etc
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Bryan (SBT) doesn't like me. He never has. From the day I bought the motor I tried to track the overheat problem (since it started with their motor install!). I posted on their forums asking for help and suggestions. All I received from SBT's
TECHNICAL SUPPORT was sarcasm and indifference, to being told "You're not overheating, your sensor must be malfunctioning" (when I had clearly stated that my sensor had been replaced AND tested by me as functional.
But I digress.
I was given permission by SBT to pull the heads to check for blocked cooling passages. Fair enough, I appreciated that and noted as such.
I ordered O-rings to "conform" to SBT as I'm sure they would have wanted it that way. They sent me THE WRONG O-RINGS. Gee what a suprise, now I was stuck for the weekend.
I pulled my exhaust manifold on Saturday night, and found on Sunday morning that some surface rust had developed in the center cylinder. I privately asked ph2ocraft on pwctoday via PM if he thought there would be any problem, considering it just wiped down. Why did I hide it from SBT? Given my relationship with their technical support already, I was worried about their overreaction to the situation... if you were me you'd try to cover your bases too. All that being said, the surface rust did'nt even form in the failed cylinder, so it's a moot point anyways. Something they of course, left out of their "apology." When I cleared the air and my stance, it was deleted.
As to the o-rings being reused. Someone asked me if I was on the water yet, I replied to them privately b/c I was still waiting for SBT to send me replacements but had thrown my motor together with the original o-rings. The o-rings looked pristine, and sealed pristine. Again, a non-issue.. but one I'm sure SBT would have held against me had I brought it out in the open.
Is what I did shady? Take it as you will, but neither thing that I did contributed to the failure of my motor, they were both a non-issue that I chose not to tell SBT about and inquired to trusted individuals.
Noone tipped off SBT. When I made my post on PWCtoday I set off the "I'm on a rampage" alert with Bryan, who decided it would be best to find something to discredit me. Is what he found discreditworthy? I don't think it is, but I'm not the one to decide.... the reader is.
