[eschaider]

You guys ought to give Brent a break. This is his business and how he makes his living. If you like him and his approach to engine building you ought to buy an engine from him. Consecutive brain picking sessions to determine his build receipé so you can duplicate it without buying from him is not playing fair for him or you.

If you don't know the fundamentals behind the design / build choices, just knowing the choices does not help you to properly assemble the pieces into the engine you are looking for. You are still missing a lot of the magic secret sauce. Even worse, if you are mixing magic secret sauces from different sources you might end up with a Denver Omelet when you were expecting your eggs sunny side up.

If you have a specific question about a particular item and how well it might fit your particular driving style in your replica, go for it but don't use him like a CarTech or SA Design book on engine building — it's not only not fair to him, it is disrespectful and you didn't even give him the $25 that Amazon would have charged you for the book!

Brent offers a high quality, value for value exchange. If you appreciate his approach to engine building, you should bring him money and engine preferences and let him deliver the finished product to you for use in your replica. Put yourself in his shoes and then ask yourself how you would feel?


Ed