jdmintegraxsi

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b19coupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was in that club. I gave up after a year. Brad is not a bad guy, but he can lag pretty badly. I had heard that he was getting better, but I guess there are still a few unhappy customers </TD></TR></TABLE>

I am not unhappy just a little dissapointed.

mattcivic

ceazer (91 lsvtec) is a super nice guy and like he said he didnt want to throw up a post like this. ive been in the same boat with jeff at import builders it gets a lil' frustrating waiting for parts, motors, services, ect. ect... when u've got big event like boti or even just friday nights at the trck having to whatch all yer buddies while all yer doing is thinking of how bad u wish u had yer car there..... i hope u get the head soon ive been talking to ceazer through most of his build and through this head problem as well i cant wait to see it finished and tuned im sure its gunna be a beast!!!! GL bro

Casey

iTrader: (5)

brad and howard are both good guys and have always tried to help me out as much as possible. theyre just super busy, and getting a reply from them does take a while, but you usually will get one if you keep trying.

on another note, im possibly selling my ITR head done by them. if you want a head without the wait lmk holds the B series pump NA record on their dyno too

91' LS-VTEC

Thanx Matt Glad to hear your keeping your teg.

mattcivic

ya its sitting at kaizen right not getting some pesky *** CEL's that i cant seem to figure out taken care of then soem street tuning on the motor just to get me by till it recieves its top mount mani and gt35r this winter mmmm mmmm good. hope yer head comes in soon!!!!

Speedz

thing i dont get is why they dont just tell the customer whats going on..

i use a local machinist who's main customer base is all circle track cars.. he tells me flat out, his schedule and says his circle motors take priority. if he can squeeze my motor stuff in he does.. think about it.. he makes $30k on some of the race motors he builds.. and he makes 200-300$ on the work he does for me....
one day i got a lil impatient,, made a comment to him. and he told me.. hey i'll drop this right now if you pay what this customer is paying...

it sux thats the way it is.. but at least he's honest about his priorities.. he still manages to sneak in my work between his tight schedule.. but, if i were someone he didnt know.. he would turn them away period. when i first went to his shop, he turned me down.. after visiting his shop for about a year and developing a relationship with him.. mainly asking technical questions.. stuff most people never ask.. (i guess i gained his respect), after a year i asked him who he would reccommend bore my block.. at that point, he said he'd do it but couldnt guarentee me when it would be done...

i'm sure there are guys out there with relationships with Brad that get things done the same way..

i'm not saying brad is wrong, i think if he just kept his customers up to date on what really is going on, we probably wouldnt see threads like this.

i think Brad does great work.. it speaks for itself.. hopefully he can hire someone who can do customer relations and the office stuff.

chris_m

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20+weeks for a head is not worth the wait Im sorry.

Combustion Contraption

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Christopher M &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">20+weeks for a head is not worth the wait Im sorry. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Natural Aspirations

A watched pot never boils.
I have had a great sucess treating Brad like I would like to be treated. Daily e-mails/PM's/Phone calls only makes him more work, EVERY single time I have had a shop do work for me I get my parts/car back much slower when I am on the phone asking when it will be done. I agree 20 weeks is more than what is expected for head porting. I do not know what is going on behind the doors of Brads place, but I am sure he is there working daily to get these parts out.

RacerXI

I sent some LMA's in to get modded probably 2 years ago and never got them back. Luckily I had another set laying around.

chris_m

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FuLL ThroTTle RaCin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">brad doesn't have assembly line to get a head done over a week.. he's an one man porting machine...still, sorry for the long wait. </TD></TR></TABLE>

No but he shouldnt take orders if it takes almost half a year to port a head. His work may be awesome but thats the first rule of business take in what your staff and yourself are able to do in a time manner that is acceptable.

CSRacing

After more than 9 months, I had to fly out to nc, and get my **** back I know what you guys are going through!!!

91' LS-VTEC

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crixzc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">A watched pot never boils.
I have had a great success treating Brad like I would like to be treated. Daily e-mails/PM's/Phone calls only makes him more work, EVERY single time I have had a shop do work for me I get my parts/car back much slower when I am on the phone asking when it will be done. I agree 20 weeks is more than what is expected for head porting. I do not know what is going on behind the doors of Brads place, but I am sure he is there working daily to get these parts out. </TD></TR></TABLE>

This is true. I'm not PMing him, calling him, emailing him everyday. I was told a certain date, so I planed every thing around it. (shipped head in Feb, so I would have motor ready by July 8th Battle). The closer Battle got ,the more concerned I got to , where or not I would make my personal ETA.

Never leave a boiling pot unattended.

Combustion Contraption

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 91’ LS-VTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is true. I'm not PMing him, calling him, emailing him everyday. I was told a certain date, so I planed every thing around it. (shipped head in Feb, so I would have motor ready by July 8th Battle). The closer Battle got ,the more concerned I got to , where or not I would make my personal ETA.

Never leave a boiling pot unattended. </TD></TR></TABLE>

mattcivic

so i take it no update?

AMR Engineering

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haha now that is hardcore.

Well he is too busy to care of his website. So if he wants it back up and running he will have to do it himself or contact me. Then maybe he will port my b16 head that he promised me LOL.

myke

i sent my head to Alaniz Technologies a week ago and i picked it up this morning...haha suckers

OMG WTF

Im sure RLZ Engineering does good work and has good intentions however it is completely unfair for them to accept more jobs knowing the ridiculously long down time.

They need to disclose the waiting time. Possibly take a small deposit for a "time slot" and when that time comes around have the customer send the head.

91' LS-VTEC

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mattcivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so i take it no update? </TD></TR></TABLE>

none. Has anyone gotten any word on there head?

gldndrgn14

iTrader: (1)

my head is done
but now i need to bring the rest of my parts up there to get it put on my block. hopefully i have time to do this though. good luck with the rest of you. im sure you guys will get it sometime.

mgags7

as we (nc guys) have all learned, brad and howard are horrible receptionists

im sure you can imagine how many phone calls, voicemails, and PMs they recieve daily, and while that would be tough to deal with, they really ought to hire a real receptionist to deal with that stuff, and then some extra shop hands

the fact that howard has to deal with basically everything in there except the porting, aka all the dissasembly and assembly of everything reallly limits the amount of work they can get done in a given time period....

i hope they get in contact with you soon, because i would hate for the name of such an awesome shop be ruined on h-t for such an easily solved problem

good luck

b.d.racing

Any of you guys who think waiting 6 months to a year for a head is ok are full of ****. In my eyes the only reason this guy gets away with this **** is because he makes amazing power with what you give him. No doubt he is a porting genius but the fact that he lets you send him your stuff knowing he can't get it done on time makes him a liar and a cheat. Most of you are saving up for him to make a masterpiece out of your head and what do you get....NOTHING. When I do business with people, no matter what kind of business it is, I stay within my limits and if I over extend myself and the customer has to pay the price then I discount them to keep them happy. There have been quite a few threads about this and its a bunch of BS. Any excuse is crying because the real truth is this is theft plain and simple. Sure you can get your head back whenever you want but what have you lost in the meantime. Why not sue for punitive damages is what I say because you surely would be entitled to that.

Bradstard

I can vouch for Brad & Howard's work. They are not the best at returning calls which is very poor in their line of work but the results are worth the wait. I agree that 6 months is a little long. They did my head and assembled my motor 2 years ago and I thought I was going to go nuts having to wait 3 months. I'm sure that Brad will come through for you.

OMG WTF

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b.d.racing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Any of you guys who think waiting 6 months to a year for a head is ok are full of ****. In my eyes the only reason this guy gets away with this **** is because he makes amazing power with what you give him. No doubt he is a porting genius but the fact that he lets you send him your stuff knowing he can't get it done on time makes him a liar and a cheat. Most of you are saving up for him to make a masterpiece out of your head and what do you get....NOTHING. When I do business with people, no matter what kind of business it is, I stay within my limits and if I over extend myself and the customer has to pay the price then I discount them to keep them happy. There have been quite a few threads about this and its a bunch of BS. Any excuse is crying because the real truth is this is theft plain and simple. Sure you can get your head back whenever you want but what have you lost in the meantime. Why not sue for punitive damages is what I say because you surely would be entitled to that.</TD></TR></TABLE>
a bit harsh but i totally agree with the first part.

mattcivic

i agree as well