Wondering if anyone has had any experience with these parts?

They are offering full valve train and a block guard for $599?
please post your response....and I did search KMS nothing came up

 

i hav there block guard and that **** went in place without any problems or modifications

 

i run their valvetrain setup...hasnt failed in the last couple years of abuse...

now just wait for the hater posts....you should have probably searched first

 

I have thier valve train package on my B16 head..I havent got a chance to test it out yet...but it looked great when I put them on.....

 

i did search.... nothing came up except for a kms block guard for sale...

 

i konw an accord guy that had tons of problems with kms valvetrain, nothign fit properly, this was on an f22. not sure about their other applications though.

 

i use there full valvetrain and have no problems at all... of course theres gonna be some people that have problems but even skunk2 and other companys have there woes... its all about how its built and if its dbuilt correclty.. id recomend them. godd lucc with ur build

 

One of the worst engine builders I have seen.. He's ruined 2 different pro-stock motors from 2 different teams I know of. PM Gophast here on Ht and ask him.. Or the guys from Larry Herring's crew.
He beam polished a set of rods in a race motor from side to side instead of the length of the rod.. THIS WEAKENS THE ROD..

Call it hating if you want.. IT'S THE TRUTH ....

 

KMS IS LOCAL to us, hes a shitty engine builder.

He is a LIAR and a CHEAT. i tore down a customer of his motor and its at DONFs shop right now so he can vouch.

he told them it was bored over, it wasnt.
He said he balanced it , he didnt.
He was WAY off on piston to wall clearance and it fucked the sleeves up
He used the wrong bearings, and it spun EVER ROD BEARING in the motor.
Mains were the wrong bearings as well, only spun half of those.

all this within 500miles.

Or how about 2 years ago he was going to build this crazy all motor setup for a kid locally. he told him he would put CTR pistons in it and ITR cams etc. He built the motor, kid picked it up, 1000 miles later, it threw a rod. kid and his friends tore it down, and it had STOCK pistons and STOCK CAMS. he put his "racing" valvetrain in it and that was all.

or how about that every motor he touches blows up cause hes too fuckig lazy to measure or do anything right. he knows his reputation sucks, and he doesnt care, he would rather sell things on ebay.

He sucks, BTW his valvetrain is REPACKEGED SUPERTECH STUFF that he sells for double the money.

KMS aka KAUFFMAN MACHINE SHOP=

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VtecKiDD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">KMS IS LOCAL to us, hes a shitty engine builder.

He is a LIAR and a CHEAT. i tore down a customer of his motor and its at DONFs shop right now so he can vouch.

he told them it was bored over, it wasnt.
He said he balanced it , he didnt.
He was WAY off on piston to wall clearance and it fucked the sleeves up
He used the wrong bearings, and it spun EVER ROD BEARING in the motor.
Mains were the wrong bearings as well, only spun half of those.

all this within 500miles.

Or how about 2 years ago he was going to build this crazy all motor setup for a kid locally. he told him he would put CTR pistons in it and ITR cams etc. He built the motor, kid picked it up, 1000 miles later, it threw a rod. kid and his friends tore it down, and it had STOCK pistons and STOCK CAMS. he put his "racing" valvetrain in it and that was all.

or how about that every motor he touches blows up cause hes too fuckig lazy to measure or do anything right. he knows his reputation sucks, and he doesnt care, he would rather sell things on ebay.

He sucks, BTW his valvetrain is REPACKEGED SUPERTECH STUFF that he sells for double the money.

KMS aka KAUFFMAN MACHINE SHOP=
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That pretty much sums it up..
He built my buddies prostock motor with os valves and never bother to check piston to valve clearance with his KMS custom cams. First time my buddy hit vtec the vlaves hit the releifs in the pistons which were to small for the size of the os valve.. Blew the motor instantly.

 

you do know his "custom cams" are Crower off the shelf cams right? at least thats what they are here.

i had a friend a while back get a motor built back then, Kauffman said " i got these nasty camshafts i just made and they are my specs, i had crower make them for me". 2 days later he ordered a set of Crower stage 3s from Nopi that ended up in his motor. Reason i knew was cause KMS was dumb enough to give him the box to the camshafts and it had a nopi part number on it.

 

KiDD, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.

 

well, im just tired of people that really lie and cheat people out of their hard earned cash and they still get away with it.

dont support KMS by buying anything from him, my .02

 

i bought a set of pistons from him and specified 20 over. he sent me the wrong size and wont answer his phone or answer emails so i could get the right size so to heck with those guys.

 

wow i actually read good things in the search but to hear you guys...ill definitely have to reconsider doing business with them

 

after the bashing show me one shop that hasnt screwed up...you cant...enough said

 

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it seems more like all this guy does is screw up..... enough said

 

I have his KMS stock relpacement SS valves and I havent had a problem! So he is not the best engine builder! But his parts aren't too bad. To the best of my knowledge he gets his parts from the same place other big name Co.s do and is obviously cheaper. So would I go with getting SS valves from him sure, valve springs and retainers maybe. Cams no!

 

i still wouldnt support a liar and a cheat that continues to expletive people over. I know cause as i said hes LOCAL to my state. i know and have seen his CRAP work. it isnt HEARSAY, its I KNOW FOR A FACT.

tell you waht, go have a motor built by him, wait 8 months , then have it blow up, then call me and DonF when you need it rebuilt.

KMS

 

his valvetrain package seems like a deal though....for 599...blockguard, valves, retainers, valve guide, valve springs...

 

Kid-er-dun

 

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Just because it's cheap, doesn't mean it's worth a ****.

 

yeah, i found the exact same valves that KMS had for sale but from supertech... half the price and same ****. supertech

what do u guys think about hastings piston rings?

 

where did you find supertech for half the price? from portflow it seems that supertech cost more than kms

 

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what do u guys think about hastings piston rings?</TD></TR></TABLE>

hastings rings are what most companies send out with their pistons


richie