Quote: Tim Banning is a great guy! I bought some of my hemi parts from him, and he treated me right! I wouldn't a have problem trusting him for the build, but I would not be thrilled with shipping all my stuff to Canada, or the added the cost of the shipping, and possible damage to my parts with my lousy luck. For this project, I want to spend the money right here in the U.S.A. I had a great talk with Dan today, and Dan is definitely the man for me! He is going to run my engine on the dyno, not so much for the purpose of determining the horse power, as to set up the blower drive ratio...the carburetor calibrations...cylinder pressure testing...break in the cam...test for leaks and lean conditions, and anything else that is slipping my mind right now. He made me realize that the investment that I have so far is too high to risk not letting a professional like him handle every aspect of the build. I'll save time and money, and headaches in the long run for sure!
I believe you made a good choice. I bought my Stage V heads from Tim Banning but his machining and assembly costs were just to much for my budget. The rest of the parts for my Hemi are coming from all over the States so it's easier just to keep them down there for the process Dan will put them through. I will have between 30-40 thousand in the engine and the fact that I live in the far west cost of Canada I really needed to have someone with a trust worthy reputation that was willing to work with my snail pace schedule and so Dan became that man.
