The problem with the Internet.....things get blown way out of proportion and the bandwagon effect gets into full swing. If you're in this hobby, you have to be prepared for some disappointment. Not everything will turn out the way you dream it will. No-one put a gun to your head and made you spend that money.

Bystanders should realize that whoever is complaining will put things in the most favorable light for himself.

Reality bites, and it is sickening to see an offer that is IMHO way more than fair, an offer that will cost the business owner a sizeable amount of change, pi$$ed and moaned about and second-guessed every way from Sunday.

There's fair, and there's "my idea of fair".

After all this amount of crap being slung, I can't see any reputable engine builder taking on a new job from the OP. Life is too short.

Or maybe I'm just tired and grumpy after a week of work.

R.