I also learned over time that there are some really good solid vendors. Jesel, Meziere, ARP, etc. There are people who really try to do a high quality job on everything thing that goes out the door and if they screw up they take it back, learn from it and make it better.
Good write up, my vendor hall of fame also in includes Molnar and Calvert.
Hamburger helped us a lot "back in the day", however we did have to deal with issues like headers and an oiling system purchased from him not working together with out rather significant modifications to the headers. We got a killer set of stocker pistons that were fast until they blew through the valve reliefs.
However I guess there should be another box to check on RMA request forms:
TOO STUPID TO USE PART
