SB Cam Thrust Plate P5249637 no longer made? Only tensioner now?
Really not sure how to respond to this post. I have had Ryan do work for me. Seems to do very nice work.
Not to pick sides but this sounds like one of those stories where Ryan would have a different answer as to what went wrong.
Sounds to me like there were communication issues as to what the build plan was and there were mismatched parts that could not be used together.
There was no communication issues I was going there the whole time. He is a down right liar..
I took him a set of batten heads . He put 2 guides and exhaust valves in for $1000 . His house garage was clean and he said he had a machine shop . I was struck by the motor parts there. So I brought him a 956 deck X-block. The batten heads he just did. Callies bullit 4" crank. Scat h-beam rods and Diamond Pistons...
I specifically told him . Only clean the block surface to square.
He took it upon himself to deck the block so he said. He made this block 890 and never told me. He lied..
I was there the one time and asked him why my crank sitting in the block looked dull. He told me it was the lighting. In fact it was not my crank but one he had ground for Chevy rods to try and fit a set of pistons in with the 890 deck block. That was not mine.
Now I didn't know any of this until I took the motor back to him after he put a pan on it filled with metal from another motor to send it home with me.. The oil pump surface on the rear main was hit so hard the pump didn't sit flush. The oil pan rail was JB welded together.
There was Sander marks on the piston tops where he tried to hide his fly cut mess. I questioned it and he said he does that for fuel burn. It was one bullshit story after another. I told him to finish the motor and he should take it to a dyno. I'll pay .
There can be no misunderstanding when I brought the pistons and rods and crank with me and I didn't ever see them again.
The receipt said CNC fly cut the pistons, Using a file on a stem through my heads are not CNC cut. His brother gave us a demonstration on how it was done. Proving to us that the diameter of the cutters were bigger than the valves. Then he realized he shouldn't have showed us that. We looked at my heads and most of the guides were busted out of the aluminum.
I did feel bad for him after I saw what he was using for a mill. So I gave him that series I bridgeport he has. He was using a Harbor frieght bench top drill press mounted on 3 cement blocks. We delivered it when he was building his run room. He did not even know how to use the mill we had to show him. I knew I was in trouble then. But I never thought he would steal and lie . He had to replace my block it was shot and he new he was caught. Guess what I got back. My original X block.
all I can say is Anyone that trust him is in for a big surprise. He built one hell of a motor for his coronet.with everyone's parts.
My son was 16 when we took the motor there. He is now 34. He spent all his money and some of mine on what Ryan stole. One day they will cross paths, Ryan is in for a big surprise. Steve's not a little boy anymore. And now he is a engine builder so he knows first hand how Ryan lied to us.
Ryans Brother was pretty cool . He threw his brother Ryan under the bus. This all took place on Ryans brothers property. He didn't want to be involved. He told us the whole story on what Ryan did and all the lies.
He didn't only do this to me . He had some legal problems with the sprint car motor owner.
So when you think you know and trust someone . You don't really know what they are capable of. Carma will get Ryan.
Now you know some of it. There are pages more and tons of pictures and Receipts. I kept every paper and made him sign them all every time I left there.
One thing did come out of those trips. I bought all seven 340 Duster and Darts sitting on Route 80 near Danville.