Originally Posted by 911teo
I thought long and hard about writing this recap.
I do not think Timmins is dis-honest. I really don't.
Bent case in a build and not telling you. Proof of honesty in my book
I personally think this build was over his head. I think he believes he's a good engine builder but in fact he isn't.
delusional and disshonest
It is not his fault that he was put into this.
Ofcourse it is not. You force him into buildup with a gun!!! well in this case with chunk of $$$. Honest as angel: " I can't build the way you want ,but for this amount of $$$ I'll put my integrity at a risk"
As I mentioned earlier what bothers me is having used the bent case.
BINGO, DING-DING-DING.
As per the engine blowing up who knows? I certainly do not have a single proof that the failure was caused by anything he did.
What about weldet/bent engine case. You know term "CHAIN REACTION"
I really don't know what happened and both Bob Watson and Colin Benton at 9M could not/would not say what went wrong.
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I am very pragmatic about these things.
I made the decision of going with Timmins. If he's not good enough it is not his fault.
Agree, but does it makes him honest person
It's like as if someone invested in a company and then ended up losing money because the company did not perform as well as expected.
or it's like giving $$$ to Madoff . everything was set from begining to steal the $$$
They should have done their research better before investing. And so should I.
one more like that I start puking
I eventually decided to write everything because of the tone of his last email.
After everything I went through with this engine I get a nasty reply as if I am bothering him ???
best defence is OFFENCE.
In all honesty I know what I paid Timmins, and I know what the parts cost and how much was the labor. He didn't make much more on my engine than on a stock rebuild.
are you kidding? oh well to find/prep/clean/weld that case- it is atleast 20h of labor x100$/h= 2000$
Plus he probably ended up spending much more time on my build than any other.
look sentence above
That is why I never asked for an all out financial compensation from him (and as I said above there is little proof).
But I think this is another chapter of the story that deserved to be told.
If anybody asked me about Timmins I would say that up until the end he had been a nice, ready to help guy. Maybe a bit arrogant at time, but always nice.
Looking at how things went for me I would not use him again. Maybe we have both been unlucky.
look at a stereotype of con artists- most helpfull, thoughtfull, trustable etc etc
Again I do not think Timmins is the MM of the East Coast. I do not thing he did anything with malice....
offcource he's NOT. He is a TIMMINS of East cost on a way to geting to MM level
He was just in above his head...
Don't think so! He managed to steal your $$ and get away with that. HE IS GOOD
TEO, lets stop this nonesence and post pics of CURRENT rebuild 