Simon,
You should take a chill pill
“for instance the appalling standard of machining on the scholar blocks [and I really am ready to go to court with you over that one dva - please make my day, let alone your efforts to discredit me over the heavy metalling work”
I have made no efforts to ‘discredit’ asnyone over heavy metalling work, your dispute was with Steve Butts, not me and Steve at Vibration Free confirmed Steve Butts’s version of events in his own words.
You discredited yourself by making unsubstantiated claims.
Prove me wrong… show me any postings that I have made that have not been substantiated by Steve Smith’s post in response. As far as I know I have supported Steve Butts’s version of events in one posting, simply because I knew him to be telling the truth.
If you can’t do this then kindly stop trying to make mileage out of an inexactitude.
I suggest you take up any problems that you may have with Scholar blocks with Scholar, they have invited you to do so and you have so far declined.
I have pointed out schoolboy errors in your statements about the bore tolerances which led you to make false statements about the ovality of the bores.
I have taken ovality and taper readings from blocks I have/had here after you requested them which showed that the ovality and taper on the blocks I have here to be well within tolerance.
I have shown that your assertion that all Scholar blocked engines are down on power compared to Rover linered equivalents to be unsubstantiated.
I will make it clear, if you have issues with Scholar blocks you have there, take them up with the originators… Scholar.
Much as you would like to drag my name into the frame, I do not produce the Sholar EVO2 conversion, I merely use it. I routinely measure the ovality and taper on Scholar blocks under the influence of a torque plate, if any of the tolerances proved to be a problem then I would return the block to Scholar.
If any of my customers have a problem with any work that I have done I invite them to contact me to discuss them.
So far I am unaware of any that have problems that they have discussed with me which are unresolved. I cannot comment on any such problems which may exist unless I am aware of them.
It’s that simple.
Dave