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Message: [QUOTE="JAustin, post: 1568599, member: 40201"] Hey Cass, welcome to the convo! I don't know where your pictures of the heat tabs came from, but HCS sent pics of the tabs on my motor, that I provided to you, and they said the tabs looked brand new. I didn't say that, they did. I have emails I can dig up that clearly say that. What's in it for the shop to lie about something like that? Why would they do that? This is a large professional shop that has a very high review rating on Google and comes highly recommended by word of mouth. Not Jimbo down the street with a car lift. A real diesel mechanics shop. Who's right here, you or them? HCS Auto sent my heads off to a local reputable machine shop to have my heads pressure tested. The same shop they've used for years. This same machine shop said my heads were failed their tests and were cracked. Why would they lie about that? What's in it for them? You say you tested them too and they showed fine. Who's right here, you or them? I never said the motor didn't get hot. I clearly told you it did and that I shut it down, I think your screenshot shows "within 20 seconds". When BV called you on the side of the road, we told you the gauge showed hot and was pushing coolant out of the radiator cap. Remember that, Mr. Choate? This was right before you told me the motor had a warranty and that you'd "take care of me". I've never hid a thing from you and have been 100% honest this entire time. When you asked BV to find out about the tune I was running, I told him then that you were going to use it to deny my warranty. He assured me you were a stand up guy, though, so against my better judgement, I told you it had a 40hp tune. Every diesel mechanic I know says that's not what caused this issue, but all of the sudden you jumped all over that, just like I knew you would. Numerous times I'd reach out to you without a response. Numerous. I have emails that will show, and you know this, where I told you and Anna that I didn't get a response to my question. Sometimes it would take days to get a reply back. Emails, texts, whatever. Choate is terrible at communication. Why would I lie about that now? Well, wait. You are awful quick to come back with a smart-ass answer if there's one to be had, I'll give you that. Lastly, other engine builders o-ring their heads on their "daily-driver" engines standard. Why you don't is beyond me. It's a simple process that really would make your engine "better than OEM". Had I purchased your work-horse engine, I'd just be out more money for sub-standard engine with a warranty not worth the paper it was printed on. Do better Cass. You wanna be the best you need to build the best. Your Google reviews clearly show you have a lot of pissed off customers who don't know each other, all singing the same tune. Not everyone is wrong, Cass. Own up to it and be a better person for your customers. We invest a lot of money when we buy your products. Thankfully I paid out of my own pocket to make sure mine was fixed correctly and then I sold it. I can't have a truck with an engine I have no faith in. BUYER BEWARE OF CHOATE DIESEL PERFORMANCE! [/QUOTE]