grandmasterlarr

i have his cell and he never answers work or cell..

yeah this was my second head from him because the first one i had from him broke a valve with in 3 months. made me pay 1500 for the second one and it was half assed if that.

DH is garbage

here you go buddy heres the tb set up he sold me...




if you look on the manifold here (dave ported) look how big #1 is and shiny and the rest are half assed. look like they where just tuched to look like they where worked on again he used the "its a trick dont worry about it" excause.

a better look



From my first head from dave







and like i said the valve broke and dave admited he used crapy comp tech valves or whater he used and said they where week and made me pay 1500 for a new ****tyer head.

heres the setup with tbs and new head on my car just so you cant say thous arent my pictures.



yep bottom end is garbage they put my car on the dyno yesterday and it only made 210whp (whitch was less then just the head he sold me befor made with stock block) and was blowing smoke like a mother because the cylinder walls are scratched. needs to be rebult.

warrantys huh? ok tell him to send me a check for 7500$ for a new head and block.

DH is garbage anyone is dumb to buy anything from him.

so as they tear my **** up ill post pictures of the ****ty block i was sold.

Artifex

The intake manifold looks fine to me. You can't make any judgements about quality from those pics.

As far as the valves, what were you doing when the head took a dump?

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grandmasterlarr

you joking right? look how big the #1 runner is and look at the rest.

As for what i was doing when it broke. i down shifted into 2nd gear @about 4000 rpm. he says there good for 10000 rpm and can take anything you through at them... except a down shift i guess... garbage...

Artifex

LOL whoops. I didn't pay close enough attention. Yea, that's a big problem. DH gave it to you like that??


Were the valves supertech or "comptech"? Comptech I've never heard of, so God knows what they are like. Supertech on the other hand are just fine. Not the highest end, but they definitely won't cause a motor failure.

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Solid

I'm surprised you put in on the car looking like that.

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harmonichonda01

send it back to him, he'll fix it up
Never seen work that trashy come from any company, you have my apologize now that you've posted pics. Call up cell, he just got his new one and always picks up when I call about something.

However, on the IM, they are not all made to look the same in size nor inner dimensions...that would defeat the purpose of proper porting, at any rate, get that head redone, looks like a mess

harmonichonda01

Have a statement from Dave:

"Dear Grand master Larry
I can see by reading this you are not happy I am sorry to here that and can truly understand your frustration
I am here to help you and clear some things up. When you first called and ordered a head we talked for an hour about h motors and making you the fastest guy in Hawaii after or conversation I realized we share the same passion for racing I took a liking to you and felt the feeling was mutual we had friend ship we shared the same passions and interest got along great so I offered to make a special trip to fly out to Hawaii myself and build your car when I arrived we met you and your wife you where both very good to me and my friend mike we set down and had dinner at a nice restaurant off the coast the fallowing morning we met up at the shop where you rented a bay I worked on your car all day and night 3 days in a row put in 30 hours maybe more with no pay the fallowing day I dyno tunned Del Sol Dyno With H22 DH Racing Head 213 WHP - Video you paid the dyno guy I worked again for free no charge to you my friend all you bought was my throttle body ported intake ported head and some custom big lift cams out of my own car anyhow as I recall your car broke every dyno record on the dyno in Hawaii ever it made 210 whp on a stock block with a 35 dollar ebay header?? junk.
we spent the day on the dyno made at least 50 dyno pulls to 9 grand and not one problem after that we pulled the car down I backed up infront of the shop and burned the tires the entire block YouTube - dh-racing.com ported h22 powered delsol 77 mm throttle body everyone was very impressed there was a mop of people there.
Larry as you no I am very passionate about the h22 and based your build off this record build 11.7 at 118 mph still the record with a stock h22 short block YouTube - dh-racing.com allmotor h22 crx vs r1 yamaha I had to rebuild the stock block after a while and installed AFTERMARKET type s pistons my point is when you called me and hired me to build a head for you I did just that I built you the same head I run on my own car using supertech valves which say made in Argentina on the package??? but at the time that's what was available and sense then I had my own supertech valve break off into my engine this is why I designed a all new valve one made in the usa of the strongest none magnetic stainless steel to prevent future valve failure I now install theses in every head I do I also built a designed a new valve spring that can really take 10,000 rpm anyway you look at it the motor ran hard to 9,000 rpm this proves there was nothing done wrong when p2v was.125 I first assembled it nothing went wrong for 3 months and over 50 dyno pulls this means there was a mechanical failure with the valve or the ebach springs may have lost spring rate allowing the piston to make contact with the valve breaking the valve off sense then I built you a new head for half the price we talked about the valve problem and decided to use factory honda valves and your motor still runs to this day there for proving my theory about over seas parts made in Argentina

As for the first runner being larger on the flow bench that runner flow much less than the other three again another freebee you where not charged for that.

You say you have scratches in the cylinders probably from not running an air cleaners the block was bored .020 over I used a after market style type s piston same as what is in my motor the bore and hone was done using the factory honda Manuel as reference we ordered the special hone stone honda called for and set the machine up for the correct pumps per minute it left perfect I also stroked the motor using a 95 mm h23 crank which I had hardened and knifed then balanced to zero .You did not pay for sleeves ...

You say the new motor is only making 210 with a 95 stroke and .020 over piston block 13to1 compression. I would expect 265 tunned by a professional using aem ,chrome or hondata which I know do not own any of these this explains low numbers of 210 on a big stroker motor


After every thing we have done larry I am really surprised you would resolve to this and not just call my personal cell phone number and leave a message for me which you have which I only give to friends ever sense your personal problems you haven't been the same give me a call please I would love to here from you and am more than happy to help you if we can work this out

Dave Hickman
dh-racing.com
To place a order via credit card call dh-racing,s order line phone
1-702-788-1327
Please for orders only.
ask for Dave
Get free tech after purchase of any dhracing product."

Artifex

Yeah there are always 2 sided to every story. I am always skeptical when people claim builders make junk; every case I've ever seen is when someone abuses something or does something outside the builder's specified limits.

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grandmasterlarr

yeah i call it all the time never answer. and its alwes more money this more money that. i thought you where my friend dave and i did belive in you and thought you where gonna hook me up and after spending so much money with you and seeing the results and never what you promised, i realise that its just been a wast of time and money, and everything proves it. im done spening more money with you and your not gonna try to do anything to help me becides want me to spend more money with you. i used to be me that was the one supporting you, and everyone elce talking **** about you. now i see they where right and you just screwd me. yeah and i beleive you told me that the head would make 250 and it only made 213. and the block aint worth half of what you made me pay for it. you wonder why people alwes go sour on you, it because you **** them and sell garbage.

freebies? haha iv have given you so much money any everything you have said **** would do it hasnt and every time i call you its alwes more money this more money that. and what am i left with after all the money i spent with you? absolutly ****ing nothing. might of well burned they money.

and no its not running, its sitting at the shop waiting to have real work done it with quility work and a hole shop of experts.

There called Mellinum Racing Development and ther in Portsmith Virgina. this is the best shop i have ever seen in my life, took my car there to be tuned and they fixed every little detial about my car that was wrong i have never seen anyplace do such a good job in there work. if you like call them and ask for Gray and they will tell you how ****ed up it is. oh and the head has a leak in cyd #2. 757-853-7771.

MDR has tuned H22s to 290+hp and is capable of getting 200+ with there custom header and a skunk2 intake manifold. ill stick with somone that actuly knows what there doing and can produce quality work and not junk.

if anyone falls that load of bs up there and buys from him your gonna end up ****ed just like i am and out of alot of money.

harmonichonda01

aye, I hardly have seen engine builders screw up, i've often times seen ppl take their work to average shops, feel a big boost in power, not adequately lube new parts, not do a break in period, not check v2v and p2v clearances..etc etc

Ima leave this between larry here and dave now, really looks immature to start cursing like that on your side of the story though Larry, and is always good to be able to spell your shop's name correctly. Tell Brian at your shop there Andrew in Houston says hi, he does good work too that shop went through some move and manager swap or something like that not too far back as I recall. Good communication over the phone but I can't advise you strong enough to at least watch what is being done to your car, especially if it's a daily driver dude. You should know what kinda clearance you have at the very least when ever putting on a new head.

At any rate, ima step back let you have your last say in the matter but likesay we've had nothing but great communication, tech support, stupid question & answer sessions and shipping with Dave Hickman Racing in Houston and are always eager to test out his latest and greatest adaptation to the import scene- afterall, isn't that what good businesses do in this market?-constantly redefine limits and invent more?

Artifex

I am locking this thread. There is absolutely no value in debating this any further; this is not a venue for having a he-said/she-said argument. Any users with questions should call DH Racing directly.

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