chad block and CBRD the douche bag.
Well I'm on a roll with this reese tuning ordeal and as long as I am stirring the pot I figured I may as well just boil it too. I'd post this on EVOm too but can't he's a vendor and will have it taken down.
Years ago when this chad block fellow showed up he decided to argue with me constantly on EVOm. We went back and forth until he finally decided that maybe working with us would be easier. We supplied CBRD with all kinds of parts, FMIC's, IC pipes, exhausts etc., etc. He had been using JAM for his engines and heads and had nothing but problems and failures from them. He started using our engines/heads and had stellar results. As a matter of fact that baby blue show car, oh sorry, Time Attack car, he built has/had our engine and head in it along with a bunch of other parts.
Chad decided to run the AEM on that shop Time Attack car and didn't have a clue how to tune it. I sent him a map for the car, he tried with some success and finally we arranged for me to go there and just tune the car. We were going there for the Beaver Springs Drag race anyway. I finished tuning the car to the best level of power it could make and then started giving all the advise he needed to actually make some real power with it. Such as the turbo, turbine housing size, intercooler etc., etc. I suggest the Garrett GT .82 housing, he used the Tial .82 V-band housing that JM Fab suggested with their v-band turbo kit. At the time I thought that Tial housing performed poorly, after re-testing and talking with Tial on it I found out it was modeled after the same GT housing I was suggesting, weighs less and performance is at least as good. He also sourced the same Garrett core we build our race FMIC's out of and then had JM build what he needed. All good, my suggestions were taken, car was put back together with new changes, Chad adjusted my map and the car made outstanding power. Problem, no mention of anyone but his egotistical self, he figured it out, he tuned it blah blah blah. Typical Chad.
I will say along the way of learning to tune the stock ECU's he was some help to me and supplied me with some map and XML files etc. Funny thing is when he'd offer and I'd take him up on it, it was always a few days. Little did I know then he was getting the help from two other guys who actually knew what they were doing and just passing it on to me, fine and dandy BUT again, typical me-me-me Chad.
Then for some unknown reason he started complaining about what seemed to be every head or engine we sent him. A few heads came back that needed valve seals, why, no freaking idea, but none-the-less they were repaired and sent back. I was growing very tired of this and with his new "in house fabricator" (an ex-employee of JM Fab from what I understand) he was ordering less and less of everything from us. I could see where this was going, I had once again educated another shop, it was time for them to cut us out now that they knew half of what they needed to know and do things on their own. As I said with reese, it's how things have worked for the last 20+ years. In a heated AIM session I finally told Chad what I thought, called him a spoiled brat, an "I" guy cause everything was HIM doing all the work, all the results etc. I honestly couldn't stand the guy for a solid year before I finally told him to fuck off and dropped CBRD off our dealer list.
I saw no sense in bringing any of that up until tonight. Figured whatever, let the spoiled little punk do his thing and as always the guys who like gold foil and baby blue show cars can drool over it all. In the end since he has been in business he hasn't built a single fast car, hasn't set a single record and when you get down to it, just really hasn't done shit but make threads showing pretty stuff that does nothing but look good.
I was reading the latest issue of that shit magazine Modified that came (I can't wait until my subscription runs out). In it is yet another car, one that is over on EVOm, that looks good but has done nothing. What got me fired up was this punk's statements in the article. Let me quote a few with my response below them:
"Because of ouur professional road racing history and what we were accustomed to working with in the ALMS and so forth, we at CBRD see the real value in the small cost of things like the addition of coatings on pistons and other engine internal parts," Chad says. "These motors need to be able to last for years with 40-minute to one-hour track sessions, not just a single 9 second pass down the dragstrip."
OK folks, a few things. This punk was a driver, so his experience in ALMS was driving. I doubt he knows which end of an wrench is open or closed or that said wrench is called a combination wrench. On top of that, since he has opened JMS or myself has built his engines. NOW he's an expert on the 4g63? hahaha Mother fucker, please. We coat our pistons BTW, so I'm glad we are up to ALMS standards, ROFL. Next what the hell does Chad know about building an engine for running 9's? NOTHING, he's never ran 9's, none of his customers have run 9's.
More from the douche:
"Things such as proper O-ringing of the deck and the block for good cylinder head sealing is essential step that is sometimes overlooked. That, along with equal compression on all cylinders can be the difference between a motor that's great for the quarter-mile or for several years of solid road racing," Chad continues. "We typically use components such as Carillo rods for our builds because of their excellent build quality and choose pistons to suit the needs of our specific goals. This adds some cost over what other companies do in the EVO community, but for CBRD it is peace of mind. For this EVO, we kept the stock 4g63 crank because is has been proven to be reliable to 1,000 whp. We also keep the front balance shaft in all of our race motors for oil pump cover support-you won't find any stubby oil pump shafts in our motors, as we have seen the pumps fail from that less-than-optimal solution."
OK, here we go. First off dumb ass, CHAD, the "deck and the block" are the same thing, it's actually the "deck of the block" but it's OK, we all know you have no fucking clue. You are the dumb ass who had COUNTLESS heads we sent you not seal and spew water all over. You know what his problem was? His torque wrench was JUNK! He kept complaining the o-rings in our heads stuck out to far and the heads leaked. I told him he was fucking nuts as we ship at least one head out of our shop per week that is o-ringed and not one other single shop has the problem. He finally replaced his torque wrench and found out he wasn't tightening them enough. Equal compression? No shit? You are a genius. Back to the quarter-mile digs, how do you know CHAD? You have never built a car for the 1/4 nor driven down it. His engines cost more because of components? BULLSHIT, it's cause he's a greedy little bastard. I like how he has the comment on what the stock crank is good for, how does he know how much power it's good for? From guys like myself, John Shepherd, Mike at AWD etc., actually making the power with them and proving it........then telling him about it. It's sure the fuck not from building an engine that made 1,000 whp. Fucking clown. Then onto the balance shaft stab. For reference you silly little bitch, CHAD, your "less-than-optimal" solution is an OEM MITSUBISHI PART THAT MITSUBISHI USED IN PRODUCTION ENGINES. If you are having problems with your oil pump covers you need to look into something other than the OEM part you are bad mouthing, fucking idiot.
I call them like I see them and this chad block punk from CBRD is just another one of the scum bags I've had to deal with in my years of doing this.
For the fan boys and haters, yes, I know, I am going off again. chad's a nice guy, never has offended anyone, yes he is a true salesman, he will kiss your ass in a minute. I'll stick with kissing my wife and kids. Want a kiss? Go to chad, he will pucker right up for you. Want experience and parts that work, call us.
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Originally Posted by JohnBradley
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