[GTX JOHN]

I talked to Comp this afternoon.

The conversation did not go too far before the rep asked
me: Where did I buy the lifters? I told him I purchased them
thru Summit like most of the stuff I buy.

He then asked me since I did not buy them from Comp directly......
How did I not know that Summit did not put lifters from some
OTHER vendor into their boxes by mistake or they were returns
that had been switched by Summit before my purchase. I almost
fell out of my chair when he told me that they were probably not
his product. We work a long week out here and it makes more
sense to buy from Summit in the evening than to find time to talk to fifty different
manufactures during our work day.

I told him I had bought three sets and did not think it likely that
all three had been switched and the boxes and lifters looked
brand new. The conversation went down hill from there...I told
him I did not want any money but want to buy one more set from them
direct and have them INSPECTED by someone prior to shipping for quality
control and I was willing to pay WHATEVER it would cost. He did not want to go
to that trouble for me as they just did not have the time for all of that.

There went $400 or $500 down the drain! I left a message for
Tim Cole and maybe I will try again as I am trying to race the new
Aspen this Friday.

It is not that I am too stupid to modify my lifters.
By the time I buy two sets and take the plungers out
to make a single set it cost more that buying a low
travel set. I WILL not shim them solid like
a lot of what I have seen....They have to still be somewhat
operational. It is cheaper and easier to buy them finished.

I am not a engine builder or machinist like a lot of my
competitors but just a old Hillbilly trailer builder.