.I don't like the sound of that club president/hobby shop owner<<<---Yeah,He does sound like he's out to grab some $$$$$$.
By the way, the Tower .46 engines are nice. RCAddiction mentioned the carb air leak....a friend of mine that has quite a few of these engines uses lock-tite on the carb screws, and it fixed the problem.
Mike,
So far I heard nothing but GOOD about that engine.
It has what it needs to lift a big bird off the ground with very little effort