Foxy, remove his then. He's lying in it, on several fronts. I never directly asked him to mod my engine. I may have broached the subject indirectly, in a weak moment when he was being unusually civil(I think he "commented" me on my tuning skills, as if I was supposed to be humbled that the lord himself had said so.. ), and I was extra bored, thinking out loud/brainstorming.. But I never asked, and he never "turned me down".. Please..

And YET AGAIN, he's using the forum as a blatant means to sell his c.rap... You can't just talk about nitro engines peacefully for fun at all if he's involved. It all becomes "I am the god of nitro RC and any other engines suck and the only way you can disagree with that is if you are a clueless newb".. It's massively revolting, and very honestly, bad for the hobby - and this forum. Maybe you've just not been active on the other forums over the years on which he's constantly made fun of RCU for being full of clueless newbs.. He's here though. And that is why. And it's the only reason why. It's a wave of trash-talking bullying that has to be pushed back.

It's true too - I am seeing more and more peope move on from his engines. Seeing more and more people talk about his Novas being hard to tune, temperamental, etc.. And in any case, I don't need to own a modded engine to know that I don't need one(nor do most people..), because what will make me faster is all the other set-up stuff - suspension, tires, etc.., not to mention better driving. It's all about trash-talking and bullying, and it all comes from him.

I also don't need to own one of his engines to point out how over-the-top deluded - nay, deranged his above posts are. Delusions of grandeur and then some.. For toy car engines. I do have a modded engine btw, and yeah it's good(But the stock version was great too. Shrug....) This modder though doesn't feel the need to run around the internet telling everyone who doesn't run his engines how clueless they are..

Neal... ever thought of using all of your tooling to make your own engines instead of modifying someone elses? CNC'd barstock engines are a work of art and would really set you apart from the rest.

Of course I doubt you would ever sell me one of your engines because I'm obviously not experienced enough to handle one. I suppose I would race or try it out if the nearest track wasnt 2 hours away. I suppose a car engine made from barstock with ridiculous amounts of power would probably cost $600. The high end aircraft engines are $400-500 turning 18,000-25,000rpm...

anyway. carry on. I was thinking out loud...

I don't post in the car section much, and I really try not to give any advice in any thread the 'experts' may post in/reply to. It feels like being back in high school where 75% of the population are bullies. Maybe this is where the phrase 'ignorance is bliss' holds true?

No bother to me. I'll let the experts banter. I'll read and eat popcorn.

What you're saying though itself illustrates the problem. This is an internet forum for toy cars!! This is not some world where only bullying "experts" have a say...

agreed.

*parts of this post are in response to points raised in a post which has been edited/removed.

@herrsavage: Also agreed, but if I removed every post that contained too much unvalidatable opinion or was posted by someone who just won't let things go (cough, cough), I'd need a full time salary as mod. Sorry bud, you've got to act within the rules, and please don't question my actions in the forum again, pm me I'm always happy to discuss my decisions and help people understand why things are the way they are. It's the internet, your expectations cannot be met, I really wish they could. Posts that are actually bullying are always summarily removed don't even think about pretending they're not...

I will edit out the part that you referred to as being unrepresentative of your communication, but only because reference to private communication is also subject to removal if one of the parties disputes it.

Edit: changed my mind about locking it, but let's talk about engines rather than personalities please.

I cannot possibly see how any of you can say I am bullying anyone........... If I sold John a engine and he had issues you would all attack me for selling a novice such an advanced engine, and when I recommend him to continue running stock engines you all attack me for for trying look out for his best interests.........