There is a LOT of drama behind that...the short version is, his honesty was called into question (as described above), he became unnecessarily combative, and he finally went too far and was shown the door (rightfully so IMHO, although I know others disagree), I admire what he's done, but at the same time, I have difficulty seeing past his attitude and, frankly, am getting tired of all the drama that's surrounded this...
Not to mention all the harassment he still gives some members of this forum via other forums or in his youtube videos. Some people just go beyond being forgivable for things they have done. Justin (NMB2) is one of those people.
Is his build impressive? Yes, of course it is. He put hundreds of hours into building that thing.
Does the awe inspiring build over shadow the facts surrounding the person that built it? In my opinion, no. He has said and done things to the nicest and most helpful members on this forum that just can't be forgiven. With that said I'm honestly sick of people bringing him up over here, it always starts a $#!^storm with the senior members that know about what he did.
Then there's the backlash of his builds leaking into normal repair threads. Most people know what I'm talking about, the ones where someone comes in and says "Oh well NMB2 did this in his build, so let it be written, this is how it should be done." Thats not true when most people on here just want a cheap reliable work horse that will be dependable every morning when they need to go to work.
Anyone thats built engines knows you have 2 classes of engine builds.
1. Those that go balls to the wall, are all out performance builds and are built solely to put out the maximum amount of power possible from that power plant.
2. Those that are built with precision and care, taking into account the use of that engine, keeping it well within the tolerances of the materials said engine was built with to ensure long term service.
There's no in between and anyone that says so is living in a fantasy world.
Thats my .02. I didn't bash the guy, I didn't praise the guy, and I didn't try to start any wars. Just give those members that didn't know some insight into why there's disdain for this guy on this forum. So I'd appreciate it if this post didn't disappear like the last one did. There's no reason to hide the truth about him, it should be known.
