It probably has gone through a metamorphous through the years.
I personally have had to deal with criticisms of other manufacturers myself.
The Canton vs. Aviaid one on my GT350 is one,i.e., that the cars on the track with the Canton pans all blew up even with the two being identical, but the Canton just being nicer made?
I for one can't afford to take a chance on that with my Pantera. Maybe the difference is just the decal on the tanks? My GT350 is just a street car. I wanted a pan that would keep it's good appearance better.
Just put an Aviaid decal on it. That will make me feel better about the whole thing.
I just took the Canton decals off of mine and let everyone else guess.
There's a famous picture of Grumpy Jenkins, from the olden days, of him holding up a dipstick to the light at the track, then everyone else doing it.
It's just the way it was, and to a certain extent, still is.
There is just some information, in racing circles, that you are just not going to get from the horses mouth. For instance you will never get a 'Pro Stock' driver to tell you at what rpm he launches and shifts. You have to figure that out for yourself.
It seems simple, but it is not. Ask yourself, why?
Here is an 'old thread' about the reliability supplied by an engine builder with great credentials and experience.
There is enough discussion, information and cross threads to make your own decision on what happened here.
Is this the engine builders fault or just that the 'customer' didn't understand the nature of the beast that he bought?
http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/...562/m/2620030275/p/1
Little things, seemingly irrelevant, matter.