Here's what our customers have to say about us......
I'll be selecting a few of the hundreds of Thank You messages we receive.

We've been so busy I haven't had time to update this page lately, so here's a few recent updates...

From our instant Chat 6.23.10

12:57:17 PM [Don] Hello
1:00:44 PM [Bill] Thanks Don. Awhile back I sent you my distributor for a re-curve. It was for my 66 Chrysler 300 if you might recall? I just wanted to say that what you did for me is absolutely awesome. The re-curve and the associated parts I purchased from you have given new life to my ride. No more rich smell and bogging at initial acceleration. I am still using the Edelbrock 750 at present but as soon as the funds loosen up I will get that speed demon 650 you suggested in its place. Again thanks....
1:02:06 PM [Don]

You are most welcome!!!

1:02:26 PM [Don] We appreciate you taking the time to call us and hopefully you'll tell your friends
1:04:12 PM [Bill] I just cannot believe how nice the car runs. It's as if it is brand new. And all that I needed to do was get the re-curve, your ECU, Ballast, and Coil, hook everything back up, adjust a little timing and mixture, and voila...runs great. Now if we could just get these storms down here in Northwest Florida to stop, I would drive it more...

1:04:29 PM [Bill] We will do more business real soon...Bill

Don & Staff

Just wanted to say thanks for all your help with my carb and timing problems Chevy V-8 327-750 Holly DP mech..

Even though I purchased only a couple of small items from you never once did you turn me away with all the numerous calls I made.

You and your staff were always on the money with getting my problems resolved. There are not too many people like yourself left that will take their time and offer help to us car enthusiasts unless we are spending a lot of money, my hats off to you sir.

Furthermore if at the time you could not speak to me you would return my call…WOW! At first I thought I’ll never get a call back but low and behold you did call back.

In closing if you or your staff ever get down to Atlantic City, NJ please feel free to call on me as you will always have a friend here.

                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                                    Kevin R Mc

Thanks Kevin, you never know you may have a visitor some day-Don

11.09.09

Hi Don,

It's Chuck here in Illinois with that 65 Cuda, and the 273 with the Isky cam - we've been discussing the vac pot, a possible ReCurve, etc... 

If there is a testimonial page, this is a story that belongs there... 

I bought the A688 kit 3 years ago, rebuilt the stock 273 a year ago, and have not had the valve covers off since I warmed up the motor for the first time, and set the valve lash on the new mechanical cam.  After a year of fighting poor performance, unaware of my error, I called you and talked about the low vacuum, and that I checked everywhere, and can't find a leak.  You refused to take my money, to get a ReCurve on the distributor, and a new vac pot to activate at lower vacuum.  You said you would not take my money, because you knew there was some other issue, and there is no reason why my little 273, even with a .425 lift, 260 dur. cam would not pull at least 16" vacuum....  You were right !!!    I pulled the valve covers and found my bonehead screw up.  When I put the heads back together, and set the valve lash, I had set them to .013 ALL VALVES, intake AND exhaust.  When I warmed up the motor for the first time, I checked and they were all still at .013, so I left it...  I WAS HOLDING OPEN THE EXHAUST VALVES SLIGHTLY the whole time since a year ago, which is why I could not build vacuum, which is why my advance pot would not work, which is why my mileage and performance stunk, etc, etc, etc...  Proper setting is .013" for INTAKE and .021" hot lash for EXHAUST...

 I was getting 12.5" vac and running extremely rich, and as soon as I reset the hot lash, and put it all back together, the first turn of the key I had 16" of vac, and had to turn everything DOWN...  I went to a steady idle of 900 rpm, disconnected the pot, set initial advance at 17-18 degrees, leaned the idle screws down to 1.5 turns open (they had been open all the way), and then reconnected the vac pot, and 13 degrees came right in...  After adjusting timing and idle screws, I now have a crisp idle at 950 rpm, with 16.5 - 17 vacuum...

 THANK YOU for taking the time, despite not having a sale in 2 1/2 years, thank you for sticking to your guns that there was a different problem and I had to find that first, and thank you for your HONESTY, and not just booking a sale, when you could have...  It's like my motor woke up from a bad hibernation, and now it pulls like crazy, and is a ton quicker, especially in the mid range...  I finally feel like it is running at it's potential, and that's a great feeling... 

Best Regards, 

Chuck

Reply:  It's just the way we do business.

06.14.09

11.24.08

Some great news for you, this year was a tremendous year for me and my 1967 Dodge Coronet with a stroked 431, as I became the Sportsman track champion at Western Colorado Dragway.  I have purchased from you the FBO Ignition kit, the FBO Ported mechanical fuel pump, a Mighty Demon 750 ETS  and a complete Cal-Trac system, including mono-springs, front and rear shocks.  Of course I was given your Tuning to Win book.  This was my third season and after two years of hard work and your help everything came together.  I started off the season winning the first three events in the sportsman class, followed by winning the Mopar only class special and taking a second in the fourth race.  From there I had another win, two more seconds and a couple of semi-finals.  With your help and the FBO products that I have purchased from you over the years has propelled me to where I am today.  The last change that was made to the car was the Cal-Tracs system.  What a difference that has made in consistent launches, you can even see the tires wrinkling upon initial hit.  In fact during a test and tune session I took my father-in-law down the track with me.  What made that so special is that when I hit the throttle he almost fell over the bench seat in the car.  You should have seen the smile on his face after the run, he is a die hard Mopar man and is the one responsible for getting me hooked on Mopars and drag racing in general.  So I can not tell you enough how much I have appreciated your hours of time, comments, coaching and suggestions over these past couple of years.  In fact I even have a fellow Mopar guy working with you now too.

Thanks for Everything.

Daryl D.

Track Champion

9-27-2008 from a hand written letter verbatim:

Don & Staff

Just wanted to say thanks for all your help with my carb & timing problems.  Chevy V-8  327  750 Holley DP Mechanical. 

Even though I purchased a couple of small items from you, never once did turn me away with all the numerous calls I made. 

You and your staff were always on the money with getting my problems resolved.  There are not to many people like yourself left that will take their time and offer help to us car enthusiasts unless we are spending a lot of money, my hats off to you sir. 

Furthermore if at the time you could not speak to me you would return my call…WOW!

At first I thought I’ll never get a call back but low & behold you did call back. 

In closing if you or your staff ever get down to Atlantic City, NJ please feel free to call on me as you will always have a friend here. 

Sincerely,

Kevin

Sept 08

I hate you and I love you, everything you told me was right on, I screwed up and it's hard to admit sometimes that I'm not as smart as I think I am.  I bought your 850 ETS carb and you were right I went .2 faster.  Then you curved my distributor and I went another .1 quicker. Your spacer plate and careful plug reading and it went 9.98.  So here's the hate part, now I have to spend $3k to make it and me legal for NHRA.Thanks, I'm really having a blast and you were right I do have a 9second Mustang.

Brandon in Ks.

November 2007

Don

This may in fact be your first testimonial from someone who has not purchased a single item from you (yet). I just wanted to take the time to say thank you and put my 2 cents in to anyone thinking about doing business with FBO. Yesterday I emailed you my spec sheet along with a relatively long winded paragraph venting about how the 340 in my Dart was performing below it's potential at 1:44pm EST. Now I was thinking to myself. "I'll email this sheet, someone may or may not check that email today and may or may not call me back but it's worth a shot..." I honestly didn't believe it when at 3:29pm EST (just 1hr 45min later) I received an email back stating you thought you knew what my problem was and you were going to call me! Sure enough at 3:31pm EST I received a call on my way home from work and you spent about 45min on the phone with me (in the middle of your busy day) troubleshooting my issue and by the time we were done I had a clear path before me on how to proceed to correct my 340's lackluster performance and an offer (actually more of a request!) from you to call you back as soon as I had made a few changes so we could proceed to get my car on the right track. All this without a single dime changing hands whatsoever. I was sold after reading the plethora of tech info you've posted on the website and filling out my sheet hoping, sending it and hoping for the best. Now after experiencing the level of customer service you extended to me before I was even technically a customer, I'm sold for good. Thank you again, now I have to get out to the garage and get to work. My order for the correct coil and ballast resistor are coming...

Brian Kraegel
Kalamazoo, MI

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Hi, I got a copy of your book on demon carbs it is by far the best book on carbs that I have read.

Thanks Jon Wilson

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I recently purchased your book Tuning to Win and have done a lot of reading on your website.  The information is truly amazing and I have learned a ton.  Thank you for providing so much help to us Mopar guys.

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May 2006

Hi Don,

The HEI distributor works beautifully. I'm at 16* initial with no more

part- throttle ping, it'll idle respectably, and has reasonably good

throttle response right out of the box!

I think I could use a little more stall in the converter but it's very

drivable now. Good work.

Thanks for a very positive outcome after a long struggle. I'll call you

again when I've stashed enough lunch money to upgrade to your Demon carb

package and really get it going.

Thanks again,

Happy Dave

Got the guide a few minutes after I spoke to you. I've only read the

first half. But, I can already tell I'm in for a real education. When

it comes to carb tuning, I'm a complete novice. However, you've made it

straight forward enough that even I can understand it. Being an

engineer, I appreciate your explanation of the physics behind all of the

car's components. It helps explain the reason behind the adjustments.

Thanks for all the time you put into this. You've definitely won me

over as a customer 

April 2006

hey Big D

For 4years now I've been picking your brain and every single time you hit the nail right on the head, you've taken my piece of crap car to level of perfection to rival an Indy car. everything is as perfect as you promised. i made a copy of your book for a friend so I just Paypaled you the $10.

Come to NY and the beers are on me.

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Hello,

I currently have installed your Stage 2 ignition kit in my 340 Mopar.

The kit solved a 2-year old idle problem for me and I could not be

happier. You made me a believer!!!

Now I would also like your tuning book.

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Don,

Thanks for yet again great service! I have dealt with a lot of vendors

in my car hobby and I will have to say, you are the best.... Very, very

friendly and very punctual... This is not very common in today's world.

For that I thank you!!!!

I am going to fill out a data sheet for a Demon Carb and send to you for

some recommendations..... So look for it in a day or so.

Jamie

March 2006

Where do I send the money?

My mechanic charged me $370.00 and couldn't make my car run worth a d*m, told me my motor was no good.  I bought your book for $10.00, had you curve my distributor for $69.00 and it runs like a Swiss watch!  I took the car back to his boss and we went for a ride, he read your chapter on ignition tuning and refunded me all the labor back $300.00!!!  So I figure I owe you at least 1/2, he wanted a copy of the book, I gave him your email address....charge him $100.00 he deserves it.

January 2006

I assume you have received my $10 payment? I have the blue covered "Demon tuning guide" book and I have to say I consider that to be almost worthless compared to the information in your guide.

I went through your tuning guide and adjusted the carb based on your info.

The car idles great and I hit the gas and its a crisp response.

Again, the guide is awesome. Every demon owner should have it!

Dan/67 Cuda-360

October 2005

You should be proud of your reputation and satisfied customers. Must be doing something right......Hope you have a good holiday, and thanks for your honesty.
DC

I just wanted to say thanks for getting me the head gaskets I needed in a hurry they got here Thursday a day early, your customer service is GREAT. I'm the one who needed the 4.125x.040 SB head gaskets
Thanks again Larry G.

August 2005

Don,
 
Installed the stage II distributor this morning in my 340 Challenger.  And all I can
say is WOW  !!!!!
 
Talk about a huge difference. 
 
Thank You.
Mark
Bowie, MD

408 SB Stroker Cobra- Portland Oregon
Remove a 850 and install a 650 Mighty Demon, re-curve distributor, problem solved, clean idle, instant throttle response.  All issues gone!
"I had no idea this car had that much power lurking under the hood, I was disappointed in the engine I chose until you fixed it!....I'm now a very happy Cobra owner."

JULY 2005

427 Cobra-Russ from Hillsboro Oregon
650 Mighty Demon Installation and distributor re-curve

You couldn't have chiseled the grin off this guy's face with a Jack Hammer, he finally got to drive his car without fighting it down  every inch of the road.

May 2005

Don,
I received the 650 Speed Demon and the recurved distributor.  It took me a while to get the grin off my face from the much improved throttle response…no hesitation…it pulls strong in every gear ( I didn't get into 5th, yet)…it shuts off without dieseling…and it can even spin the tires now without much difficulty.  It's like a completely different vehicle.

Havn't touched a setting on the carburetor at all.  It idled great right out of the box.  There may be some fine tuning to do, yet, but I'd like a little more time and new spark plugs to make sure before inquiring too much.

Also, the distributor recurving is great.  I didn't realize that the couple of degree bouncing behavior that it used to do was not normal.  It is now rock solid and stops dead at 15deg advance from initial.  The housing ear is limiting me to 19deg initial when it hits the temp sensor in the manifold, so I will be doing some modifications to allow me to get to 20deg initial.
Gus

Hello Big daddy
Why didn't the Holley and Barry Grant tech people tell me this stuff  I've struggled for 2 years trying to make this car run right, tried 3 different carbs and 2 so called performance distributors ($2100.00 total spent).  I read the book, made the adjustments and it's perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!! all issues are solved for with a  $10 Book, $20 Bushing kit, 2 hours of reading and 20 minutes under the hood.

I'm not a mechanic by any means but after reading this book I feel like I'm a professional tuner...just awesome!

Thank Al Gore for the Internet *Laugh* I love my car again

Michael


Don, this tuning guide is amazing! best 10 bucks i've ever spent on my car.
Robert

Don:
Thanks very much for all your help and extremely reasonable prices.  I added a little to offset the Paypal fees.  Can't wait to get the engine dolly, and look forward to dealing with you again.
  
Al
 
PS:  the tuning guide is fascinating and will be of great help!