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If they are in the business of selling castings then one would think a decent set of drawings would boost sales which must be good business sense, selling the castings with the old poor drawings will tend to put people off not encourage them to buy. Its a shame that when they aquired the rights they also seem to have also gained the Clarkson reputation for undersize and chilled castings as part of the package Unfortunately hemmingway's engines are not really suitable for a beginner and it is these beginners that would most benefit from correct drawings
I am not so negative as you are JB about the excellent service that Blackgates provide How many Casting sets have you actually purchased from Blackgates?
You say they will replace old castings does that Mean Mike can get his chilled trunkguides replaced and what about the undersize bed castings?
If the two bed castings were replaced with something else a very nice engine could start to emerge