Bowers
I noticed that Bowers is getting some bad press so I felt compelled to write something so that you have a different side to Bowers Racing as well as Bret Bowers. I personally ordered a 540 from Bret about 2 ½ months ago. I will agree that I was a bit frustrated with Bret and their progress; but honestly 2 ½ months is not really too long from start to finish or even unexpected. Yes, he does not always answer the phone, yes, he does not always return emails and yes he can be a bit frustrating. That written if I had the chance to have another engine built, I would not hesitate to ask Bowers to do it. As frustrated as I was with him, I have to give credit where credit’s due, the guy builds one mean engine. I suspect that he simply runs a small crew and is overloaded with work. He built a 540 for me that puts out 6 HP shy of 800 and 760 TQ, and that’s a street engine which cost WELL below what any of his competitors are charging, not to mention much better HP & TQ. So my advice for anyone that is considering buying from Bowers is that I would highly recommend him and encourage you to do so, just add 2 – 3 weeks additional to your time line and you will be very happy with the outcome.