I've got to rave about Neal and one of his engines and I figured this was the right spot.
A couple of years ago I bought a couple of Clockwork engines. One was the new (at the time) JL .21. Neal seemed pretty pumped about it's potential and how it could be a great engine. So I had him send one to me and it ran like it had a warrant out. I raced it and could not have been happier, both with the engine's performance and with Neal's generous help.
Unfortunately I had to get out of RC for a while and the engine sat in the buggy for what's coming up on two years. After speaking with Neal I took the back plate off and checked the plug. All looked brand new. So with a freshly charged glow plug starter I set the buggy on the box and ONE BUMP and that engine fired right up. (and what a great sound it was!)
There might be other engines that would have done that and other quality builders that would build an excellent engine but this experience only goes to solidify and already SOLID confidence in Neal and his engines.
Neal, we will be talking very soon about more engines. I feel two new NovaRossi's with my name on them for the 2012 season.