Headbytes porting

**Bersaglieri** · 08-15-2013, 02:18 AM

Ah I forgot I saw you were turbo'd. We'll boosted motors are alot more forgiving of head flow, certainly not like a N/A build that requires a bit more attention to details. I'm sure you'll be fine, but after years of dealing with companies in the performance world, few have the combined service, product, and communication you'll find with Lloyd. If he wasn't married... the things I would do...

Anyways, let us know how it goes. Want a real apples to apples, take them to Lloyd and get them flowed there. Lloyd's in Texas with you, testing on the same bench would help prove this guy a quack or head sorcerer.

Good luck.

**69GTO** · 01-14-2015, 07:03 AM

Headbytes porting.. otherwise known as Thomas Sizemore, is a leading edge dirt bag. He seemed very knowledgeable and after promising me the world, including a you tube video of my heads being ported, I sent him a 50% deposit to port heads for me, sent him parts from my existing heads, and also had a new intake and other parts dropped shipped directly to him. After reading some reviews at this web site http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/...y-company.html I contacted Thomas and asked if he wouldn't mind shipping the heads to me COD. I even offered to pre pay shipping. After what I saw I just wanted to have the heads in my hands before I paid for them. He absolutely refused. He told me if I didn't send him the rest of the payment using Walmart to Walmart cash transfer by the next day at noon he was going to sell my heads, keep my parts including my new intake and my $700 deposit and send me the you tube link to my "beautiful" heads being ported so I would see what I missed out on. Well after all that it was very clear to me that I better cut my losses. Why would anyone who was trust worthy refuse to ship COD? Why threaten me with keeping all my stuff and my deposit (which is exactly what he did). And guess what.. no you tube video.. who knows if he ever even had those heads, did anything with them if he did or maybe he hacked the hell out of them like he did to others at the link I provided. Word to the wise. Stay away, far away from Head bytes porting.

**ginoz28** · 07-08-2017, 09:56 PM

Yea i got scamed and never got my stuff back. Yea y'all told me so.

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**The Batman** · 07-09-2017, 01:25 AM

Care to elaborate? I feel bad for ya man.

**ginoz28** · 07-09-2017, 02:01 AM

Sent my heads, intake and had valves, retainers and seals sent and excuse after excuse lead to nothing. Was told a video was being made on the intake porting and of course nothing. Thats the reason for my build stopping.

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**fullforce** · 07-09-2017, 07:55 AM

Damn man, that's even worse than just getting a shitty product back. Good luck with the build if it ever continues

**adam85** · 07-09-2017, 08:30 AM

That sucks man. I read so much about him on yellowbullet too. He has taken a lot of money from other guys. Do you need some heads and a new intake manifold?

**Injuneer** · 07-09-2017, 09:28 AM

Just checked the Headbytes website. Home page indicates "closed for business as of July 28, 2016 and is no longer accepting work".

**ginoz28** · 07-09-2017, 11:18 AM

I have another engine for parts but it just left me without progress going on and I never got back going on it.

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**donfrye** · 07-09-2017, 06:31 PM

The underbelly of performance car work and restoration is one of the worst things out there with little relief for unsuspecting car owners.

Thank God for the network of good people who share experiences and good vendors who make things easier and do so on the up and up.

I'm sorry that happened to you, sir.