Silver BulletMotorsports

[kandlinaz]

On ‎3‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 1:36 PM, silverbullet said:

Hello

We are  starting to make a engine assembly include all new part It is going   to do complete  S QR472  SQR372.These will have all new parts.With hi performance parts.custom cams  port and polish and  port match. 

Cylinder heads,complete heads and long block.Or the compleat engine.Call for help and we will  help with any other  problems.All parts are chery not aftermarket parts .

silverbullet  Will  have been building  engines since 1997

This is likely ours he's talking about here....we have a 2008 Joyner Trooper T2. We took it to Rich in Nov 2017, with the understanding he would start on it right after the first of the year. Finally after many communications and giving up, we retrieved it unfinished the first of Sept - and the buggy was cannibalized. The engine had been rebuilt, but he did not do the rebuild himself, because he didn't have a mechanic. The engine was rebuilt, he told us by NAPA, however it does supposedly have his custom cam in it. BUT, it's not holding good oil pressure. Still working out what we're gonna do about that. There's supposed to be a warranty on it, but we're not hauling it back down there so the warranty can be honored. He's 5 hrs away from us, and who knows what might be taken off it if we take it back down there. AND, he has no mechanic. As we said, we retrieved it unfinished. The engine had not been installed, the clutch and pressure plate had not been installed, and Rich told us himself he's too old to do the work. There's a Joyner T4 sitting there now that was there when we dropped ours off in Nov 2017. And now there's an Oreion sitting there he says he's working on. Again, he has no mechanic.  We retrieved our Joyner the first of September, and Lloyd and our son spent 2 days finding parts, installing the engine, and putting it back together to the point they could load it on the trailer and bring it home. Rich still owes us parts that were not there (gaskets, ignition, etc) and parts that were taken off that should not have been. He claims he has no knowledge of what was taken or why. We don't question his knowledge - but he is ultimately responsible for parts that were removed that he cannot account for. The ignition was gone; the steering column was dismantled and parts missing. And that only scratches the surface....in a nutshell, if you are considering getting Silverbullet to do some work for you, I suggest you do a shop visit first and make your own decision from there.

[Racinaround]

Looks Like SilverbullSh@t is Gone 

None of us will ever get our parts back but at least he wont take anymore of our Money and Parts!!!

 

[mxxse57]

That sucks. I have been waiting on an upgraded new rear differential ordered last June. If anyone has any info. On getting it or money back, please let me know. Good luck to all involved in that bullshit scam artist's way of doing business. I guess live and learn. Hopefully Karma will take care of it before one of us has to....

[The wrench]

As far as I know, 

Rich is in jail with a pending investigation into quite a few things.  

None of the silverbullet phone numbers work

The place where the shop used to be now has a for sale sign and has been cleared out. 

 

Sorry I dont have better news for all the people he screwed over

[Dan B]

FYI  Information from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) website on this company.  Listed with the ACC in 2007 as located in Phoenix, AZ.  Last annual report report filed in 2009.  Company name is no longer active.  If anyone wants to, they can start a new company with that same name but it comes with some baggage.  Ricard Riccardo is listed as the owner.  Johnaten (probably his brother) is also listed.  At that time, their address was listed on W 31 Ave in Phoenix.  Numbered streets in Phx are N/S, few, if any  are E/W.  They moved to Yuma sometime after 2009.  They've had 4 different addresses in Yuma since that time (one a vacant farm field).  Seems like this is more of a hobby than an income producing business.  It might be a good idea to check with the ACC to see if a business or individual you want to do business with to see if they are listed and active.  AZ law says you can't contract with a business and a business can't contract with you  to do any work that is valued over $1,000 (may not apply to automotive work but it does apply to residential work on your home or property).

[The wrench]

Jonathan is rich's middle name.  Also it was at one point an income producing business.  Then he started his shady and lazy business practices

[Dan B]

A public records search on the AZ Superior Court docket shows a person by the same name in Yuma is charged with some felonies involving weapons and disorderly conduct.  That may explain why he's in jail now.  I guess they couldn't find him until Jan.

[kandlinaz]

Matt thewrench, I sent you a pm.