Dustin,
My hanger landlord, a 20,000 hour ATP finished building a Bearhawk with an 0-540 in it.  He's a serial builder and it's a 10.5 out of 10.  According to him, the design has several serious flaws.  He put it on it's back in a moderate crosswind.  Cost him 30 grand.  After checking out the problem he found:  The landing gear from the factory are not straight.  He modified and straightened them.  It needs Much more engine offset.  The tail is much too small.  Factory support leaves much to be desired and design deficiency problems are left to be worked out by the builders.  The company may be in financial trouble.  I have flown it in once with him since all the rework.  Nice solid airplane and not as heavy on the controls as many.  I watched his landing on a no wind day and he worked very hard with a lot of fast stick and rudder work.  He still won't fly it with moderate cross winds.  There is a Bearhawk builders group on Yahoo.  Suggest you spend a lot of time reading over the postings.  Just a heads up.

Don Walker
RV-8 Renesis
Flying and modifying