Thank you everyone for the replies.

yes this is the OE equipment. My bike is an iron horse victory 3.0 that i got on closeout from amazon (73% off) Because the bike was bought from online instead of a bike shop the front was never properly adjusted (im sure I took a wack at adjusting it but didnt have the proper knowlege)

Fast forward. After going inside and relaxing from getting very frustrated with the bike and stripping off my now sweat soaked shorts and jersey I relaxed for a bit cooled off and took one last look before work.

Amazingly if you come back to a project and give it some time to rest you find your dumbest mistakes. For whatever odd reason I didnt have the cage aligned with the rings. the cage had the rear end angled in towards the bike so when i threw the front adjustment it wasnt doing anything.

If i do remember right after talking to my local bike shop about my frustration (and this is from my really poor memory) I remember them telling me that FSA never made the best derailleurs. I also have fsa brakes and im not to happy with them either (probably just the pads but im not sure as of yet)

Thanks everyone ill keep you updated im going to take a test ride tomorow before work to check it out I need to get this thing working soon Wednesday is my day off Im going to go for a nice long ride.

Thanks
Sean Scott

P.S. I have always lubed my brifters with wd-40 im sure its not the chemical of choice for pro mechanics but I have had good luck with it and have heard many other people having success with it too. alto a dry ptfe lube would probably be ideal.