Roush Crate Engines

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Manowar

trs,
I would remind you that we are a sponsor and builder "who advertises regularly on this site".
Nor does our Warranty "suck".

It's obvious that you'll spend money on advertising for more business, but won't spend the money to "fix" what appears to be your problem.

Typical big business attitude.

Originally Posted by Manowar

John,

I came here in 2005. Things are way different now and all those personnel are gone from 2001-except for Bill himself. Little did he realize that a hard-a$$ed decision he made in 2001-2004 would come back to bite him in 2008.
I can tell you that competition and the web has brought about vast changes here over the years and in his thinking. He knows the value of customer service and the power of the web.
For the record: a systematic QC system is in place which gives the builders finite and uniform procedures to follow. So all engines spec correctly whether the builder is a 5 year or 20 year-experience guy. None of the 'yeah but I do it this way' stuff-they all do it the same way. All blocks are honed, decked, align honed, deburred and prepped uniformly.
No more exploding distributors-they're either MSD Ready to Run billets or E-Curves.
At the dyno, every engine is compression-tested, leaked-down and compression-ratio checked. Dyno operators can see any 'smokers' immediately. It will never get out of here. Our hone procedures work very well with our Total Seal rings. ALL rings are gapped between .018-.022". I have no explaination for .058 other than the hone was possibly too aggressive causing immediate and high ring wear which would spread the gap real quick. .

A system like you said is good to have, but it doesn't mean anything if it's not folowed. I'm sure you had some type of system in place when his engine was built as well.


Whenever you buy a crate engine from these "massed produced" racing engines, you don;t know who is really machining/assembling your engine. They are in the business to sell volumes of engines, assembling them as cheaply as possible to make a profit. The assembler could be a guy with 6 mos experience, or a 20 yr veteren, maybe not the latter because his salary may be too high.

There are too many people out there building engines that really have no idea what they are doing.

I suggest buy the parts you want, and have a local reputable machine shop machine and possibly assemble your enigne. I think you'll be better off in the long run every time.