Roush Crate Engines

[john chesnut]

Manowar, I did not make my post expecting to get a response from your company let alone to get compensation. That hope had long past and I was simply stating my experience. I see that this issue is gaining legs and I have a possible way for this to end up as a win for me and for Bill Mitchell.
As you know I own Dragon Motor Cars. My cars have received alot of press in the Kit Car world and are starting to really take off. My new car that I will debut in April and offer as a kit is a Cobra. It has an aluminum backbone chassis, fiberglass/carbon fiber hybrid body and uses C-5 or C-6 Corvette aluminum suspension. The total weight is #1900lbs. I am going to put an aluminum small block engine in it.
I have been invited by Kit Car to have the car track tested in April. This test will result in a full feature article being run in their magazine. I also am running the Car in the One Lap of America race. And I will be showing the car at Carlisle and many other shows through out the year.
I propose that you exchange the 427 Chevy engine that you built for me with one of your new Aluminum block and head small block Ford engines. I paid $9171 with shipping. I don't know what you charge for the Fords but if it's more I will pay the difference.
If you accept, I will report this in Club Cobra, and will report how the engine preformed. It is my intention to post a running report of the One Lap race on the Web. If all goes well during this "test" I will make a great posting for your company and include that with all of my sales literature.
I am willing to give your company another try. Are you? John