Originally Posted by hink
I talk to Dick Boyer yesterday and I told him a block was being sent to me to probe it out and I would not post the the results on the forums but would email him my findings and to the shop that is sending the block.
And by his response he seemd very interested in what I find as far as loctions and lifter bore angles ETC.
Why wouldn't he be interested? He imported a pile of turd,dumped them on the market,and now he has the best and brightest machinists in the country telling him every flaw in it. Then he'll pick up the phone,call the world's greatest reverse engineering counterfeiters-the Chinese-and tell them how to fix it. Lather,rinse,and repeat a couple times,and all his R&D has been done for him. Now he has a reputable product with a price point lower than the American company (DART) that was copied,and the downward spiral continues.
If it were me,and I would encourage all the engine builders to do the same,I'd just tell 'em it's all wrong,kick it outdoors,and let it rust in the gutter. It's probably going to come about anyway,but I would at least make them work for it rather than just steal it.
That's just my knee-jerk reaction/opinion however-your mileage may vary.