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Originally Posted by Dragsinger
This information is puzzling/troubling to me.
In no way am I questioning the ethics of the poster because I know nothing of the person. The thing is, it seems to me there are many questions and doubts raised by an unknown person who is asking for money to build a product for a limited market and then explains part of the plan to not make a profit.
In addition, build a product that he has never built when the market has a number of completely capable and proven companies.
This situation seems strange to me.
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Larry, I saw your post and I understand your concerns. I just want to explain my mindset as the sole designer of this cylinder head and project. Also I would like to address your concerns.
As to making a minimal profit. First, I am a mopar fan to the core. Me and my family have raced a mopar since my childhood. So I want to continue to advance the capability of mopar based engines. Now, growing up around drag racing you begin to develop a love for certain classes and being a mopar fan, your going to look for mopar cars in those classes. It became obvious to me that mopar racers had limited options when looking to achieve certain HP levels in a naturally aspirated application. Being an individual looking to race in Comp Eliminator one day, I took it upon myself to design something new. Further, I understand that this design iS for a limited market and I could adopt one of two strategies; maximize profit margins or take a minimal profit and offer it at cost. Now here's the key to me. If my goal is to see more mopar racers out there racing in these classes, which of those strategies is more beneficial to making that happen? In my opinion, taking a minimal profit and offering to cylinder head at cost is much better way to accomplish that.
I agree with you, there are many company's completely capable of designing a cylinder head with this potential. The question though, is how many will actually allocate the engineering resources and time to do so for such a small market? I and every mopar racer knows the answer to that question (A resounding no). The current market and cylinder heads available prove that. So to me, why should I wait on them to do it when I can make the effort myself? I believe its worth doing and worth working towards and regardless of the outcome, I will continue to work towards that end.
I will say though, that critical input such as yours has really helped me. It shows me that I didn't do a good enough job explaining the product or explaining the development of the product. That is a mistake on my part so I will go back to the drawing board and relaunch at a later date with a much more detailed explanation and videos to allow people to establish more of connection with me. Regardless, I will get it done. Its only the beginning for me.
Sincerely, Adriel Paradise