This is the email I got back form him



Thanks for the interest in the engines , the engines for sale are not
machined yet ,you can get the Casting Kits from Devicchio Foundry. We plan
on having machined kits for the blower engine ,ask to be put on a list for
machine engines, if you are realy want one , this will require a down
payment, you just assemble and run. Call Devicchio Foundry
@ 1-209-465-4687 ask for al or john , i do have one engine that is
assembled ,the engines are hand machined and no expence spared on materials.
i want
$18000.00 for the blown engine without a oak box. The engine is black power
coated . the engines are 6.3 cu. in the bore & stroke is 1" and produce 21HP
@ 7000RPM @ 6 PSI boost on 114 trick gas. Gear drive oil pump , cross
drilled crank . Water cooled block and the heads ,spark plugs are 1/4-32
,ignition is 12 volt hall effect They
are hand full , it's a controled explosion. the engine weights 24 pounds.
Ken Hurst
Napa Valley Backflow Testing & Repairs
http://nvbackflow.com
Ken Hurst
Ken' Miniature I.C. Engines
http://nvbackflow.com\engines
http://hometown.aol.com/kwh1588/myho...ollection.html
----- Original Message -----
From: <alfred.saurage@littlerock.af.mil>
To: <icengine@napanet.net>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 5:35 PM
Subject: Amazing.

 

ok maybe i dont want one

 

Sounds like he made it out of a block of gold.

 

HAHA i sent him another Email about the price goin down and all. I was hoping it would have bigger numbers.

 

$1800 isn't too bad a price, a new replacement riding lawnmower engine - a Kohler or Kawasaki - costs like $1200, and its not nearly as cool as those things. Imagine having a lawnmower with headers...

 

We have a lawnmower with headers :P
Course it has a Kawasaki mule motor on a John Deere mower
We were gonna put a 289 but it was kinda a PITA

 

it shows 18,000$ in his post...dunno if its a typo heh. $18K seems a little high for 21HP :P

Chado

 

Ooops, darn decimal just ruined my day. Well, back to the drawing board...

 

reread that $18000 18k 18 thousand dollars
not 18 hundred

 

The reason it is that high is due to the amount of custom work involved think about it it is a REAL engine, how much does it cost to build a suped up engine with a roots blower? 10k then imagine if there was not cast for the block, or pistonms, nothin increase price alot more

 

I'm gonna get one for my go kart. that puppy would scat.

 

Not to mention the fact that you can't go to NAPA to get parts for it...