help, which crate motor?
ok i havent heard of any one with problems wit ha mopar crate engine..ide like to hear some info on that,,sorry didnt meen to hi jack your tread,,,
I talked to an older gentleman at a car show in Commerce about a mont ago.
He had a 360 crate motor from mopar performance in his 67 barracuda notchback.
He had the 380 horse package and had electric cut outs on the axhaust..cool.
He and his wife had been taking the car all over the country for get togethers for the past two years he said.
He said the motor has been extremely reliable and maintenance free other than coolant flush and oil changes regularly.
He seemed to be very pleased with the motor and he said he likes to get on it every now and again, and took it on the track at Atlanta motor speedway and buried the speedo.
Now that's one (good) story, and I'm sure there are bad ones, but the bad ones seem to be second hand, and I have not personally heard any first hand bad news, so you may want to browse or do searches for Mopar performance crate motor issues on the web.
You'll have better luck talking to the racers.
As a side note, most guys who have had engines built or race their cars will tell you to just have a professional build performed with good quality parts and great machine work, and lot's of documentation with tons of technical terms that most guys would have no clue what they are reading, but it sounds good.
Theese build are usually comporably priced to crate motors which are supposedly notorious for having grab bag parts and not very good tolerances internally.
I'm going with a locally pro built engine with lot's of attention to detail with the assembly, machine work, balancing and good quality parts just so I can actually know what I have, and don't have to play games across the country if I have problems.