318 mopar connecting rod bearing scores ? are these normal ?

[Jman282]

hello i could really use some opinions about these 77clevite (nascar engine performance ) connecting rod bearings. they have scores on all of them. some not so bad not able to feel with my nail. where as a few i can feel the scrapes small, but i can feel scrape with nail. it has not been easy to get these seems they are out of stock. i am sure that i will be able to find new part eventually. i need it done asap but i will not put unreliable parts in engine. please tell what you guys think ? would you use ? the one by it self in the pic is the worst of them.

 

[Ironracer]

Why the edit the OP Mods?
That Said, I'm NOT THE Super Duper Engine Guy, I build, but I'm slow. And Paranoid! Don't wanna build a Grenade, caint afford to and dont wanna do the labor 2x...but that looks like the copper inner is showing. Something ate em up a Lil!. Ain't NO WAY I'd run them, unless I was stranded..who knows if they'll hold crush, or if they'll continue to shed metal? @RustyRatRod

 

[RustyRatRod]

I would say normal, yes. For being assembled in a filthy engine.

 

[Inertia]

No fault of bearings, - that's debris damage .

 

[4spdragtop]

Even to my untrained eye that is either debris damage or the crank needs a good turning.

 

[ACME SS]

Yep I would not use those. Engine was NOT put together in anything close to a "clean room". Also, I may be wrong but they don't look to be labeled as to where they came from. I would never swap positions of a bearing that is to be reused. Bearing are cheap in the big picture.

 

[Jman282]

Why the edit the OP Mods?
That Said, I'm NOT THE Super Duper Engine Guy, I build, but I'm slow. And Paranoid! Don't wanna build a Grenade, caint afford to and dont wanna do the labor 2x...but that looks like the copper inner is showing. Something ate em up a Lil!. Ain't NO WAY I'd run them, unless I was stranded..who knows if they'll hold crush, or if they'll continue to shed metal? @RustyRatRod

yeah, thanks for you input. super frustrated as those bearings just came out of the packaging. they should have been brand new.

 

[Jman282]

I would say normal, yes. For being assembled in a filthy engine.

yeah. i was confused because they where supposed to be new bearings. sold as new..

 

[Jman282]

Yep I would not use those. Engine was NOT put together in anything close to a "clean room". Also, I may be wrong but they don't look to be labeled as to where they came from. I would never swap positions of a bearing that is to be reused. Bearing are cheap in the big picture.

thank you. i did not install them because they looked worn. lopers performance center in phx, arizona sold the set to me as new..

 

[jimjimjimmy]

someone put used bearings in the box and returned them and kept the new bearings . i bet they won't believe you and refund your money .

 

[RustyRatRod]

yeah. i was confused because they where supposed to be new bearings. sold as new..

If that's how you got them, they ain't new.

 

[4spdragtop]

Ahh ****, I thought those were bearings you removed from your engine. I would at least try to return them...next time open pkg on ANY new stuff.
Good luck