MRL Performance

[Superod]

I bought an unused 340 stroker short block several years ago from a guy over in Detroit. MRL built it for him. Guy got his hemi done and used that. Came with paperwork.

It is now in my Dart. I was gonna just run it. Glad I didn’t.
Took it to a Mopar shop I know very well near me to have then look it over and freshen the Eddie heads that had been on my 360
Glad I did. Nothing but issue after issue.
Lifter bores were too big on the bottoms, ( had to bush lifter bores)main and rod clearances way off, freeze plugs buggered up... zero deck flattops 17 out of the deck... Yada, Yada
Live and learn
Not a good situation

So frightening... I'm about 2 weeks from firing it up for the first since it was built in 2015. Scared to death. I can't afford a disaster.

 

[doogievlg]

So frightening... I'm about 2 weeks from firing it up for the first since it was built in 2015. Scared to death. I can't afford a disaster.

I went through the same thing. Make sure you got a good oil pressure gauge set up.