mopar crate engines 426 or 528?

[tsirin]

planning to buy a crate engine;heard some troubles with 528 cu. does anybody have any experience?
thnx for help

[Blown70]

Any problems mentioned specifically?  I would suggest going with someone like FHO, Barton, Arruzza, etc. if you were to by and not MOPAR direct.

Tom

[tsirin]

thnx for reply Tom;
do you have the www. adresses for that companies?

-a friends 528 was broken here and we had to send the engine back to states,there was a oiling problem.

[Chryco Psycho]

I agree
go with FHO Aruzza Barton etc & get an engine built for abouty the same cost or less than the crates
google any of those names & you will find them , FHO is in Canada

[Blown70]

thnx for reply Tom;
do you have the www. adresses for that companies?

-a friends 528 was broken here and we had to send the engine back to states,there was a oiling problem.

I have www.forhemisonly.com, www.raybarton.com, I do not think Aruzza has a web site but as CP mentioned GOOGLE should get you the info you seek.  To me all of them do a better "CRATE" motor than ma Mopar

[tsirin]

thnx too much for your help
will contact these companies

[myk]

Hot stuff, those sites.  You guys see that $45K hemi?! Where are all of the 440 crates?

[Blown70]

My opionon is to use FHO, tim has the best prices I have seen and has been at it along time.  Barton has too but little more $$.

I almost forgot to add another good place.

www.moparengineswest.com

Tom

[Mike DC]

 
I also vote to get a Hemi hand-built using the new parts rather than buying an actual "Mopar Performance Crate Motor" in finished form.  The specialty Hemi guys can usually build a better motor for about the same money as a crate motor. 


"Crate motors" have developed a good reputation partly because they're often the same motors already being built for some assembly-line modern vehicles.  (Like the old crate-motor 360 Magnums, for example.  Those existed because Mopar was pulling the basic 360 long-blocks right out of the supplies for their Dodge Ram truck assembly lines.)  But the MP crate 426/472/528 Hemis are not being used in any production cars or trucks right now, so there's nobody looking over DCX's shoulder to make sure the motors are being machined & balanced & assembled right.  The MP crate Hemis are showing up with problems that would never have been tolerated on an engine setup that DCX was using on their own assembly lines.