RE: Crate Hemi engines

[tom hecht <baddd65@xxxxxxxxx>]

sad indeed, from personal experience, i would not
install any engine without a $200 dollar dyno tune.
if nothing else it will show any oil leaks and
controls cam break-in, in which case, it becomes
cheaper than having to pull the motor afterwards. it
is also nice to  know how timing and jetting will
affect the performance.

mopar can blame the problem on others, but they are
the ones who are selling them for premium prices,
therefore they are responsible for the end product and
quality.

tom
65 satellite

--- Dave Walters <whdavid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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> 
> 
> Brian Schlump wrote:
> > 
> > My friend recently installed a 528 crate Hemi that
> he bought a year and 
> > a half ago, before the latest production run.  I
> followed him to the 
> > show on Sunday, and it appears to be burning a lot
> of oil on both 
> > acceleration and deceleration & I could smell the
> oil at 60 mph.   Last 
> > night Chip Foose (Over Hauling Show)installed a
> crate Hemi in a Road 
> > Runner and they showed a parting shot of the car
> driving away, and it 
> > was burning a lot of oil as well.  My friend's
> Hemi pegs his oil 
> > pressure ga. at 100 psi all the time.  I'm running
> the Mopar high 
> > pressure pump in my Max Wedge with 10W40 and it
> runs 80 psi cold and 64 
> > psi hot, so the 100 seems very high to me.  Does
> anyone in the group 
> > have experience with these crate Hemi engines?  If
> so, what is your oil 
> > pressure running?  Is it possible that the high
> oil usage is from the 
> > high oil pressure or is it just because the engine
> components haven't 
> > broken in yet?  
> > 
> > Brian 
> > 
> > '64 Belvedere
> > Woodstock, IL.
> > 
> > "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary
> is that little 
> > extra."
> 
> 
> I don't have personal experience,but the consensus
> from various Mopar 
> sites is that the engines need to be torn down and
> gone through.They're 
> notorious for sloppy machining and assembly.Did he
> install the engine as 
> delivered from Mopar? If so,he probably made a
> mistake.
> 
> Tim Banning at FHO put one of the 528's on the dyno
> and only came back 
> with 520+ HP,not the 610 that's advertised.
> 
>   Dave Walters
>   Denver, Co.
>   
> 
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