Bruce, this is not right be no means and Sorry for the frustrations this has caused. There were 2 builders of this engine over time Cummings and Ray Barton. other engine builders of different displacements were K.Black and G.Stanton. based on your timeline the later of the 2 would have built this. I sent the pictures to an ex platform manager of MP and he choked. I agree as this is total BS.
Have you called Mopar help line yet ? if you haven't yet. Make sure you get whom you talked to and a case number.
when you get a chance. send me the picture of the stamp pad numbers. it will have the part number and some other numbers.
dradcliffe@mikeriehls.com
Hey Good morning Dave,
No need to be sorry Dave it has nothing to do with you guys as it seems we both got surprized by someone else's need to knowingly send something like that out their door, I have some pics of the numbers but I am waiting for Tim to confirm they are correct. Not sure if you deal with Tim on a regular basis ( you probably do) but he could obviously explain the carnage in this motor. Yes I have contacted the Mopar hotline and the gentlemen told me to send the block numbers, photos and Tim's description of his findings to perftec group? .
I will for sure send you the numbers, I am hoping once we find out who actually build this gem, mopar and the builder will make it right. Like I said I could live with a mistake or an unforeseen issue but as you can tell someone actually took time to assemble this thing with completely wrong parts, bad prep and well you seen the clearance job. I am just glad this thing did not fire as Tim said I probably wouldn't have made it out of the driveway.
Again, I very much appreciate any help you could do on your end Dave, I am sure you carry some clout in the mopar world.
Thanks,
Bruce.
