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    Offline matt63

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    Re: Best crate motor?
    « Reply #30 on: August 28, 2006 - 04:33:12 PM »
    Quote from: falcon50flier on August 28, 2006 - 03:16:33 PM
    Matt - it is old news that the crate hemi contract and Hemi block foundry contract were renegotiated due to poor quality. This board and moparts.com and allpar.com have a lot of history on the subject.

    That the new foundry still can't reliably cast new mega-blocks with consistent wall thickness and bore locations, along with the fact that new 528 crates have apparently been produced with these blocks, means that there has got to be some more quality problems to come for the DC mega-block crates..
    That I hadn't heard. It's unfortunate especially for those who get a bad one.  Most of us are spending "hobby" money and can hardly tolerate these kinds of problems.  Hopefully they get it straightened out soon! I suppose we should be thankful that Mopar is still trying to produce them.
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    Re: Best crate motor?
    « Reply #31 on: September 01, 2006 - 03:59:36 PM »
    Quote from: matt63 on August 28, 2006 - 04:33:12 PM
    Most of us are spending "hobby" money and can hardly tolerate these kinds of problems. 

     :iagree: but do they care since people is still gonna buy them anyway :dunno:
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    Re: Best crate motor?
    « Reply #32 on: September 01, 2006 - 04:13:29 PM »
    I would say,build one for your specs,gears,tranny ect and put it in a crate,that would be the best crate motor :bigsmile:
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