Well, a little over a year later, the motor for my car is home. I am not complaining about the wait, since if I had it earlier, I will wouldn't be any closer to the car being finished. However, it had definitely lit a fire in me. After getting it home I installed a Billet Specialties serpentine kit and ran into an expected issue with the crank pulley. Because of the ATI damper, it sticks out about 1/4 inch too far. So, I am going to look into having it machined down. If that won't work, guess I will have to get a custom pulley made.
The motor was built by Mopar Engines West (MEW). It is a Keith Black aluminum street block, Stage V aluminum heads, Stage V intake, custom hydraulic roller Comp Cam camshaft, Eagle connecting rods, Diamond pistons, dual Fast throttle bodies, 65lb injectors, harnesses, sensors, and computer.
After they tuned it, broke it in, and dyno'd it, the 572 cubic inches peaked out with 702hp at 6200 and 634 ft/lbs at 5500 all on pump gas. The torque is pretty flat above 600 ft/lbs through the rpm range and only drops to 595 ft/lbs right at 6200.
MEW has been really great to work with. We ran into some issues along the way, but in no way can I fault them.
Now, I just need to get the motor in the car...
