5.7 Hemi's Throwing rods?!

greenmonsta79 said
Hey guy's I have noticed a alarming trend lately, I own a Towing and Auto repair business and I was over at another shop in town dropping of a car for a customer and the guys that run the shop showed me what was left of I believe the #7 Rod and piston in a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500, piston had cracked in half and had snapped rod in half, I have seen alot of 5.7 Hemis for sale on Ebay that have cracked blocks and have bent rods, and I did some checking and most don't have that many miles one was a 2004 Durango with 53,000 miles another was 75,000 and I guess most vent the block. This is a serious downer for myself as I was wanting to build one for my 1971 Challenger, But if this is the reliability of this motor I don't want it!!! I am Mopar to the core and hate to hear about this, Can anyone shed anymore light on this subject??

>The problem with rumors, is getting "all" the facts. Reportedly, 2005' was the worst year for dropping intake seats.Did these rods just fail, all by themselves, or we're they "pushed". 1 dropped valve seat, can ruin a motor-no problem. In a worst case scenario, seat takes out the valve, valve takes out the piston/rod, and rod takes out the block. I bought a "hammered", 6.1L shortblock. Most of the pistons were missing most of their top ring lands. Perhaps the driver was deaf, or just "jacking" the car. Point is, rods were fine. Rods can be mag'd or even better,x-rayed for little $'s, compared to detroying a good motor.ARP 2000 bolts run approx $110.-$140., 5.7 vs 6.1. Usually don't need resizing as "fracture part line" locates the cap, not the bolts.#-oateam.