mopar crate engine
I thought I'd add this: Just pulled from a $9500 Indy dyno'd crate. They installed the wrong oil pump drive. Put a bronze gear drive in with a hydraulic cast cam. Engine never ran right, never had the same power as the Indy supplied sheet said. Now timing was bouncing all over. The drive gear teeth are 1/2 way worn thru. All it takes is reading the MP catalog, and you'll know it's wrong. And the fact that it's bright bronze as opposed to a forged steel gear cant hurt IDing it either. In very limited experience (1 friend who used them) I have only seen major issues from MEW. Stuff a Mopar shop should not have problems with. (oiling system mods...or lack there of on a 7K rpm primarily race stroker small block) It ate some bearings, causing a freshening with extras for him. They denied any wrongdoing.
I thought I'd add this: Just pulled from a $9500 Indy dyno'd crate. They installed the wrong oil pump drive. Put a bronze gear drive in with a hydraulic cast cam. Engine never ran right, never had the same power as the Indy supplied sheet said. Now timing was bouncing all over. The drive gear teeth are 1/2 way worn thru. All it takes is reading the MP catalog, and you'll know it's wrong. And the fact that it's bright bronze as opposed to a forged steel gear cant hurt IDing it either. In very limited experience (1 friend who used them) I have only seen major issues from MEW. Stuff a Mopar shop should not have problems with. (oiling system mods...or lack there of on a 7K rpm primarily race stroker small block) It ate some bearings, causing a freshening with extras for him. They denied any wrongdoing.