mopar crate engine

Sometimes for whatever reason (schedules, etc) you cant do everythign the way you want. It happens. But, the dyno and tuning is the last part of the puzzle. When that gets bolted to the rig, the builder has to have done all the right things. You dont have to run an engine to see if it's done "right". It helps to correctly break things in, but you dont have to. I didnt read that article. So I cant say whether it was parts failure of something else. But I know several race cars that show up on race day with a few odds and ends to do at the track before it's fired. One has held over 5 NHRA national records in Stock Eliminator.