The magazine article sounds great, looks great-- and is to be expected. I am basing my info re: people who sell and install these motors-- plus friends that have them. They do produce the power as advertised-- but are not bullet proof, nor have them shown to have good longevity. A local club member did a 380 crate about a year ago-- it threw a rod recently-- with less than 10k on the motor (it's not raced, juiced, or abused). It's in a 72 duster, clean as a whistle-- does the car show circuit locally, and gets driven on a bi-weekly basis. Sure, it gets a bit of tire spinning action, and has only made a few 1/4 mi passes at a Show-N-Go (did run very well, though).
He's pretty disappointed--- now he's going for a 408, built with the good stuff. Get a good used block, build it from there-- still should be less than $4k doing it yourself-- and making more power.
Sam
>
> From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@attbi.com>
> Date: 2003/04/07 Mon AM 10:31:20 EDT
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Subject: RE: DML: RE: Power Programmer III
>
>
> Sam,
> Here is one link I was reading..what do you think?
>
> Rascal
>
> http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/techarticles/32698/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of srp@cox.net
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 10:08 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Power Programmer III
>
>
> Just an FYI on the crate motors--- they are reman'd, and a good friend of
> mine that does all the heavy line work for a local dealership says "stay
> clear" of the 300 & 380 hp mopar crate 360s... Even the 360 MPI motor is
> bad. They've had a 40% failure rate on these motors over the last year--
> both purchased, and warranty replacements (MPIs for a 5.9L ram, and an RT
> 5.9L).
>
> The reman'd motors are made by catapillar, in MI or Canada (can't remember
> which)-- and with low quality parts, and terrible QC.
>
> The low price is attractive-- but the ram(ha)afications blowing a motor
> throw that out the window. They've had bad bearings, connecting rod caps
> failures, and generally bad motors (one MPI in particular-- at idle had a
> wicked vibration, and at 2500-3000 could be seen visibly- shaken-- out of
> balance).
>
> Find a good block, have it checked-- build it right.
>
> Sam
>
> www.socaldakota.com
>
>
> >
> > From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@attbi.com>
> > Date: 2003/04/07 Mon AM 08:38:17 EDT
> > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > Subject: DML: RE: Power Programmer III
> >
> >
> > That is interesting that you did that Doug, sorry but I do not have the
> > answer about the PPIII, but I am thinking of replacing my 318 with a crate
> > motor. I have looked at a 300 hp 360, but think I may want to go a little
> > larger than that. I have just started looking around.
> >
> > Rascal
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Doug Myers,
> > Jr.
> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:31 AM
> > To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> > Subject: DML: Power Programmer III
> >
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I sent an email to Hypertech about this, but I know the DML will
> > probably give me an answer alot quicker than they can. Anyways....
> >
> > I have a '99 Dakota that was originally equipped with the
> > 5.2L/5-speed
> > setup. I've replaced the 5.2L (318) with a 5.9L (360) and all the
> > traditional "hop-ups" (i.e. cam, headers, intake, roller
> > rockers,thermostat, etc). Will the 50004 Power Programmer III work with
> > my truck? I read on their website that the PP-III reads the VIN stored
> > in the computer to determine which engine I have and uploads the
> > optimized program based on that. Is there a way I can tell it that I
> > have a 360 and not a 318? I need to tune the computer to work correctly
> > with the new engine.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Doug Myers
> >
> >
>
>
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