JPR 427 Coming Apart....Literally
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I know how you feel. When my MMS 427 fell apart in under 500 miles I was ready to chuck the whole car off a bridge. Instead I sent it to Mike at More Performance and he rebuilt it with a C5R block and lots of other new parts. I've got almost 8000 miles on that engine now and it runs ******* great. It uses just a bit of oil now but I think that's going in the intake and the PVC catchcan is waiting to be installed. The only problem I've had is a crankcase vent hose blew off the intake after it was powdercoated. The thing gets 17MPG on the highway at 14.7-15 AFR and puts about 450 to the wheels. That will soon change with the addition of TEA heads which are done and waiting to be installed at TEA.
When your engine is done and done right your going to cream your jeans everytime you step on the gas and forget about the mistakes in the past.
When your engine is done and done right your going to cream your jeans everytime you step on the gas and forget about the mistakes in the past.
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damn that sucks!!! Sorry to hear that
Why dont you try to take that bastard to court?
I personaly would tell him to give me the money and if he didnt I would beat the **** out of him! Then take the money from him like he took you for your money
I hate it when people screw people over like this!
Why dont you try to take that bastard to court?
I personaly would tell him to give me the money and if he didnt I would beat the **** out of him! Then take the money from him like he took you for your money
I hate it when people screw people over like this!
Hmm...glad i live in the south. I see a lot of trouble with the ls1 hot rodding shops up that way. And another reason I build ALL of my own stuff. If it takes me 6months longer I do it myself. That way I can't blame anyone but myself and I don't end up having to get midievil on someone over it 
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Originally Posted by mikey
Not to rub salt in an open wound fellas but I am running the same ARE 436 CI motor for 2 years now and too many 9 second passes to count. No problem.
Originally Posted by mikey
Not to rub salt in an open wound fellas but I am running the same ARE 436 CI motor for 2 years now and too many 9 second passes to count. No problem.
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Originally Posted by WS6 John
Yeah, but how many blocks did you go through in your car before you got this one?
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As far as the coolant goes with the gaskets, this is what I was told by Steve at R.E.D. There was dexcool installed originally and it was changed out at 475 miles or so. The car never ran hot, just was leaking terribly from the drivers side head. I am getting the Cometic ones and running NPG from the getgo this time. I also got the NPG Water Pump and stat as per Steves reco as well. This is supposed to help with the flow of coolant. I should be up and running around end June. The heads are already on thier way to Absolute.
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Well I got an update on the motor. Seems to me that the bad news never stops. 
Guy says that the block has one sleeve that is ruined. It has deep scratches in it. They cant be removed by honing so that means block has to be shipped back to RED and a sleeve replaced. The scrathes are also on 2 pistons so now those are dead. Looks like the relutor wheel wasnt clearenced 100% and that some debris was inside the motor. I am SERIOUSLY broke and I have no moneyto fix this. I am in contact with JPR about MONEY as he WILL be footing the bill to replace sleeve and pistons. I also curiously have some parts MISSING from my motor. NO BILLET MAIN CAPS or ARP Mian STUDS. I PAID FOR THESE!!!! I will post more info as it becomes available. Later Bear 
Guy says that the block has one sleeve that is ruined. It has deep scratches in it. They cant be removed by honing so that means block has to be shipped back to RED and a sleeve replaced. The scrathes are also on 2 pistons so now those are dead. Looks like the relutor wheel wasnt clearenced 100% and that some debris was inside the motor. I am SERIOUSLY broke and I have no moneyto fix this. I am in contact with JPR about MONEY as he WILL be footing the bill to replace sleeve and pistons. I also curiously have some parts MISSING from my motor. NO BILLET MAIN CAPS or ARP Mian STUDS. I PAID FOR THESE!!!! I will post more info as it becomes available. Later Bear 
Originally Posted by Bear
Well I got an update on the motor. Seems to me that the bad news never stops. Guy says that the block has one sleeve that is ruined. It has deep scratches in it. They cant be removed by honing so that means block has to be shipped back to RED and a sleeve replaced. The scrathes are also on 2 pistons so now those are dead. Looks like the relutor wheel wasnt clearenced 100% and that some debris was inside the motor. I am SERIOUSLY broke and I have no moneyto fix this. I am in contact with JPR about MONEY as he WILL be footing the bill to replace sleeve and pistons. I also curiously have some parts MISSING from my motor. NO BILLET MAIN CAPS or ARP Mian STUDS. I PAID FOR THESE!!!! I will post more info as it becomes available. Later Bear
Guy says that the block has one sleeve that is ruined. It has deep scratches in it. They cant be removed by honing so that means block has to be shipped back to RED and a sleeve replaced. The scrathes are also on 2 pistons so now those are dead. Looks like the relutor wheel wasnt clearenced 100% and that some debris was inside the motor. I am SERIOUSLY broke and I have no moneyto fix this. I am in contact with JPR about MONEY as he WILL be footing the bill to replace sleeve and pistons. I also curiously have some parts MISSING from my motor. NO BILLET MAIN CAPS or ARP Mian STUDS. I PAID FOR THESE!!!! I will post more info as it becomes available. Later Bear 
Originally Posted by Bear
Well I got an update on the motor. Seems to me that the bad news never stops. Guy says that the block has one sleeve that is ruined. It has deep scratches in it. They cant be removed by honing so that means block has to be shipped back to RED and a sleeve replaced. The scrathes are also on 2 pistons so now those are dead. Looks like the relutor wheel wasnt clearenced 100% and that some debris was inside the motor. I am SERIOUSLY broke and I have no moneyto fix this. I am in contact with JPR about MONEY as he WILL be footing the bill to replace sleeve and pistons. I also curiously have some parts MISSING from my motor. NO BILLET MAIN CAPS or ARP Mian STUDS. I PAID FOR THESE!!!! I will post more info as it becomes available. Later Bear
Guy says that the block has one sleeve that is ruined. It has deep scratches in it. They cant be removed by honing so that means block has to be shipped back to RED and a sleeve replaced. The scrathes are also on 2 pistons so now those are dead. Looks like the relutor wheel wasnt clearenced 100% and that some debris was inside the motor. I am SERIOUSLY broke and I have no moneyto fix this. I am in contact with JPR about MONEY as he WILL be footing the bill to replace sleeve and pistons. I also curiously have some parts MISSING from my motor. NO BILLET MAIN CAPS or ARP Mian STUDS. I PAID FOR THESE!!!! I will post more info as it becomes available. Later Bear 
I hope JPR helps you. 