Originally Posted By L4staero
Yes i carried out a full strip down. The pistons are not forged like Mopar said in their press release. They are cast but have an extra 20% material above the top ring and the rods have a tapered small end like a Hellcat


Interesting. Still sounds like a good bang for the buck for a shortblock from Mopar. I have a 2013 5.7 HEMI with a snapped rod, so strongly considering purchasing the BGE shortblock from Mopar, and bolting on my stock Eagle heads. My concern is figuring out my compression ratio with the Eagle heads.

I priced the Apache shortblock and BGE shortblock from my dealer and they are very close in price.....would seem the BGE is the beefier setup.

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