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Mopar 360 Crate Motors

Posted By: old340dog

Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/27/09 02:16 AM

Friend of mine is thinking about putting a mopar 360 crate motor in his street rod project. Any body had any experience with these motors? He is wondering how well built they are or are they junk. Best place to buy one and get more information.
Posted By: Challenger_Nut

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/27/09 02:24 AM

I have been told that they are currently out of production and are not avail. at this time.
Posted By: volaredon

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/27/09 01:55 PM

Yeah but I'm sure that someone has a few stashed at a warehouse or dealer parts dep't somewhere.
Posted By: Quicktree

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/27/09 02:07 PM

if he's up in NY tell him to look up Dwayne fast68plymouth. I bet he could build him a nice little 360. he is not that far away.
Posted By: 540challenger

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/27/09 02:22 PM

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if he's up in NY tell him to look up Dwayne fast68plymouth. I bet he could build him a nice little 360. he is not that far away.



For the price of the mopar crate engines you can get more bang for you buck by having someone build you one.

I don't have and expereince with there crate motors but i don't recall them having any problems with the small blocks know the old hemi crate engines is another story
Posted By: ZIPPY

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/27/09 04:09 PM

They aren't available anymore.

If you do find one that a dealer or somebody has, be advised it's been sitting for two years or more.
Posted By: DaytonaTurbo

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/27/09 05:17 PM

I remember one of the mopar mags dynoed one of the 380hp/360ci's and with a tuned carb and a recurved distributor they got 400hp out of it. Sounds pretty good to me, don't know how streetable that stock cam in there is though.
Posted By: dgc333

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/28/09 12:06 AM

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They aren't available anymore.

If you do find one that a dealer or somebody has, be advised it's been sitting for two years or more.



The 360/390 HP magnum based engine with aluminum heads is still listed in the 2009 MP catalog along with several other small blocks based on the new siamese 340 block. This in cludes a 440 small block.
Posted By: 70Duster

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/28/09 12:25 AM

I've been running the same one since 1997. This engine has not been babied. Never a problem.......never had the heads, oil pan, intake or even the valve covers off.
Posted By: Challenger_Nut

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/28/09 12:35 AM

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They aren't available anymore.

If you do find one that a dealer or somebody has, be advised it's been sitting for two years or more.



The 360/390 HP magnum based engine with aluminum heads is still listed in the 2009 MP catalog along with several other small blocks based on the new siamese 340 block. This in cludes a 440 small block.



They do have them listed but they are not avail.
Posted By: Sponge

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/28/09 02:37 AM

I bought a 390hp/360(P5153475) from Rick Hendrick Jeep Chrysler. That was the end of June 2008. They still had access to about 10 then. The Phone number is 1-800-456-5337
Posted By: GLR

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/28/09 03:47 AM

Well, Incase you can't get a crate engine...I have a 360 that came in a car that I bought and it seamed to run good. I am in northern Pa...so not to far away from New York...
glr7069@ptd.net
Posted By: ZIPPY

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/29/09 03:07 PM

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They aren't available anymore.

If you do find one that a dealer or somebody has, be advised it's been sitting for two years or more.



The 360/390 HP magnum based engine with aluminum heads is still listed in the 2009 MP catalog



Actually you're correct, that new one can be ordered and expected to show up, however it doesn't fit the most folks' criteria of a dirt cheap stock block 360 crate engine.

The new one has an R3/race derived block, aluminum heads, and forged bottom end. The old one had a stock block, iron heads, and cast lower end, so the new one is alot more expensive to produce.
Posted By: dgc333

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/29/09 11:44 PM

You would think if its a much beefier engine it would have a lot more power than the production based engine.
Posted By: frydfish

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/30/09 01:35 AM

I bought a new 380/360 crate motor in 1999 and completed the car in 2000. The car sees limited street use (4.10 gear) and run occasionlly on the strip. The cam is streetable but quite a lope, idles rough at 1000 rpm. I have had no problems at all with the engine. Overall very satisfied with it. Car runs mid 12's in my 69 Cuda with drag radials thru the mufflers.
Posted By: Dakota_Don

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/30/09 02:28 AM

if you cant get a mopar crate, try CMengines.com or blueprintengines.com..

there are a lot of other choices out there..
Posted By: kick_the_reverb

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/30/09 07:21 AM

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if you cant get a mopar crate, try blueprintengines.com..




One or two members here that tried blueprintengines.com were very disappointed. I would avoid them just to be safe.
Ran
Posted By: FurryStump

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/30/09 02:30 PM

I also remember the members that had issues, I bought the 408 dressed engine and have been very happy. I have not however had to have an issue resolved under the warranty. I can only speak from my personal situation. I am happy with my engine after 2500 miles. If i had to do it over again I would probably have one built locally just to make it easier to address any issues that may come up.
Posted By: 540challenger

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/30/09 02:54 PM

Here is my story on blueprinted crate engines.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...part=1&vc=1

Long story shot they didn't honor there warranty.

The main reason i went with blue printed over a local guy was the warranty o well lesson learned
Posted By: FurryStump

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/30/09 02:59 PM

no matter what I always fearful of how a company will handle a warranty claim. It was also one of the main reasons I went with them. Sorry for your troubles.
Posted By: 6T6Cuda

Re: Mopar 360 Crate Motors - 01/30/09 06:03 PM

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Here is my story on blueprinted crate engines.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...part=1&vc=1

Long story shot they didn't honor there warranty.

The main reason i went with blue printed over a local guy was the warranty o well lesson learned



Here is my negative experience with the blueprint engines: https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...&PHPSESSID=

So far it has been a waste of time and money.
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