Gen II 426 Hemi Block P5160149ac

Get 'em while their hot , 10 just came up for sale on e-bay. Paul

No doubt the ones flipped off Jegs the other day. What a joke.

Different p/n from the other day's sale. Paul

Jegs website says “ships in 24hrs”.

That sure sound like it’s in stock.

To somebody looking for one....... probably worth a phone call.

No, on Summit, Jegs and many others. If it doesn't say "ships today" that means it's not in stock.

P5160152ac , also 10 for sale on ebay from Jegs. I get the impression that these are going to ship direct from the machine shop. Paul

Well, as much complaining as has been done, about not being able to get Iron ones should mean these will all be gone tonight,,,right?


Should they still be there tomorrow, that would be the reason no one wants to make them lol.

I’m sure a phone call would clear it up........ and if I were looking for one, I’d make that call.

I wouldn't count on them being available. I have had the 4.25 bore block on backorder with Jegs for months, and just this morning I got an email from them saying they were canceling my order.

---Original Message-----
From: Steve Miller <Steve.Miller@jegs.com>
To: MRRANDYJ@AOL.COM <MRRANDYJ@AOL.COM>
Sent: Wed, Feb 6, 2019 08:24 AM
Subject: FW: Order - discontinued back order

Thank you for your order. Part ~312-P5160149AC is discontinued. Mopar Performance has not offered any replacement item. Your backorder for this item has been canceled. If you have any questions please call us at 1-800-345-4545 and speak with a tech sales representative. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Jeg's Customer Care

I ordered a 4.25 bore block this past fall. Was to ship shortly afterwards and was then placed on back order. Just got a notification this morning that my back order has been cancelled. Don’t get your hopes up guys.

Well.......when there is a price increase, which it seems there probably is by a couple hundred dollars maybe, in the past They killed the backorders, adjusted the price up, and started over.

While I don't agree with this business practice I've seen it enough to believe this Would be worth a phone call to investigate.

Seems like an odd coincidence that they’re showing 10 available on the bag, and ships within 24hrs on the Jegs site....... and now two guys get notifications their orders have been cancelled.

My guess is, the price went up and they can’t/won’t honor whatever the price was when the original order was placed.

To the guys who got the cancellation notice, I’d just make a cold call and order one, without any mention of the backorder........ see what happens.
I’d make that call from a different phone than I normally use, to make sure the number isn’t connected to the backorder.

If you’re not willing to call and see if they have any or not........ you don’t want one very bad.

As of 9pm last night the Jegs site showed “ ships within 24hrs”, and there was an eBay ad with 10 available.
As of this morning, the eBay ad is gone, and Jegs shows “unknown availability from manufacturer”.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they had ten, and they’re now gone.

I don't think Jegs had any , it was just a listing for a drop ship item that the manufacturer did not have either. I got this message when I tried to buy one:
"Thank you for your order. Part ~312-P5160149AC is discontinued. Mopar Performance has not offered any replacement item. Your backorder for this item has been canceled. If you have any questions please call us at 1-800-345-4545 and speak with a tech sales representative. We apologize for the inconvenience."

Jeg's Customer Care

Seems like just about everything associated with MP and engine hard parts continues to be a giant cluster*%&$........ pretty much the same as it’s been for as long as I can recall.

MP stuff has always been either 3x the price you can get it from the real supplier/vendor, piss poor quality or on intergalactic backorder. Sometimes all three!

QFT

Another Mopar Mystery.

And it won’t be the last one.

Did you order when it was 2900.00? If so that's why they cancelled your order I bet.

I got the cancellation email as well today. I ordered when it was around $3,000 or so

The total price of my original order including truck freight was $3257.99

Makes me wonder just how much more money an original cast iron Chrysler block will be worth now when all there is are aluminum blocks to buy. Maybe time to unload a few spare blocks but then again once there gone your in that sinking boat of not being able to get an iron block.

I got the cancellation notice too. I ordered mine April 2018 when they were $4000. Paul

As long as fiat sponsors the Hemi Challenge they should make sure there are parts available to build the engines.

I bought some parts off a person today and he mentioned Chrysler was pulling sponsorship out of the Hemi Challenge at Indy. I asked him were he got this information and it was from one person that runs a Car. I told him that it does not make sense. Chrysler gets so much advertising from that race in Magazines, You Tube, all Mopar sites. Does not make sense but Chrysler at one time would not build a V8 Car but finally woke up with the Challenger and Charger. I sure hope this is not true, Drag Racing has taken enough hits in the last ten years.

It’s all about the current senior management at Mopar and Mopar Performance.

1) The top of the house doesn’t know or understand drag racing, street cars, etc. and what it takes to keep them running.

They are not wrench turners. And they are not fact gatherers and won’t do any intel on their own.

2) The top of the house is getting poor information from management below them, those mid level managers won’t rock the boat, too worried about their bonuses.

Back in the day Direct Connection was run by people that knew the product and the audience and consequently the demand. They were closely related to the product engineers.
Hoover, Maxwell, Gross, Schram, all talked to each other.

The new top of the house is all new - they couldn’t find their way out of the building if there wasn’t a red four letter word over the doors.

Sad.

It would make perfect sense if you know the history of Italy, fiat and Antonio Gramsci.

That company is long gone. sold off multiple times, and nobody wanted it.....And sadly, those left, are only interested in the bottom line.

Dracula - you are so correct.

Never to be seen again.

All automotive Management are running their companies the same way and its all about the stock holders and how much you can cut for your bottom line and higher managements yearly bonus. If they could most would move their manufacturing to Mexico and pay the auto workers two dollars an hour just like GM has done. How can anyone making 2 dollars an hour afford to buy the products they produce. Likely there has never been any new produce being cast like these blocks. Some blocks were found and they have got rid of them via Jegs or who ever. Nothing new with Hemi stuff from Chrysler. Back in the late 70s Chrysler dumped all there hemi short blocks onto Mancini and they were all gone before the advertisement in the car mags hit the stands.

FCA has actually recently increased the companies involvement in NHRA Drag Racing.

More support for funny car teams and have they have purchased the naming rights for two more national events.

They also are expressing a lot of interest in Factory Stock Showdown but still very low Drag Pack car count compared to the Cobra Jet's and COPOs.

FCA has "car guys" in high places.

All that being said I don't know anything about this year's Hemi Challenge.

Real, false or illusory we've now seen two batches of 10, and the only one not represented has been the 4.500.

Could it be next?

It would be interesting to hear the story behind how those eBay ads came to be, and the delivery date on the website got changed, if there were no blocks available.

Twice.

An unrelated Mopar Performance-ism.......
I noticed than on Mancinis “shop by brand” list........ Mopar isn’t listed as one of them(other than Mopar Dress up items).

Hellcat
Demon
Redeye

Marchionne was a car guy...

Marchionne had nothing to do with those engine platforms, Bob Lee did.

Is that so... please explain how any of those programs could have been completed with an investment of less than $5M USD.

I have a cummings mega that I bought for $2500.






20 years ago.........

Mine is a old RBRE built Mega block.