Reply to "MME ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE"

A) I can't blame Jesel for wanting to look at them first. Most times their parts end up in race motors that see severe abuse. If every racer could just go back to Jesel and say replace my broken part for free, they would probably be bankrupt.

Jesel did not ask to see the third rocker arm and I am going to have Jersey Panteras member Mel Goldenberg examine the part to see what his opinion is as to failure.

B) Before replacing them all I think it makes sense and is very generous of the Jesel people to look at the valve train and see if there is something wrong with the set up. If it is a bad batch yes I will replace them all, but with Jesel's stainless steel arma which are an expensive proposition to say the least.

The Pro Series rockers I have are used in much more stressful situations without failure so I would think that there has to be

Either

A)Something wrong in the geometry of the valve train. This would be McKeown's fault.

or

B) The adjusters were overtorqued. Again Jesel says as little as 5-10 ft/lbs of over torque could cause failure over time. Agian this possibility would McKeown's fault.

or

B)The motor was over revved before the dyno pulls which never exceede 7200. Since then the motor was always in the car and the MSD limiter was set to 7200rpm, so it could not have been exceeded after install either. Again a possible McKeown fault.

or

C) Jesel made a bad batch of rockers and somehow did not catch it before it went out of the factory.

That Jesel is taking an interest and is showing an outstanding example of customer serivice is very refreshing. This is in sharp contrast to the lack of customer service I was shown by the McKeowns. It is nice to know that there are still people and companies trying to give you value for your dollar and NOT trying to squeeze every last penny out of you. AGAIN HEATHER TAKE SOME NOTES.