Reply to "MME ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE"

The rocker broke on the push rod side of the fulcrum. Basically it snapped off. The first two were so close to being mirror images that you could have taken the broken end from one and put it on the other.

I want address the issue of over revving the engine. To my knowledge this has never happened. The Dyno pulls at MME never exceeded 7200 RPM (I was there for all of them) and MME said the motor was good for 7500-8000 rpm.

An MSD Digital 6-Plus box is in the car, with a rev limt set at 7200 rpm. I personally have never taken the engine over 7000rpm. The rockers all failed around 55-65 mph, in fifth gear which translates to about 2800-3000 rpm.

The only possibility for over revving was when the car was out of my hands at either the body shop or one other mechanics shop to disgnose a carb problem. Again when the car was out of my ahnds the MSD was still set with a 7200rpm limit.

A review of the spring pressures, cam specs and other details with the Jesel reps did not reveal anything on paper that would cause the rocker arms to be overstressed.

The broken rocker arms move freely on the shafts indicating that there has not been any oil starvation.

As for making a comments about an engine builder or any other vendor. Is not this forum a tool with which to share experiences good and bad? If all you ever hear is good things and you don't hear when there are problems how does that serve the community here?

I could spend time detailing many of the additional things that have made my dealings with MME less than pleasant. I have not done that. If anybody wants those additional details I will be glad to provide them directly via PM or email. Then you can judge for yourself what the situation really is.

Maybe I just had expectations that were too high. I feel that I paid a premium price and that requires a premium product, inclusive of premium customer service. Can any of you say you don't have similarly high standards?

Well that's really all I have to say for now.