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For years, Ma Mopar has had a reputation for being the biggest supplier of crate engines for Mopar enthusiasts, bar none. Well, it's 2006, and the guys at Mopar are still at it. They have come out ...

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Because we're building an engine that will produce approximately 500 hp, we could have used a factory 302 block. Since we'll be thrashing on this engine at the limits of a 289/302 block's architecture ...