opinon of yearone power crate engine?

[mikajo39]

I was wondering if anyone has any info on Yearone's power crate deal
for $2990 it seems like a steal but is it too good to be true?

[Longhorn Man]

what kind of engine is it... small block, big block, stock, mild, wild, blown?

[mikajo39]

Ah i forgot the link! Brain wasn't on
anyways its a 350 bored .30 over 355 with ported vortecs 2.02/1.60 valves hyrdaulic roller cam looks awful good for 2990 butI'm worried about gettin burned. Usually offers that look too good to be true usually are



http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/f...ain2.asp?cat=C

[Number98]

I had a friend that worked for year one a few years back and they were having alot of trouble out of their big block crate engines, I do not remember what all types of problems there were but he said they were getting alot of them back. That was a couple years ago though.....

On that same note he did tell me that they had sold a couple hundred of the "powercrate 350's" and only had "a couple" come back. Sounds like decent odds....

Just what I have heard.

[mikajo39]

Hmm, well that seems like decent odds. If it did fail I wonder how well they honor their waranty

[Number98]

I was told on the big blocks that they gave the customers another new crate engine for most cases and in a few had the engine "fixed" and returned to that customer.

YearOne is a reputable company and strives to take care of their customers (for the most part). While my buddy was there he said they had a customer purchase a Richmond 6-speed trans for a Nova and when it crapped out on the Hot Rod Power Tour the Year One guys had one flown in same day to replace it and even found a shop to do the work so the guy could get back on the road and not miss any of the Tour.

To me, that's good stuff there....

[mikajo39]

That sounds pretty good to me i think I may have to go with this deal. I've always thought of yearone pretty well. Any idea how many your friend meant when he said a "couple" small block ones came back? cause if its like 20 out of hundreds thats still really good.

[Number98]

I can't say for sure because honestly I do not remember but I think he said it was more like 5 or so out of a couple hundred... But it's been a few years since we talked about it.

[mikajo39]

5 out of a couple hundred thats pretty damn good quality wise. I think im probably goning to go with this option. Seems pretty good