When I was a young man my dad told me "Cheer up things could get worse", so I cheered up and things got worse.

It really says a lot about Steve's reputation that someone from France is having his engine built here by the Morris fam and sent all the way back across the Atlantic. Shoutout to Kyle, really growing in his skills and doing so well.

Being in the ventilation business for almost forty years that dyno room could use some more makeup air, it’s closing the vent lovers .

Steve should be proud of how far Kyle has come.

That Hemi is one beautiful jewel. Hope to see pics of it in the car

Its crazy to see how far these guys have come with being comfortable and being themselves on camera than when they first started. Keeps getting better and better.

You’re not the best because you are perfect every time you’re the best because you are there till the end and make sure it’s right before it goes out to your customers.

That's life when you're at the top of your profession!

You own it, and learn from it. As long as it doesnt happen again, its a learning experience to make everyone better.

Just saw you leaving the freedom factory! You’re the man Steve!

I bought a bill mitchell block for my turbo charged max wedge built. The porosity in the main and cam bores covered about 15% of the surface, all of the threads had the peaks ripped out, and there was an entire 2"x1" chunk welded back onto the corner of the oil pan rail before it was machined. When I finally convinced him to accept a return he bitched about the orange paint marker I used to circle the welded area because he's just going to sell it to someone else. Bought a keith black block for $1000 more and it's leaps and bounds better in every aspect including customer support. One of the core plugs had a damaged thread, when I called them they sent an entire set free of charge

Good job Kyle... getting more comfortable in front of the camera...

You’re a true pro Steve to fix someone else’s mistake. The frenchies took that engine to the right place. 👍🏻

The local Gendarmes here in France will absolutely love him when it hits the street. That’s after he’s paid an absolute fortune to get it into the country.

I can imagine this in Europe. It will be a head turner. Wow.

Having spent 30 odd years in the motorsport game you quickly learn that when playing with horsepower, sometimes the horse kicks you in the arse.

I assume anyone who dislikes got beat by one of steves engines lol

Shit happens when you're pushing the envelope.

When hard times happen just think,,, it could be worse , And prepare because its likely to get worse ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, God bless you guys for doing what you do ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

The dyno room window shure is clean!

it happens Steve... you don't want it too, but sometimes it does!! You just gotta roll with the punches!!! Thanks for sharing!

You guys rock. Thanks for the video.

My favorite clip in your into is Steve and his wife. That's true love..

Wow; that Hemi is like one giant piece of polished jewelry ! Sorry about the sleeve issue. Your customer has been treated very well and is happy ; so congrats to SME for that. Great video and many thanks.

I have to say Steve you have put together an amazing team, So professional and gifted. I’m so impressed with your operation.

Crazy for a car in Europe. Great video once again. I feel your pain having things go wrong. At least you have a plan!

Just have to remember, you still have a dream job.. all of us mechanics have the same struggles day in and out. It’s a passion and a curse all in the same week.. but that’s what it takes to be successful

If it happened when he got it back in his car, THAT would have been a bad day. Great job, Morris's! 😄

Can’t remember the last time I seen a 14-71 High Helix from BDS. Those are pricey units + polish. Gonna blow the hides off the Charger.

That's a bummer on what happened... .... But freaking awesome to see someone from Europe, come all the way to the USA just to help build is engine, alongside you guys!

Thanks for the teaching

What a sweetheart of a engine hopefully you guys will show some pix of it when it’s done

Be kewl if the owner, would share back or post his own videos once he gets the engine in France…

Thank goodness didn’t have to change rod length or piston with having to mill the block.. or a new sleeve set i know only couple thousandths but things add up quick when thinks go wrong $

Joe, Bob would be so proud of you. I know I am.

Pretty cool y'all let the owner get his hands on the guts of his own mill And its real good you guys caught the issues during dyno break in .

Tough times, makes tougher men!!

Hi to the Morris family from Bradenton

I had a tall deck aluminum BBC that the sleeves dropped twice in two seasons. Had to have the block decked after each rebuild....

It would be awesome to hear the awesome pulls from the other side of the wall 😁

Man I want to come hang out for a week such a cool job love your videos keep em coming love it.... cheers from idaho.

This channel produces some of the coolest damn PERIOD!! And it also shows never friggin give up, not just because of the din and such, but just in general.!!!

You could mount some cameras in the dyno cells and offer a live feed for your customers when you test the motors you build.

Kyle, excellent, knowledgeable, honest.... great team effort...Steve you should be proud...👍🇬🇧.

Joe's a young kid assembling the hemi. Good for him, learn as much as you can.

As I understand it, the french car registration and roadworthy test make projects like this and absolute PITA to get legal. Big respect! Hope to see it at the Pod sometime...

Outstanding job Kyle. That Charger is going to pass everything but a gas station. Gas in France is roughly $7.14 per gallon. It`s 1.86 per liter, 3.84 litre is 1 gallon. Expensive ride.

It's nice to see that even the pros have issues once in a while. So far, I'm 9weeks out on a set of valves 10weeks on the cam and block just showd that it needs a sleeve. What's the common reason that the sleeves dropped? Because usually their bottomed out pretty well upon assembly.

We run into a problem almost every time we assume another party has done what they are supposed to and dont check the work. Unfortunately it is insanely time consuming to not only do your own work but check everyone else's

View through new window is crystal!

Good to see Kyle taking over on the video. Great job guys. So cool customers in France💪

After 50 years in the business I found out long ago,it happens, especially when you rely on previous work by who knows who. We learned that lesson from having to relick the calf. I’m sure you will not forget what happened here as to not repeat. Always check everything possible. It’s good insurance. Nice facility and hope you get everything back up and working and it’s not too costly.

Love the apron! MAN COOKING 😂

That's one beautiful engine!! Kyle is a chip off the ole block Steve. Keep up the good work men.💪💪💪👍

What a BEAST! Builds like this give me a Chubby!

Glad Dewey isn't stressed out!

Man I love those electronic torque + angle wrenches!

I have a block where the previous owner thought water was coming from a crack between sleeves in the deck. It turns out the sleeve slid down the bore reducing the fire ring compression, letting water and combustion gasses to mix. It's a simple fix. Now, my Steve Morris moment came when I was drilling out the oil passages from the oil gallery to the main bearing bores. I broke the end of the 12" drill off in the last hole I had to drill. I now need to fix both issues. The piece broke off is about 3" long. I tried to stick weld a welding rod to slide hammer it out, to no avail. Tried a couple of drill bit ideas, like diamond bits, but that didn't work. Now, I get to buy a long hard bit and use a mill to try and reduce the bit to iron dust. Moral of the story is to replace the drill bit on every engine. You aren't alone! We definitely do not need to take up flying!

One of the MOST difficult things is getting a new ready to run Chrysler block. Seems no matter who made the block you literally need eyes in the back of your head. I hope the new Callies blocks are better. Good find you guys, and great diplomatic relations with your French friend. No finger pointing going on, just let's fix it and git'er done. 👍

Great content thanks for sharing

There’s no denying that’s your boy Steve. Spittin image of his old man, and the apple didn’t fall far from the tree!!

Those sleeves dropped like my you know what in high school 😮

Nice job one little problem you don’t run the sealing rings at the bottom of the spark plugs on a hemi .the spark plug tube is the seal the ring cuts the spark plug tube causing a oil leak

Gen II Hemi the intake is the valley cover , wedge head BB Mopars use a valley tray ... FYI Steve you are a great person to work with , I wouldn't have expected that you were eating this one ... Hats off , I wish I could afford to have you do my Gen II ...

He'll never be late for French toast again! 😆

It's tough for people to put it into perspective. That is 2% of gross revenue gone, PLUS losses as that stuff needs to be replaced, PLUS another week of work to do the job. Conservatively, Steve easily lost 4% of gross revenue (likely higher loss of net income) for the year. As a business owner, that can be the difference between going racing and sitting out a season

Good job ,nice video really enjoyed it. Thanks 🇺🇸😎

Always enjoy your content. Props to Steve, Kyle and staff. Keeping it real.

521 👍's up Steve Morris thank you for sharing 🤗

At least you found the issue before it left....sucks but itll be right

Great job guys. You shouldn't have gotten stuck with eating the rebuild.

Watching you guys from France, i'm amazed to know a fellow countrymate is going to have one engine from you in France!

Boy I’d love to see that running in the charger. That’s a really really nice piece.

It is so cool seeing you leave room for these young guys. You are so smart Steve! But that is Steel and Aluminum guys, alu is always flexing regardless of argument.

Man that Hemi is sick. Great job tuning and taking care of your customers. Its nice you guys share data and plugs.

Keep pushing on it'll get better with determination.

Steve, I’m so sorry you are having so much bad luck lately. Keeping you in my prayers man.

The thing is you guys overcome and adapt and fix the problem and make it right some companies have lost that value

Love it!!!! Steve and Kyle working as a team on these last couple of videos is awesomeness!! Can you guys please do a “will it run when you put a sml in some random junkyard car”

At 1:53 you can hear Kyle chuckle just like his dad lol

Have u seen sleeves drop like that before? Man that sucks to have to redo that

I'd really like to see how to properly install engine sleeves. Including boring the block and step and the heating,or cooling and especially the tooling to drive the sleeves in or??

New window look awesome man. Now get another George orwell quote!! I LOVE HEMI'S!!!

That machine sounds so beautiful on that dyno.

We use a check list on builds... Never deviate or skip a check. Some items are double checked.. to be Shure...

Awesome video and details. Great job guys !!

That will be one sweet Charger with that bling sticking out of the hood. I wish it was mine....

Kyle does well on camera. Shiny, shiny! As a business owner myself, sometimes you eat it and fix it and move on.

Just great to catch It on the Dyno.

1600hp for a street car. WOAH

Fast an Furious 🖤🤙

Hopefully we’ll get to see some pictures of this in the car

that new window looks great though!

Did I hear that correctly... The dry sump pump is driven off the distributor driveshaft like a mechanical fuel pump would be?

Hey get us a video of that Hemi once she is bolted in !!! Would love to see a burnout in France with it!!

Would it be worth the effort to have "fire rings" from the heads to the blocks water jackets? Would that help aviod gaskets lifting OR would it be better to know when the gaskets lift in order to avoid further damage?

Sounds awesome 👌 👏 👍....keep living the dream ✨️

Another great video, with valuable info! Yeah things weren't the best, but they could have been worse, at least there was no damage and the customer was understanding!

It just needed some Morris hands on it❤ should have been a SMX❤🔥💪🏼

That warning sticker on the new window really is a solid advice. 😁🤟