This problem of catastrophic rod bearing failure in the L87 is particularly interesting.  There have been cases of it happening in engines with a few hundred miles on them.  And not just a few claims.  There is talk of a recall affecting over 800,000 vehicles as well as class actions being filed.  GM has been disappointingly tight-lipped about it, although that's to be expected I guess.   

The 2019+ general motors L87 6.2L V8 has been having some very well publicized issues, and may involve a rather large recall.  One of the issues has been lifter failure secondary to the AFM (active fuel management) cylinder deactivation feature.  This problem has been around since the previous generation of the engine and many people deactivate the AFM function and have no issues.  My 2017 Callaway Silverado with a 6.2 has AFM deactivated and I've had no issues in 80K miles.

The problem I'm most curious about with regard to the newer L87 is the reported catastrophic rod bearing failures.  I'm sure OEM rod bearings are what they are, so it's unlikely to be a bearing material issue, correct?  I suppose the most logical explanation for rod bearing failure would be an oiling issue.  That being said, it's hard to imagine an egregious design mistake being made with regard to a fairly simple oiling system.  Does anyone have any thoughts? 

I was hoping to replace my Callaway with another one, but I'm not going near that engine for now.

Yes Jay, that's correct.  And your heads too, lol. Hell, the original timing pointer was the only OEM Ford part on the engine.  Now that's gone.

IW has had this setup for quite awhile.  I've just never seen it used.

I looked at doing a GT-40 build before I ended up doing a Cobra.  The problems with sourcing a transaxle that could survive behind a big block scared me off.  What are you using, Royce?

I've enjoyed Steve's channel and his drag and drive engines sure are impressive.  However, there was an episode seven or eight months back where he introduced a bunch of new projects, including an Audi V10 and the cammer.  As soon as I saw the block sitting there and the word "cammer" came out of his mouth, my first thought was "this isn't going to end well" lol.  I also remember thinking that he is either one of the most well-versed engine builders on the planet, or that he had no freakin' idea what he was getting into.  Survey says...?

Any of our FE vendors going this year?  I managed to snag a couple of credentials and am flying to Vegas on Tuesday.  I've never been and am pretty excited to check it out.

Phil

I just gotta say, could that IR intake look any f***ing cooler?!??  Clearly no.