Guest Anonymous Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 hey guys just couldn't sleep and had a niggling wonder knawing at the back of my head and figured i would ask you guys what you thought. nothing special, i was just wondering if it would be plausible to run a good set of forged aluminium rods in my twinturbo 360 project. i seem to remeber somebody warning me away from them stating that they were basically only a good investment if it was a dragrace motor only not a daily driver or sustained high RPMs. i want my block to live in the high RPM range nothing outrageous i just want something that can handle being held around the 5500-6800 reliably with no fears of something going out on me. i was thinking that it would be nice to go the the alum. rods to of course save weight on the reciprocating assembly but i don't know if it will hold with the kind of power i will be making. should i just go with a nice set of high quality forged steel rods and toss the weight savings as a unnessacary(sp?) risk? thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZROSSA Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Go the steel rods. The ali ones dont have much in the way of fatigue strength. The drag guys replace them non-stop. However......I think i remember seeing something about someone here runing some in there street engine. Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8ZRACER260Z Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Definately go with the forged steel rods. The Aluminum rods will not take the daily abuse from a turbo engine. the weight saved is not worth the trouble. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 thats what i figured guess i'll juxst have to find some other ways to save the weight on the reciprocating assembly. thanks a bunch guys you probably saved me from one hell of a headache down the road from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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