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jt1 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Turn it hard enough to stretch the rod 0.015" to 0.025". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jt1 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 You will burn a piston. But it probably won't matter, because a valve will have already gone thru the top of the piston due to insufficent P/V clearance, from altering the cam timing. You will coast slowly to the side of the road, in a place with no internet access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 aluminum rods are DESIGNED to be used on engines running nitro-methane ,or running high nitrous loads and act as shock absorbers, they are DESIGNED TO BE replaced on a regular basis because they tend to stress fracture after severe or prolonged useage, engines RUNNING LARGE LOADS OF NITROUS and NITROMETHANE don,t worry about QUENCH to any great extent because they are normally only running at extremely high rpm levels durring racing events and detonation has little chance of damageing the engine at those rpm levels ON A PROPERLY TUNED ENGINE simply because most RACING ENGINE RUN ON THE RICH END OF THE FUEL AIR MIXTURE SCALE NEAR 12:5-12.8:1 rather than at 13.5-14.7:1 like an engine that runs on the street todays technology alows QUALITY steel or TITANIUM CONNECTING RODS to be built as light or lighter than aluminum rods for engines designed for ENDURANCE EVENTS.............................SHORT ANSWER! YOUVE GOT NO BUSINESS BUILDING AN ENGINE THAT WON,T BE PULLED DOWN FOR FREQUENT INSPECTIONS OR CRUSES AT LOW RPMS OR NEEDS ACCURATE QUENCH TO RUN LONG DISTANCES USEING ALUMINUM RODS, YEAH , IM WELL AWARE THERES GUYS DOING IT ALL THE TIME, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE USEING THE BEST COMBO OR UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING! THERES GUYS RUNNING CAST CRANKS, STIOCK RODS AND 300HP NITROUS KITS IN NEARLY STOCK ENGINES TOO! STRESS IS CUMULATIVE ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grumpyvette Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 For only $141.00 a pop you can get a set of these... lets see...$141 x 8=$1128 for rods youll need to throw away after at the most one hard season of racing or about two years of low stress street/strip driveing, then if your smart your replace them or your risking the rest of the engine or!!!!!! you can buy rods like these and for all intents forget about rod failures http://www.oliver-rods.com/products/ForgedSBIndex.html http://www.flatlanderracing.com/crower_lightweight.html http://www.flatlanderracing.com/carillo_rodssbc.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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