[Greg Reimer 7376]

What does it cost to properly rebuild a set of OEM good used rods these days? Mag, resize, equalize the center to center distance, rebush, size for pins,also, how many cores do you go through until you find eight nearly perfect ones?Also, these rods are 50+ years old, how many duty cycles have they accumulated?In short, where are they along the length of a normal lifetime?Now, I bought Manley legal replacement rods that are Stock Eliminator legal. You have to check all dimensions,(who doesn't?),but most of the time they are very close to optimal. These rods are around $100 each, but subtracting the price of used rebuilt parts from the cost of new rods certainly makes them cost effective in light of what another block, pistons, crank, cam, and all the busted stuff you take out of a motor that died of rod failure costs. A local racer that I know has a real aversion to buying used parts. He says that"you build a car out of a pile of used stuff, all you have is a pile of used stuff".Some places, used parts are OK, but not rods from an unknown source.