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Old 03-19-2010, 01:35 PM   #3
Chris "drooze" Wertman
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Default Re: Mixing bearings for clearance

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich View Post
I've put in at least a couple hundred sets of Eagle rods. The only rods I've seen broke were rods that were in cylinders that had the entire cylinder wall collapse. The rods were bent nearly double before anything broke. And those were the I-beam rods. I've never had a broken Eagle H-beam rod, in anything I've built personally (and I've built plenty with them), although I know some who have.

I know several guys better than me, with more horsepower than me, and turning more RPM than me, who use Eagle H-beam rods. We have Eagle H-beam rods in the iron 427, and a new set to go in the new iron 427. They are the Eagle 6.135" H-beam rod with L-19 bolts and the "ESP Armor" option. With a 750 gram piston assembly (counting the piston, rings, locks, spacers, and pins) and turning no less than 7800 on every pass, we've got no problems.

If Eagle has an H-beam rod that will fit, get the L-19 bolts and the ESP Armor option, and get them approved, they should do fine. I know guys with 9000 RPM 850HP Super Stock engines with Eagle H-beam rods with L-19 bolts in them. If they wanted, or felt they needed, an Oliver or a Crower, I know for sure they can afford them.
Ill look, I know K1 has or will have an approved rod, H beam.

I need a 6.200 length and 927 pin ....

Stewart (there is a 'problem' with the Manley rods, nothing structural just an issue regarding its legality in Stock from what I understand from well people who should know .... lol)

Ill give you a call and thanks for the OP #'s
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