Understood, and youre right, the bolt replacment (and its a direct fit) is most definatley stronger than the rod itself. But right now thats the least of my issues.
In regards, we didnt send an untested car down the track, I forgot we also ran T&T the Wed prior AND the day before the Atlanta Div , so the car had some 15 passes on it before the old man took it down the track. We had shift points and rev limits set very convervitive. Last shift points were 7200, I just looked at the logs from the prior pass. I will offer no apologies on that.
Trust me, if we had any inking that would happen I wouldnt have let him take it down the track. An oildown in staging is the best place to do it obviously. Not only for the track, but for US or whoever was driving.
I talked to Stanton this morning, Stanton was given a list of parts to USE, it was what was approved, its not like they went to him and said build us a good engine, Mopar Engineers, (and I dont think any are still there) basically gave him a list made the arrangments and said here do this. Then worked with the NHRA to get things approved, why, why in gods name they choose these rods is beyond me. The rods though (in our case) werent the issue, although I have heard others have had out of round issues at high rpm.
So what should I do, sit on a car until all the really awesome parts are approved....yeah well die waiting.
Or should I try to do the best with what we have and can ?
I take the second option.
And Im not cavalier about the oildown, Im going to fit the car with a diaper for OUR safety, in this car it will be no big nuisance. there is adequate clearance around and under big time.
Ive actually considered and am considering a custom alloy pan since there is so much clearance much like we use on the GP bikes, and Charlies Oil Pans (are about 1/2 mile from me and hes a heck of a guy, so if we can make some measurments and fab something).....you think an oildown on a car is an issue , waitll you downshift at 12k into a turn and spray a 3in WM3 tire on a bike with goo....thats a whole new feeling of oh ****....
Back to my phone, Ive got the "good" answer now , just to make it happen by tommorow........and it aint cheap but well....the good answer seldom is....Ill have 1/2 as much in my rods as the rest of the engine.....1500 for a set of flippin rods.....ayeeeeeeee....
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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich
Drooze,
Be aware that most rod companies do not offer "bolt upgrades" on their budget I beam rods for a reason. And it isn't to keep the cost down.
They basic bolts in premium rods to keep the cost down, and then they offer upgrades for those.
There's not much sense in putting a $150 set of premium bolts in a set of $250 budget I beam rods, because the bolt is way stronger than the rod. And then you'll probably need to spend another $100 or so to resize them.
And Billy is correct, it might not be just you, your dad, and your wallets that you are hurting here. In many ways.
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