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Originally Posted by CycloneFE
When I took my 428scj to Lance to start on my motor, he shocked me by saying I would need some different rods. I said those were LeMans rods, he said they were too heavy. My block had a crack in the webbing, so I found a 64 T-Bird with a 428, bought it pulled the motor and sold the car. Sold the rods on EBay, came out pretty good.
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Lemans rods aren't a whole lot heavier than most similar aftermarket. I know Eagles weigh almost the same and I'd rather have FoMoCo engineering inside than offshore unknown. Regular 428 rods would be lighter and work fine with aftermarket bolts. Both my 390 and 427 have stock rods and see a fair bit of RPM (7400). Lance knows what he's doing so I'm just stating my opinion.
There were no 428's in 64 or in T-birds until 66 so either you posted the wrong year or someone put that motor in.