gopherracin
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When or who is going to have a true forged rod ..looking to rebuild soon
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clone forged rod
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tms racing
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i bought my forged rods from box stock project on line.
when your talking about forged rods, there are actually three ways that a rod has or is still being made. you might want to look at this: https://www.forging.org/system/file...chnologies_in_the_Connecting_Rod_Industry.pdf
it gives a pretty good explination on the different ways a rod is made....sand casting, drop forged or powder forged...with the "norm" today being powder forged.
it gives a pretty good explination on the different ways a rod is made....sand casting, drop forged or powder forged...with the "norm" today being powder forged.
not specifically, but on a predator, you don't want to rev it past say 5600 or the rod will let go...some have had them past that, but they would be living on borrowed time. remember that we are all working with an engine, yes even the clones, that were designed to split logs or mow the lawn. we've just adapted them to racing. and personally, if I'm going to rev up the motor to the max, I'm going with a billet rod. maybe some of the (hate to say it), lower classes can get away with running a forged rod, but with a motor producing or capable of producing in excess of 20 horse, you best believe that you need to play it safe and get the right stuff.....
gopherracin
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I know its more cost but make it a billit rod...I'm done at guessing if this so called forged rod is going to hold up
vamx...I can understand what your saying, but the key word that you used is "proper". as quality control is questionable when it comes to what we get from overseas, I have to think that a rod cut from a solid piece of aluminum is going to be better than what we have seen in some of the engines brought to us from the fine makers of lawn equipment. depending on who makes the rod and what compounds they use for the forging process, then they can conceivably produce something stronger than steel. but in this day and age, the manufacturing of those components has to be suspect because it's all driven by the mighty dollar, or yen, or franc, or ruble, or peso....anymore, you are getting something that will hold up to average use....but not for the purposes that we use them for. but this isn't limited to racing or row boats....it's this way for everything....the companies produce an widget as cheaply as they can and sell it for as much as they can. this is the prime reason that right now, the billet rod is the best bang for your buck....otherwise, we wouldn't be using them.....
just my thoughts!
just my thoughts!