Broke/bent rods

swinky · Oct 29, 2014

I just wanted to kinda tally up who's had rod issues in a mid-high hp 6.0. A lot of guys have been having good luck as of late and thought it would be nice to have all success stories and failures in one thread. If it's a dyno queen nobody cares

Thanks guys.

kingranchstroker · Oct 29, 2014

2004 6.0 has original motor rods, etc. engine now has over 200k miles on it running right at 650 hp . No issues as of yet been in that range for over 75k miles

Bushwood_6.0 · Oct 29, 2014

Well you know mine. But been at or above 750 all year of racing and over 800 for 3 passes with good luck. Knock on wood but hopefully she stays together.

bnestock · Oct 29, 2014

Bent a rod and had a couple Pistons slap valves, sprayen the heck out of it at the track. Went 8.1 with 175/100 injectors and studded motor bent rods on the second pass

Bushwood_6.0 · Oct 29, 2014

bnestock said:
Bent a rod and had a couple Pistons slap valves, sprayen the heck out of it at the track. Went 8.1 with 175/100 injectors and studded motor bent rods on the second pass

Did you hit the limiter at all?

swinky · Oct 29, 2014

bnestock said:
Bent a rod and had a couple Pistons slap valves, sprayen the heck out of it at the track. Went 8.1 with 175/100 injectors and studded motor bent rods on the second pass

This is with a stock turbo and no gate correct?

6 L chevy eater · Oct 30, 2014

i bent a rod at rudys in march, spun bad hit the rev limiter,went 7.46@96. . im sure that didnt help things,drove truck home the same day too!! knocking like a biatch!!!! but when we rebuilt the motor with a good set of rods, the identical set up that bent OEM rod, MPH at track put the truck at 934 rwhp.

i think the mid 800s is high as u wana go on a OEM rod, some may last longer than others, i just feel they will all let go over time at that power level.

ill see if i can get someone to post a pix of rod & piston for me

powerstrokedkid87 · Oct 30, 2014

i either have a wrist pin that let loose, or bent rod, currently too frustrated to take the truck apart to find out why. 06 with 65k no consistent dyno results but i put the setup in the 650-700 range

Josh@DirtyDiesels · Oct 30, 2014

mines been 650-700ish for almost 2 years. Stock rods. 170k miles. Knock on wood. Don't really drive it much anymore, but it used to get the **** kicked out of it

swinky · Oct 30, 2014

Here's the bent one from Charlie's.

imelmo · Oct 30, 2014

I had a rod exit the block on me with the Punisher truck. '04.5, about 650ish at the wheels with the juice, 550ish without. When it broke I had the cruise control set at about 78mph, was actually on the way to the track, lol. There were so many different hands and stuff in that truck though that I wouldn't even want to speculate on what would've caused it.

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6 L chevy eater · Oct 30, 2014

imelmo said:
I had a rod exit the block on me with the Punisher truck. '04.5, about 650ish at the wheels with the juice, 550ish without. When it broke I had the cruise control set at about 78mph, was actually on the way to the track, lol. There were so many different hands and stuff in that truck though that I wouldn't even want to speculate on what would've caused it.

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dam, thats crazy!

imelmo · Oct 30, 2014

It did have a couple passes at the track before that though. LOL Probably 150ish, then was at a shop for a little over a year. Picked it up and it happened on the first trip out to the track.

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imelmo · Oct 30, 2014

Now the ZMBYKLR truck is/was at about 750ish to the wheels with da juice. No rod issues at all with it. I went ahead and had some Hypermax rods put in with the new setup though.

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