Looking for billet rods asap

97stoker350 · Oct 6, 2014

Yes hmax are forged

ja_cain · Oct 6, 2014

They are cryo'd though. Looks like they can handle 2000 hp (definitely need cgi and bedplate to get the most out of them). The Crowers are billets at the same price. Hmax does claim that they are stronger then the billet offerings and lighter than stock rods.

cbf9703 · Oct 7, 2014

ja_cain said:
That blows. His build would definitely be an awesome resource for someone wanting to go the compound route. Do you know if he was running a bed plate (probably not) or a girdle and was his block filled at all?

If I remember right, originally it was no, no, and yes, but I've heard the set up has evolved a little since the original build.

strokin'_tatsch · Oct 7, 2014

I want to say that Charles was running a girdle. I seem to remember him saying that after tearing his motor down from years of abuse, they found the main caps were walking and determined that a girdle does not 100% prevent main cap walk. That's been years ago though, so it's possible I'm thinking of someone else.

ja_cain · Oct 7, 2014

strokin'_tatsch said:
I want to say that Charles was running a girdle. I seem to remember him saying that after tearing his motor down from years of abuse, they found the main caps were walking and determined that a girdle does not 100% prevent main cap walk. That's been years ago though, so it's possible I'm thinking of someone else.

That's right. It was some old thread about the cgi blocks and bed plates or something. Might have been on PSN though.

Arisley · Oct 8, 2014

That's far enough back, it might have been on TDS.

TyCorr · Oct 9, 2014

Arisley said:
That's far enough back, it might have been on TDS.

It.definitely was built during the tds days. But it was tore down after a hg issue during the meat of psn's days. Since this site, we dont hear much from Chuckie Cheese.

ja_cain · Oct 9, 2014

TyCorr said:
It.definitely was built during the tds days. But it was tore down after a hg issue during the meat of psn's days. Since this site, we dont hear much from Chuckie Cheese.

It definitely blows that he doesn't contribute much any more. Though I have spotted him in a thread about mountain biking and that supercharger thread so he is still lurking. He also didn't hesitate to put in his two cents on a zf6 thread not too long ago.