rods???

05wh250 · Jun 17, 2012

At what power level do you need to upgrade the rods? i thought i seen 600 but now i can't find it.

windrunner408 · Jun 17, 2012

I don't know exactly but I know roughly 1000hp has been done on the stock rotating assembly.

05wh250 · Jun 17, 2012

yeah i remember someone saying shawn did that but i think they said he had upgraded rods.

fordfreak4life · Jun 17, 2012

I believe 800 is the limit on stock rods

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imelmo · Jun 17, 2012

700ish is what I think it is, although I've had 2 go out at about the 650 level. Could've been a lot of other factors on mine though. Shawn is running the Hypermax rods in his.

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windrunner408 · Jun 17, 2012

His latest build has hypermax rods (I believe) in it. I would think it would more depend on the purpose for the power and how often the motor would see that level of power. I would think for most dd/street trucks that never go to the track (or on rare occasions) and have less than 700hp would be just fine with stock rods. Now if you are rebuilding a motor that is already out and have to, I would stick upgraded rods in regardless, so I could go up that high later if I wanted to. JMO and hope it helps.

windrunner408 · Jun 17, 2012

imelmo said:
700ish is what I think it is, although I've had 2 go out at about the 650 level. Could've been a lot of other factors on mine though. Shawn is running the Hypermax rods in his.

LOL posted at the same time.

05wh250 · Jun 17, 2012

thanks guys im trying to decide on injectors and im not sure if i wanna go with 205's or 190's. i saw what windrunner's did with mtw stage 3 and im looking at going with it or the stage 4, whichever madpowerstroke recomends, just can't decide how far i wanna push it. i drive like a wuss most of the time but would still like to be able to put it on the track every now and then and not hurt it.