stock rods

06f250powerstroke · Feb 28, 2013

what is the weak point in the rods. from what few ive seen it has been the bolts letting go and going through the pan. would it be worth while putting some arp rod bolts in to make the stock rods live longer? just thinking out loud here, jack up the motor and pull the pan or is there much more involved?

Redneck6.0L · Feb 28, 2013

Its not the bolts, they actually bend the rods. James made 860on the dyno, but I won't let him actually hit that on the street cause she'll take the rods out

Meniacal_Mark · Feb 28, 2013

Anyone cryo stock rods?

slc dzl · Feb 28, 2013

The way I look at it is if you are planning on making big reliable power and are pulling the motor, you might aswell put PROVEN rods in and save yourself the time and cost of having a rod let go.

06f250powerstroke · Feb 28, 2013

definitly all i was thinking was a cheap way to make them last a bit longer. shawn have you ever seen the bolts let go or has it always just bent the rods?

slc dzl · Feb 28, 2013

I understand cheap and budget. You can do what I did, and just pick up a spare motor for when it does let go.
The $400 price for a used short block was alot easier to handle.

Redneck6.0L · Feb 28, 2013

I've never seen a broken bolt,

BlueWaffle · Mar 1, 2013

Redneck6.0L said:
I've never seen a broken bolt,

i thought your blue CC was on a stock bottom end for a while no?

strokin6L · Mar 2, 2013

I believe shawn ran his truck with hypermax rods and low compression pistons for a long long time

Purdue_stroker · Mar 2, 2013

Mines around 600-650hp and its still holding up

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redracer62 · Mar 2, 2013

I bent 6 rods but all the bolts were fine. If your that deep in there I would just spend the extra for rods just for peace of mind. That was my mind set anyways.

BlueWaffle · Mar 2, 2013

redracer62 said:
I bent 6 rods but all the bolts were fine. If your that deep in there I would just spend the extra for rods just for peace of mind. That was my mind set anyways.

lots of spray or fuel only?

strokin6L · Mar 2, 2013

redracer62 said:
I bent 6 rods but all the bolts were fine. If your that deep in there I would just spend the extra for rods just for peace of mind. That was my mind set anyways.

Damn Brody, 6 of them? How'd that happen?

GatorBaitR6 · Mar 9, 2013

:whs:

redracer62 · Mar 9, 2013

BlueWaffle said:
lots of spray or fuel only?

Lots of spray

g2shuck · Mar 9, 2013

How many have bent rods on fuel only?

01PSD · Mar 9, 2013

Jesse Warren did in his pulling truck, after many MANY sled pulls. Probably around 750hp, that's just a guess.

g2shuck · Mar 9, 2013

Ya I have talked inhesse about that bent rod but is he the only one that has managed to bend a stock rod without spraying nitrous?

FaSSt9602 · Mar 10, 2013

redracer62 said:
Lots of spray

Actually, an unknown amouht of spray at an unknown time. Wasn't it your first time out with the new nitrous kit?

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