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Re: Rods

To: Malaboge@AOL.COM, fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rods
From: "R. John Lye" <rjl6n@virginia.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 10:24:54
At 10:57 PM 2/12/98 EST, Malaboge@aol.com wrote:
>Chip etal-
>Side clearance aside...the problem surfaces when you realize that the "U"
>shaped end of the rod has to fit around a 2.2" crank throw. Now the rod is
>about .75" thick on each side at the point where the bolt goes thru (ok I
>don't have one here with me to measure but I'm probably being conservative
>here), now double that for both sides and you have a rod approx 3.75" across
>at the parting line. Folks, no matter how hard you push...that rod is not
>gonna fit down thru a less than 3.5" bore! 
>Any questions?????

Not being a smart*ss, I just don't have any in front of me to
look at.  As I recall, the Carillo rods are parted straight
across, not slanted like the stock TR rods, but they fit down 
the TR bore.  How does that work?

John Lye
rjl6n@Virginia.edu

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