- 1. Connecting rods (score: 1)
- Author: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 06:34:15 -0400
- In my humble opinion there are not too many places for aluminum rods other than a few selected applications where a little flex is desirable to take the load off the cylinder walls. With the availabi
- /html/land-speed/1999-07/msg00039.html (12,611 bytes)
- 2. Connecting Rods (score: 1)
- Author: "Joseph Timney" <TIMNEYJJ@sterlingdi.com>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 07:37:12 -0400
- The only time I can recomment the use of aluminum rods is when the motor needs the cushioning feature offered using aluminum ( Nitro detonation ! ). A good quality steel rod ( Carrillo or Crower) of
- /html/land-speed/1999-07/msg00040.html (8,079 bytes)
- 3. Re: Connecting Rods (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 06:49:24 -0700
- Well if you had a Name like Turk... it would be easy to spell.... now on to this Aluminum thing... Yep got that in spades... Do you go out and buy a set of Carrillo's .. and rebalance the entire asse
- /html/land-speed/1999-07/msg00041.html (9,431 bytes)
- 4. RE: Connecting rods (score: 1)
- Author: "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 09:06:24 -0700
- I've been lead to believe that one of the benefits of aluminum rods is that although they have a much shorter duty cycle than a steel rod, In a supercharged fuel motor, they absorb a little bit of th
- /html/land-speed/1999-07/msg00047.html (14,335 bytes)
- 5. Connecting rods (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 19:36:50 -0400
- Just a thought. If aluminum connecting rods work well in Top Fuel and other Blown applications why would they be any less acceptable in normally aspirated applications? As Tom Bryant says you can bre
- /html/land-speed/1999-07/msg00055.html (7,245 bytes)
- 6. Re: Connecting rods (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 16:31:16 -0700
- When I ran stock rods in the Desoto, I ran a six carb set up on a homemade log manifold with a pressure tank feeding the carbs. We lost lots of rods. Luckily, with the Desoto, they usually broke clos
- /html/land-speed/1999-07/msg00058.html (8,391 bytes)
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