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Re: Rods?

To: Brad Kahler <brad.kahler@141.com>, "Jack W. Drews"
Subject: Re: Rods?
From: matt matthews <mattspit@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:17:30 -0500
I bought Crower rods for my 1500 spit in part because they could put 5/16
bolts in them while Carillo could not. only 1/4. So far so good.

> From: "Brad Kahler" <brad.kahler@141.com>
> Reply-To: "Brad Kahler" <brad.kahler@141.com>
> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:14:50 -0500
> To: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>, fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rods?
> 
> Jack,
> 
> We bought Pauter rods for Susan's spitfire.  Nice looking and seem to be
> working just fine in the car.  The major issue we had with them is on one
> of the rods they stamped the cap and the rod, then turned the cap around,
> machine it and then turned the cap around again and shipped the rod to
> us.  When Ed was assembling the engine he found this out.  He found that
> by switching the cap around everything was fine but leaving it on the way
> it was stamped and he couldn't get the crank to turn.  He then sent the
> rod out to be bored with the cap on correctly.  That to me seems like a
> pretty big manufacturing mistake.
> 
> Even so, I'd still buy them for my TR3 if for no other reason than cost.
> 
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> On 16 Aug 2005 at 11:00, Jack W. Drews wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone tried the rods made by companies other than Carillo?
>> 
>> Opinions and comments?
>> 
>> uncle jack 
>> 
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