Originally Posted by
randystang
are these engines bad for slinging rods, my 5 port was running good in quals till it slung a rod through the block and a friend slung 2, is there a diff rod that will fit
I would say most rods broken needed to be changed or engine wasn't broken in with the motor hot enough or took too long to get it going for break in.
I break mine in on a Hudy bench and get them 240 deg. I charge $30.00 for break in but it sure does save headaches for some guy's.
I have motors with over 8 gallons on them that I've only changed the rod once, every time I take one apart I use a bore guage to measure wear and only replace them when they start to show wear. I have had probably 8-10 Go's and broken only 1 rod. When I resize sleeve's I also let them know how much wear there is in the rod.
Rex