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Old 12-21-2005, 08:14 PM
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Explain why we would need these??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Alumi...QQcmdZViewItem


I know why the powerjoke guys use these but i thought ours were plenty strong.

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Looks like as long as you stay under 1600 HP you'll be okay?
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Ever seen the schied diesel pulling truck videos? That is why we need them.
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That's using "we" loosely. I don't have a stack comming through my hood.

Who doesn't like a 50 foot plume of thick, black smoke?
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My point was that we have a awesome design and i may be wrong but the 800+rwhp street trucks all have stock rods. The powerjokes need them because the dinky rods can't hold elevated cyl pressures and they window blocks. Just a thought but i think i will be able to hold it under 1600 hp so i don't think i will need a set of these.

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Yeah I'm gonna buy my 1600 HP rods off of ebay from a builder with a hotmail email address who can't spell wrist pin.
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Glad we cleared that up.

They might want to advertise them a little differently, how many trucks are there out there over 600HP let alone 1000 more than that?

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Yeah I'm gonna buy my 1600 HP rods off of ebay from a builder with a hotmail email address who can't spell wrist pin.
You don't believe they are high strenth aluminum?
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The ONLY benefit to an aluminum rod is weight, and the only time you need that is high rpm racing.

I would NEVER drive an aluminum rodded car/truck on the street, unless it was a drag car in disguise. They require too much maintenance, as in replacing every so many miles, and 'so many' isn't in the 10's of thousands either.

Even a ford will be worse off with these.

Aluminum rods are not made for long life, just for light weight. I'd bet they will hold 1600 hp....and then after the run, you will have to replace them because they stretched.
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Check out his other auctions besides the aluminum rods
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Now that i think of it the ferds are doing billet rods, my mistake.

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look at the complete engine, thats a slick lookin twin setup but is it a good idea to have the filter directly on the bottom charger? makes it look clean though
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Ya but guys they got a cool design on them and there shiney!!! Btw isn't $1600 a little much? like does the guy expect to get all of his expenses back in selling 1 set?
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All you need is Cummins!

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Does "schied" use thes rods?? cool concept, but the alummy rods are usually short lived, However, they wont do as much damage to a block if you run the m too long and one snaps..


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