Has me wondering a few of things.
I have only had rods come flying out when at high RPM and usually accompanied with rod knock. What Tom V has posted about a given life cycle scares the hell out of me. I still have a 455 that I built back in the 90s and recently put the stump puller in. At the time it had ARP rods put in and were shot peened. It was the best most of us could do at the time. Its hit 6K RPM before but mostly kept under 5200.
Can a person just swap the rods without a re-balance. $250 is one thing but removing the whole bottom end is another.
The other thing I was wondering, after watching a few videos on 'at home piston and rod swaps' I see they would heat up the small end to 400 deg and just slid the piston pin in. How perfectly should the rod be centered in the piston?
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