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#1
03-09-2014, 06:35 PM
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budget rods
building 455 e-heads for street strip any opinions on rods will be using trw pistons thanks
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#2
03-09-2014, 06:52 PM
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Butler perfromance has a good set of 5140 steel rods for under 300 bucks, any cheaper and the`ll come for free in a box of cracker jacks!
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03-09-2014, 10:19 PM
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03-09-2014, 11:19 PM
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^this is all you need.
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#5
03-09-2014, 11:28 PM
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#6
03-09-2014, 11:33 PM
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Agreed. Carillo or Oliver are indeed nice rods, just not needed here. A ton of motors out there making big numbers on Eagle rods and living just fine. My 455 with iron heads turns 5800 out the big end in the 1/4 with TRW pistons and get this, "CAT" I beam rods. No problems to date. I would feel fine running either Eagle or Tomahawk 4130 rods. Both rods will be running fine when the block splits in half.
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#7
03-09-2014, 11:46 PM
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#8
03-10-2014, 12:22 AM
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I've used Tomahawk 5140, 4130, 4340 forged rods for more than 6 years in numerous builds- they are good rods and reasonably priced. If you want Oliver or Crower rods you'll have to pay for them- good quality rods but overkill for a street engine IMO. The Tomahawk rods have been on the market for over 10 years now, and are proven performers at this point. PPR sold them for over a decade and we all know Ace Brewer would never sell junk.
For a 500 hp build with e-heads I would step up to either a 4130 or 4340 I-beam. I used Tomahawk 4340 A-beams in my 455 SD Performance e-head build- they're the lightest forged steel Pontiac rod on the market (690-710g), and rated to over 800 hp. Tim Corcoran sells the Tomahawk rods now- give him a call and he'll set you up. Geno |
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#9
03-10-2014, 08:33 AM
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i got some great scat bushed H beam rods for my 455 from Amazon. seller was scat. shipped from Amazon in 2 days for $525. even my engine builder was surprised and could not get them for less at his cost.
Jim |
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#10
03-10-2014, 04:45 PM
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thanks for the advice ordered a set from TIM at Tomahawk .
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03-11-2014, 01:53 PM
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