[R 70 Judge]

Originally Posted by BILL BOWMAN1

I had a friend with a 540 Chevy, kept eating main bearings. Come to find out the brand new Eagle crank was bent.
CHECK EVERYTHING!! Especially brand new stuff!

I had brand new Crower sportsman rods going in my 505 and they had to be resized. I was very disappointed. I fully expected their stuff to be spot on. Live and learn I guess

[b-man]

Originally Posted by Gach

Coming from you someone who’s had real experience with Molnar products and not someone beating his chest, feeding his ego..because he bought a set of their rods, just gives me so much more faith in their products. God teaching this for a living must be awful rewarding. Although I’m sure there’s trying times. Thanks

Cool it Lou.

Make nice or I’ll make it myself.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by R 70 Judge

I had brand new Crower sportsman rods going in my 505 and they had to be resized. I was very disappointed. I fully expected their stuff to be spot on. Live and learn I guess

It’s pretty much typical of the the entire industry post Covid. Of course, we had the same problem with aircraft recip engine connecting rods forty years ago. Nine chances out of ten the rods were finish honed on a rod hone with a power stroking attachment; the problem with power stroking attachments is they generate so much heat into the rod that the rods should be allowed to cool before final sizing. Let me guess: the big end bores were tight?

[Gach]

Yeah its like you have go over everything with a fine tooth comb. Like a complete list to check, starting with the block especially the block.

[Gach]

Hopefully the aftermarket for Pontiacs will get better.

[Joe-Touring]

I just placed an order for a BBC rod journal crank earlier this week. It sounded like Molnar has a few Pontiac journal and BBC journal cranks in stock. They said it would be shipping immediately