why installing alum. rods SUCKS

[MoparBoyy]

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Originally posted by SwiftTech come on tell us the setup!

lol...

can't we all just get along....

this thread is really good.. i'm enjoying myself... very good debates... maybe at sdac we can all sit around crack a beer and complain about rods, then hit the track for some "who can break a rod first"

[DakotaKid]

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Originally posted by MoparBoyy then hit the track for some "who can break a rod first"

Ou-Ou, Me Me, I wanna play!!!!

[Frank]

Carnage at sdac is great! the best things:

1. "What happens to a rod" by Gary D.
2. "Fatique of a 413 intermidiate shaft" by Brian Slowe
His oncore was "Missing Hood Pins, and cracked Helmet"
3. "JB Weld and Head Cracks" by Seth
4. "Missing teeth and two gear sets" by Jon


Any other carnage besides some of us working all night on Andy's tranny?

Frank

[MoparBoyy]

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Originally posted by fkatzenb Any other carnage besides some of us working all night on Andy's tranny?

at SDAC-12 in mephis, i blew the upper raditor hose during the parking lot burnout contest..


and at SDAC-13.. there was the potato gun

[Frank]

while we are at it....

dont forget about the airbags, the piston in the tire game, beavis and butthead running around, parking lot burnouts, and beer shotguns.

frank

[glhs636]

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Originally posted by MM Racing On a seperate note, are the Pauter rods you had made Bruce, did you supply them with dimensions or dd they already have the info for the 2.2/2.5? A more direct question, are the rods in stock or will the next person also have to supply specs.

I supplied them with my specs, though they said they had or could easily get the specs
I'll have to dig my spec card out but the length is close to a 2.5 tall deck rod, standard cut on the crank journal and bushed for a full floating ford wrist pin
I also liked the Pauter's because of the cracked cap design (another argument in it's own but I feel they help keep the caps from walking ) and they have a unique rod design (not sure if you've actually seen one of their rods, I'll check for some pics) that helps cut down on weight and windage while adding strength
When I recieved them they didn't need any further machining nor balancing

They don't have any 2.2 ready to go but
if enough people start ordering them , I'm sure they'll stock them like the VW'S , DSM'S and Honda's they have


Anybody want to discuss how much I think JE's SUCK?????

[glhs636]

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Originally posted by fkatzenb Carnage at sdac is great! the best things: 1. "What happens to a rod" by Gary D. 2. "Fatique of a 413 intermidiate shaft" by Brian Slowe His oncore was "Missing Hood Pins, and cracked Helmet" 3. "JB Weld and Head Cracks" by Seth 4. "Missing teeth and two gear sets" by Jon Any other carnage besides some of us working all night on Andy's tranny? Frank

I found out that 2nd gear doesn't like it when the front pump stops working

or how about crossing the stripes with the E-brake on by Marra

[glhs636]

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Originally posted by TrboVan Ou-Ou, Me Me, I wanna play!!!!

Trust me you'll loose
I've got Butch's/Gary's '87 GLHS here with ALL 4 rods knocking "thumbs up
Maybe 2 out the front and 2 out the back?

[MM Racing]

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Originally posted by glhs636 Anybody want to discuss how much I think JE's SUCK?????

Won't hear me disagreeing with you on this one at all. Althougth they work fine in some applications like all things. Other wise I wouldn't have a Tony Schumacher JE piston and aluminum rod on my desk.

[JDIZZ]

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Originally posted by fkatzenb Carnage at sdac is great! Any other carnage besides some of us working all night on Andy's tranny? Frank

Andy's transmission was my highlight of SDAC !

[altered7151]

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Originally posted by 87GLHS208 Actually, lbs = pounds which is a measure of mass. Techincally its Pounds-mass.... the lbs you are thinking of is lbs-f, or Pounds-Force, which is Pounds-Mass * G, in the negative Y direction, for a stationary object, ie weight. Clay

Not to beat a dead horse, but actually "slug" is the measurement of mass in english units, Lbs is a measurement of force. slugs * g=lbs.

And since moparboy is not sharing his block choice, and it seems its not a 2.2 or 2.5, my guess is he spent the big bucks and bought that mopar performance 3.0 block that the pro fwd boys were using. I have no idea whether that will bolt up to our trannys or not, but that combo definitally would rock.

[87GLHS465]

either is correct. lbs-mass is what was used through my entire career at Purdue, in engineer school.... except for one or two 'older' profs who used slug on the rare occasion.

clay

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Originally posted by altered7151 Not to beat a dead horse, but actually "slug" is the measurement of mass in english units, Lbs is a measurement of force. slugs * g=lbs.

[Frank]

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Originally posted by JDIZZ Andy's transmission was my highlight of SDAC !

I learned so much working on that thing about automatic transmissions.

Frank

[MoparBoyy]

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Originally posted by altered7151 my guess is he spent the big bucks and bought that mopar performance 3.0 block that the pro fwd boys were using. I have no idea whether that will bolt up to our trannys or not, but that combo definitally would rock.

no FWD tranny will bolt up.. you need to get a custom trans bell housing made onto one of our trannys which really isn't THAT bad.

[4sfed4]

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Originally posted by altered7151 And since moparboy is not sharing his block choice, and it seems its not a 2.2 or 2.5, my guess is he spent the big bucks and bought that mopar performance 3.0 block that the pro fwd boys were using.

I am not sure if the Mopar 3.0 and the Pontiac have similar perfomance capabilities, but I saw a Pontiac 3.0L 4 banger at the track running 8.0!