Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

I've hammered on a old 1/2" drive extension and socket while disassembling old stock engines, I also have several hard oak drifts made out of an old shovel handle. Something like this is what you need to use with rods that use rod "bolts".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAuenOoao8E

If the rods are in the engine, no can use rod vice there, lol. Might have to have two guys beating on the both rod bolts at the same time. Maybe the big end is egged shaped, good luck.

Arrow Precision titanium connecting rods are coated with Chromium Nitride (CrN) applied by the physical vapour deposition (PVD) process. The CrN coating produces a thin, wear resistant layer on the working surfaces of the rod that significantly increases the component life when compared to an uncoat...

Just make sure that the Ti. big ends are coated, as Ti. does not like to rub Ti.

The rods weigh between 530 to 600 grams or so depending on length, big end size, ect.

Steel rods like used in nascar leave more room in the crankcase than the bulkier alum. rods would for "air" to move around which decreases pumping losses even with dry sump oiling.

Pankl owns Carrillo CP now.

Most of those nascar rods have honda sized big end, tapered beam and small dia. pin ends, 6.2" or so long and eng. to be light and strong.

I think there is a romance some guys get just looking at and handling one of those big thick shinny rods, and it's a gangbang with all 8, lol.

I think Kasse was building engines for Ricky Smith (Fowler?) when he had the Mustang II sponsored by the Oak Ridge Boys and they were using BME rods then too as other alum rods were failing at the time. I think Rickey was the first into the 7"s with a 7.99.

Dawg , I’m a die hard FOMOCO guy , editorially speaking Shelby did not win Sebring 12 hour in 64 but GT 103 Did win in 65 in GT prototype class behind Jim Hall In the Chapparal in Sports class after the famous deluge in the middle of the race. This vehicle had earlier won the Daytona Continental. T...

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Steve.k wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:51 am https://www.dragzine.com/tech-stories/e ... -with-grp/ Some light reading!

And?!?

Nothing like getting your technical info from a hype ad disguised as an article.

Same goes for forum threads, lol.

64 Atlanta 500 won by Fred Lorenzen using Fords new 7000rpm valve train for the 410hp FE, the Dodge hemi finished 4th.

I think Ford is someones trigger word, lol, 1964 Sebring 24 hours, Shelby's cars took 1,2 and 3, left the new Ferrari burning on the side of the track.

If you can use the steel rods, crank and pistons, you wont have to rebalance the crank, but if the rods need new bolts and reconditioned I would just buy some new steel rods from someone like scat and sell the used rods to recoup some of your money. If the bracket engine is built right you will neve...