[gectek]

yah the carillo rods prob cost him his arms and lips...lol they arent cheap but pimpin ain easy. the rod ratio gets a little funky when you go longer stroke...usually to help power output you want a good dwell time...a longer rod helps that. but you need a good stroke on the crank as well...its a fine edge

[torq455]

don't forget about the LSA guys! wider (114 degrees) will give you more low end too.

[kwhauck]

Originally Posted by gectek

yah the carillo rods prob cost him his arms and lips...lol they arent cheap but pimpin ain easy. the rod ratio gets a little funky when you go longer stroke...usually to help power output you want a good dwell time...a longer rod helps that. but you need a good stroke on the crank as well...its a fine edge

oh they did for sure and when he was parting out he was trying to get me to buy them to save his arms and lips

nobody wants to pay that kind of money though, that's why he still has his shortblock.....

[betterthanyou]

If I couldn't get it to work with just a different piston alone I don't think I would do it. I would like to keep the rod as long as possible.

[ForcedFirebird]

Looking at a 3.1 RWD piston here, and you would be hard pressed to get another ~.100" out of it without moving the ring lands up. It seems after comparing the FWD and RWD pistons that it might not be that bad, the top ring land will have a little more meat than the FWD piston does stock (deeper dish is why they break easier, I'd imagine).

[93grandprixse]

k1technologies makes some good rods aswell

there cheaper, and high quality, 350 bucks for a set of hbeam rods that they say are just as strong if not stronger than eagles (for SBC 327 rods)

[Lilchief]

I got 250 torque @ 2800 with my 3.4. CR was 9.8-1, cam was .443/.465 use 1.6 rockers yeilding .475/.497, 6" rods. Pulled a 1.9 60' time with an auto 3.06

[torq455]

do you mean 3400 (SFI), or 3.4 (DOHC)?

[Lilchief]

3.4 pr out of a camaro/bird ,ci heads, not sfi or dtc

[betterthanyou]

What was the duration of the cam?