Reckless

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This whole thing is so ridiculous. Someone explain to me how rod bolts, bearings, and rings increase performance? Just curious. Not taking sides here, but I think it is all pretty humorous.

GIZMO

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If you change the rings and bearings, woudn't you also hone the cylinders and turn the crank? Maybe even surface the block just a little? What if you played with different kinds of rings or balanced the rotating assembly? Might be that you end up with a ringer!!

Daren

mongse

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I have the fastest non running car.

Reckless

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Just stirring the pot, bored right now

CHRISPY

ever hear of low tension rings?

LS1_PNYTAMR

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this is all rediculous.... i mean hell cam only list all of them swapped springs and retainers ect.. and pushrods, some of them maybe even shaft mounted rockers ect... uh oh... i think we should all get a big DQ lol

LS1_PNYTAMR

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SUX2BU... heres what you need to do.. swap out those damn forsaken rodbolts so you can be bolt on again, and freakin take that record to shut some of these ppl's up! i feel for you man, sounds like you gots a fast car that should be recognized.

kp

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You wont find any lighter tension rings hen what these come with stock, why do you think the hone still shows up fin on 100K motors - some kind of space age cast iron liner that never wears Ask the guys that use a quart of oil every 2000 miles if they want lighter rings

Sure you can do a nicer balance job then stock, sure you can loosen up the bearing clearances a little, sure you square everything up and 'blueprint' it. But I cant see how that will help as much as 1.8 rockers, stronger valve springs, milled 241 heads with very nice valve jobs,LSX intakes etc and no one seems to bitch about that.

Pro Stock John

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Wow you guys are bored.

LS1_PNYTAMR

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yes we are..... heat to 300 degrees bs and stir continually!

WickEdSix98

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Rod bolts and bearings have nothing to do with HP but there is definately power to be had in the rings.

SUX2BU

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well here is my Machine shop reciet. you guys tell me if i payed for all that to be done. I got the rod bearings for $20 from Sean at Fastech so i don't remember the brand and what not but they were standard.

'01 WS6 TA

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Your phone number is on the intraweb now juan.

Reckless

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Even faster than an Enzo Ferrari?

'01 WS6 TA

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Think they will ever make a discision?

Reckless

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As long as the Enzo does not have ARP rod bolts

SUX2BU

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Yeah i was gouing to blur it out but i didn't want the ****'s to say it wasn't the stock receipt cause it was altered.

LS1_PNYTAMR

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damn if i had the money and you had the time id pay to put it back stock in there minds and watch you whoop some ***.. if u beat 10.98 ur the fastest SI car in my opinion and a lot of other ppls opinions too.. we got about 10ppl from my local board who are pretty upset and think rodbolts dq'ing you if u run the # is bullshit

critter

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The point is, if you move the line away from "if it touches oil, you can't touch it", you are on a slippery slope. OK, allow rod bolts. Then why not allow bearings. Course, I might have to balance it if I change bearings. As mentioned, rings can add power, as can blueprinting with all stock componenets. I could drop the oil pressure to get some free horsepower. And on it goes. Each one of you who want to move that line want to move it to where you need it and no further. Like I said in the other thread, open the rules up and I could drop the record a half second.

LS1_PNYTAMR

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like i said.. no way ur running 10.48... but oh well.. the cam only boys are going 10.32 and there is only 2 of them doing it.

at any rate.... lsx intakes touch oil.... pull of ur intake after u drive ur car and tell me there is no oil?? so i guess silenty but violent owns the si record with the stock ls1 intake on his 98 z28 correct?