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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 07:39 PM
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ok im buildin up a 6.0 for my truck..im puttin forged pistons and forged rods in it so i can run some big N2O.
i decided to go with diamond pistons for sure...now i need to decides on the rods: i have narrowed it down to:
manley rods or crower rods? they are gonna be a h-beam design for sure. if that matters...also where can i purchase manley rods? i found crower's on texas speed.com but cant find manley's.thanks!
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 09:11 PM
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no1 has experience with these?
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Best for the money that I've ever seen are the Eagle H-Beams or the Callies Pro I-Beams.
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Eagle ESP H beams here. I put the money saved into the heads. They are a lot nicer than I thought at first.
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Eagle ESP H beams here. I put the money saved into the heads. They are a lot nicer than I thought at first.
where did u buy them at?
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6.125 Lunati seem to be popular in LS1/6 projects.
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Summit sell the H-Beams from Eagle.
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