scat I-BEAMS good or bad
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scat I-BEAMS good or bad well im in the market for a set of rods to start building my 370. i dont plan on spinning it past 7500 and it will have 150 shot run threw it. the motor will be a healthy street motor nothing crazy. id rather run I-beams to save alittle weight so i was wondering about the scat I-beams. so whats the pros and cons of these. any info would be awsome 
I don't know that those would be the first ones I would go with, especially if you are trying to turn the motor that hard. With a hydraulic cam, it will probably be done well before that anyway. I think I would go ahead and put an H-beam in or if you absolutely want to run an I-beam, I would look for an upgraded rod along with better rod bolts. About the cheapest, solid I-beam out there would be the Callies rods. However, I think a H-beam would be more than enough for what you are looking to do.
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IMO I would just keep the stocks if your only hitting it with a 150 shot. Get ARP rod bolts for sure though, they'll be the first thing to let loose. Just my two cents, and a personal opinion based on what i've done with stock internals. 
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I don't know that those would be the first ones I would go with, especially if you are trying to turn the motor that hard. With a hydraulic cam, it will probably be done well before that anyway. I think I would go ahead and put an H-beam in or if you absolutely want to run an I-beam, I would look for an upgraded rod along with better rod bolts. About the cheapest, solid I-beam out there would be the Callies rods. However, I think a H-beam would be more than enough for what you are looking to do.
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so it seems that the scat I-BEAMS are not a good choice. looks like ill start looking at some H-BEAMS i really like the callies compstars. any other brands like eagle,manley,lunati, anygood for what im doing.
All of those would be fine. I would definitely get them with a ARP2000 rod bolt in it. We run a LOT of Callies rods without a single issue to date. We have them at a pretty competitive price as well!
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The 4340 deals with the 7/16 ARP cap screws can handle way more than what you are doing ever.
The different H-Beams are all a lil bit nicer than those so it just depends.
Never seen any 7/16 ARP bolts break at such low rpm levels you are talking about.
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